Thu, 03/08/2017 to Tue, 08/08/2017
A thee-day policy dialogue organised by the African Union Commission and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to find ways to deepen gender equality in Africa has opened in Accra.
The dialogue is titled: “Mainstreaming Gender in Regional Economic Communities in Africa: Documenting Existing Models for Accelerating Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.”
The event is being attended by key representatives from the African Union Commission, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), United Nations agencies, civil society organisations and academia, to discuss the challenges facing African countries in combating gender disparity and the way forward.