Content_paragraphs:  Following demands by civil society and women’s organizations, the acting 
  
  Secretary-General of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, Jemma Nunu Kumba, 
  
  announced on 13 October that the 35 per cent quota for women would be implemented 
  
  in the remaining positions allotted to the party. Thus far, the quota has been met by 
  
  only the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and 
  
  Verification Mechanism (41 per cent of women) and the reconstituted Joint 
  
  Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (35 per cent of women). On 17 November, 
  
  Regina Joseph Kapa was appointed as the interim Secretary-General of SPLM/A-IO, 
  
  following the resignation of Peter Tingo, on 10 November. Mr. Tingo cited the 
  
  leadership failure of the First Vice-President, Riek Machar, as the reason for his 
  
  decision. Significantly, the two main parties in the country are now led by women.  
  
   
  
    Peace process developments