The Campaign : Gender is My Agenda

French / English	HOME \| DECLARATION \| FRAMEWORK \| DOCUMENTATION \| MEDIA	OSIWA

ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN

  Point of departure: the SDGEA
  SDGEA in brief
  Vision
  Mission Statement
  Strategy
  FAS' role
  FAS' acts
  Women's movements

MEMBERS

  The coordination : FAS
  Strategic Partner : OSIWA
  Thematical Focal Points
  Regional Focal Points
  Member organizations
  Partners
  How to become a member ?

COUNTRY / REPORTS

  Guidelines
  Country reports
  Partners reports

REPORTS

Ngo Reports

MONITORING EVALUATION

Framework
Activities

The 12th African Union (AU) Pre-Summit Consultative Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming in the African Union took place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from June the 21st to the 22nd June, 2008 and brought together the members of the “Gender Is My Agenda Campaign”.

The participants discussed new challenges and strategies of advocacy for effective gender parity policies and practice, assessed progress and shortcomings in the implementation of the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA) during these last years and make recommendations to the President of the AU Commission and the commissioners; fostered the partnership between different stakeholders and strengthened the commitment to move forward the effective implementation of the SDGEA. Full Text »

The 11th Pre-Summit was held from 22-23 January 2008 at the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the margins of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU).

The theme of the 11th Pre-Summit was The Industrialisation of the African Continent: "The gender perspective".
Experts from across Africa and the world came to share their views on the subject.
Several prominent women and experts attended the event.
Gisèle Mandaila, Secretary of State for Families and Persons with Disabilities of Belgium and Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, were among the special guests invited to address the conference.
Full Text »

As noted in a major report issued by the UN Secretary-General, all forms of violence against women represent an unacceptable violations of human rights and together.
They form a major impediment to gender equality.

This campaign has been launched following the adoption of the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA), signed by representatives of the member states of the African Union during the third common session of the Conference, which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 6th to 8th July 2004.

The "Gender is my Agenda" Campaign aims to bring greater attention to violence against women, a pervasive and deeply entrenched human rights violation.