17th Pre-Summit Consultative Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming in the African Union (AU) - Addis Ababa- 24-26 January 2011
The Council of Ministers of Senegal greets GIMAC's commitment
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The 17th GIMAC Pre-Summit, a shadow event to the African Union Summit, focused on the three key pillars of the UNSCR 1325 - Protection, Prevention and Participation of women in peace processes-, with a special consideration of women´s situation in Côte d'Ivoire.
The 17th Pre-Summit Consultative Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming in the African Union (AU), a shadow event of the AU Summit organized by the Gender is My Agenda Campaign (GIMAC), a network of more than 40 Civil Society Organizations, took place from the 24th to 26th of January in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
This meeting, coordinated by Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) in partnership with the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice (MRFCJ), the International Labor Organization (ILO), the UNECA and UN Women, focused on three current and vital issues that must be considered when discussing and establishing consensus on Shared Values in the African context: Elimination of Violence against Women; Gender and Climate Change/Climate Justice; and Gender and Social Economy.
