Strategies

The Solemn Declaration will not be fully implemented by the African states unless civil society unites and mobilises in its advocacy efforts.

Regular Pre-Summit consultative meetings, held on the margins of every Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, the networking of NGOs across the continent and the compilation of reports are the main strategies for significantly advancing women's rights in Africa.

Another crucial strategy will also involve undertaking advocacy missions focusing on the various aspects and themes of the Solemn Declaration, including :
   the participation and representation of women in peace processes;
   the campaigns against violence towards women and children;
   the principle of gender parity;
   the ratification of the Protocol on Women's rights;
   the issue of HIV/Aids and women.

Equally, it is important to mobilise and inform the media of the need to integrate a gender perspective into the African Union’s agenda.