Zambian woman eyes AU top post

Speaking during the official opening of the 8th ordinary session of Pan-African Parliament at the beginning of the week, she said that she was the right candidate for the position which has been held by former heads of state but never by a woman. 

"My success as a candidate would represent a change that breaks through a glass ceiling of apparent exclusion - a change that re-affirms that indeed all human beings, men and women, are created equal," she said. Mbikusita-Lewanika added that it was time to implement gender equity at all levels.