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New trade agreement involves country and regional economic community actions

– Countries in red are LDCs Trade under the AfCFTA means a liberalised single market for goods and services facilitated by the easy movement of people and capital. It also lays the foundation for a continent-wide customs union. Ultimately, this new single market is expected to contribute to sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development, gender equality and, more broadly, enhanced competitiveness and industrial development. Advertisement African countries that ratify the agreement consent to liberalise 90% of tariff lines. This means that countries will reduce, and ultimately eliminate, tariffs on 90% of products traded under the AfCFTA. LDCs are expected to accomplish this over a 10-year period, and non-LDCs over a five-year period. Sensitive products, of up to 7% of tariff lines, will be fully liberalised over 13 years for LDCs and 10 years for non-LDCs. Finally, 3% of tariff lines will be excluded from tariff liberalisation.

Migrant domestic workers study for the Southern African Region

Southern African Migration Management (SAMM) Project May 2021 1. Introduction The Southern African Migration Management (SAMM) Project, funded by the European Commission, is a four-year project to improve migration management in the Southern African and Indian Ocean region. The SAMM Project is implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The specific objectives (SO) and key results areas (KRA) of the project are as follows: · SO1: Improved policy environment for labour migration across the region and improved access to legal and efficient means of labour mobility for (prospective) labour migrants.

UNFPA ESARO | Symposium to take stock of progress on menstrual health in Africa

Symposium to take stock of progress on menstrual health in Africa News 4 May 2021 © UNFPA Mozambique/Epidauro Manjate Around 5000 participants from Africa and worldwide are expected to gather to track progress on menstrual health on the continent since the first Call to Action was made at the African Menstrual Health Symposium in Johannesburg in 2018. A follow-up event, the African Coalition Symposium on Menstrual Health, will be held virtually from 25 to 27 May, the African Coalition on Menstrual Health Management (ACMHM) has announced. The 2018 MH symposium was co-hosted by the UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office and the Department of Women in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa, and led to the establishment of the Coalition. It contributed to strengthened commitment to better respond to the menstrual health needs of people who menstruate throughout their reproductive life cycle, by supporting the evidence-base and showcasing a range of innovative

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