The period since the 1995 Beijing Plan of Action has seen the ascension of African women to key decisionmaking positions, including the election and re-election of Africa’s first female presidents. Joyce Banda became President of Malawi in 2012, and H.E. Catherine Samba-Panza took over the Presidency of the Central African Republic in 2014. In 2015, H.E. Ameenah Gufrib-Fakium became President of Mauritius.