- Browse Cases - Search Cases - Browse Methods Niger women
campaign for inclusion in National Assembly, 1991 The 1990s in
Africa was a period of broad political movement towards the
greater involvement of women in positions of power—this campaign
is a part of that change. In November of 1990 in Niger,
President Ali Saibou announced that a Preparatory Committee to
organize a National Conference would take place before May 27 of
the following year, on which date the National Conference would
begin. The agenda of this National Conference, to be held at the
National Assembly building in Niger's capital city of Niamey,
was to transition the country from 17 years of military-led rule
to a multi-party democracy. Out of 68 delegates for the
Preparatory Committee, one, Houa Alio, was a woman. On May 11,
1991, the Prime Minister Aliou Mahamidou met with a number of
interest groups that were involved with the Preparatory
Committee. The meeting participants agreed on a structure of
representation in which the Union of Ni