Gender Ministers urge AU to mainstream gender into African position on Post-2015 agenda
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7 February, 2014: Gender Ministers of African countries attending the African Regional Consultation on the upcoming 58thCommission on the Status of Women (CSW) have urged the African Union to mainstream gender into Africa’s common position on the Post-2015 agenda, and make it the 6th pillar of the global consensus. The Ministers made the case on Friday, 7 February 2014, in an audience with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
The AUC Chairperson met with the Ministers to brief them on the outcomes of the just ended 22nd Summit of Heads of State and Government. In her briefing, Dr. Dlamini Zuma highlighted 2014 as the Year of Agriculture and Food Security; Africa’s common position on the Post-2015 agenda, which will be finalized at the end of February in Ndjamena; and the Agenda Continue reading
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