| The adoption of the SDGEA in 2004 and the creation of the campaign “Gender is my agenda” in 2006 are the result of many progresses that could be realized in the framework of the following declarations and strategies agreed upon among the women participating at the women’s African Union pre-summit consultative meetings. |
Women’s AU Pre-Summit Consultative meetings |
Women’s
Framework |
Main Outcomes |
1st consultative meeting
Durban, South Africa
June 2002 |
Durban Declaration on
Mainstreaming Gender and Women’s Effective Participation in the AU |
Adoption of Gender Parity Principle in AU Commission |
2nd consultative meeting
Dakar, Senegal
April 2003 |
Dakar Strategy |
Establishment of AU Gender Directorate |
3rd consultative meeting
Maputo, Mozambique
June 2003 |
Maputo Declaration |
Election of 5 women commissioners out of 10 and Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in
Africa (ACHPR) |
4th consultative meeting
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
June 2004 |
Addis: African Women’s Contribution to the Declaration on Mainstreaming Gender in AU |
Adoption of the Solemn Declaration for Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA) by Heads of State, and the African Women Committee for Peace and Development (AWCPD) is integrated to the AU and
becomes the Africa Union Women’s Committee (AUWC) |
5th consultative meeting
Abuja, Nigeria
January 2005 |
Abuja Recommendations for Civil Society Monitoring and Evaluation of the SDGEA |
Initiation of Gender is my Agenda Campaign, and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in
Africa enters into force after being ratified by 16 member-states. |
6th consultative meeting
Tripoli, Libya
July 2005 |
Tripoli Commitment |
Creation of monitoring and evaluating mechanisms for SDGEA & MOU;
Pre-Summit with Minister of Women’s Affairs |
7th consultative meeting
Dakar, Senegal
October 2005 |
Dakar Strategic Partnerships |
Commitment of States to involve civil society in monitoring and evaluating processes of the SDGEA |
8th consultative meeting
Banjul, Gambia
June 2006 |
Banjul Call for Action
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Launching of the Campaign “Gender is my Agenda”, and AU Resolution on Gender adopted |
