To achieve greater gender equality, transformative policies & results needed, says ECA’s Ruzvidzo
In preparation of the 64 session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and its partners, the African Union Commission (AUC) and UN Women, are leading member States and stakeholders in the regional review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly. In her remarks to the meeting, Ms. Thoko Ruzvidzo, Director of the Gender, Poverty and Social Policy Division at the ECA, said although progress has been recorded in some areas, a lot remained to be done. The Africa regional review of 25 years of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 4th Specialized Technical Committee on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment on the Review of the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (STC on Beijing + 25) are being held in Addis Ababa at the African Union Commission under the theme; Realizing Women’s Rights for an Equal Future.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2019-10
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/44146 |
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