Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action
African Union: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union
“In Africa, this is the year of women’s empowerment. We have just … adopted Agenda 2063, which is the Africa we want in line with our priorities … . Among those priorities is the education of girls … and the modernization of agriculture, because in Africa, 70 per cent of the people who work in agriculture are women. … [Another priority] is that women should be [involved] in business. It makes sense as a right, but also it makes economic sense that half the population of any country gets involved in developing the economy and developing the country. … Since Beijing, 22 countries in Africa have 30 per cent [or more] women in Parliament…There are other areas where progress has been made, but we think a lot more needs to be done. We have [initiated] a very strong campaign against child marriages … and human trafficking, [which] is like women’s slavery.”
World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...
Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action
African Union: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union
“In Africa, this is the year of women’s empowerment. We have just … adopted Agenda 2063, which is the Africa we want in line with our priorities … . Among those priorities is the education of girls … and the modernization of agriculture, because in Africa, 70 per cent of the people who work in agriculture are women. … [Another priority] is that women should be [involved] in business. It makes sense as a right, but also it makes economic sense that half the population of any country gets involved in developing the economy and developing the country. … Since Beijing, 22 countries in Africa have 30 per cent [or more] women in Parliament…There are other areas where progress has been made, but we think a lot more needs to be done. We have [initiated] a very strong campaign against child marriages … and human trafficking, [which] is like women’s slavery.”
World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries.
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-glob...
Read every country's committment from the event: beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown