Network for Locally Elected Women of Africa

The Network for Locally Elected Women of Africa (Réseau des Femmes Elues Locales d'Afrique, REFELA) is a network of women who are elected local government officials in Africa. REFELA was founded in 2011.[1]

History

REFELA was founded at the first Forum of Locally Elected Women of Africa, held at Tangier in Morocco in March 2011.[2]

From 2012 until December 2015 REFELA's president was Fatimatou Abdel Malick, Mayor of Tevragh-Zeina in Mauritania. In November 2015 the Cameroonian politician Célestine Ketcha Courtès was elected to succeed Abdel Malick as president.[3] In 2019 Ketcha Courtès was succeeded as president by Macoura Dao, Mayor of Foumbolo in Ivory Coast.[4][2]

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