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Creating bold social-economic impact in African nations through the E 17 Creating bold social-economic impact in African nations through the E ON the occasion of its inauguration in Durban, South Africa back in July 2002, the African Union embarked on a course to transform and integrate the continent by forming the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union (ECOSOCC). The aims and aspirations of the new body were a response to the calls for democracy anddevelopment from Africa’s vibrant civil society institutions. However, the impulse was not for the African Union to adopt a...

Share: April 09, 2021 The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Permanent Committee on Gender, Family, Youth and People with Disability has convened virtually to conduct an assessment on the formulation of a Gender Parity Model Law. The Committee was also briefed on the status of the African Model Law on Disability adopted by the PAP Plenary in October 2019. In March 2020, African Parliamentarians held a workshop on ‘Achieving Women’s Empowerment through a Gender Parity Model Law: A Parliamentary Solution for Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Growth by 2023’. The general objective of the consu...

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 65th Session Share: MEDIA ADVISORY Africa Regional Consultation: 65th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women What: African Ministers in charge of Gender and Women's Affairs will convene to consider and adopt the Common African Position on the Status of Women, to be tabled during the 65th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the UN Headquarters in March 2021, in a bid to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment for African women and girls. The Ministers are meeting under the Theme: “Women's full and effective participa...