Your Excellency, Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea and the gracious host of this Summit;
Your Excellency, Mr. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Serra Leone and Coordinator of the AU Committee of 10 on the UN Security Council Reform;
Your Excellency H.E Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo
To elevate women from the micro to macro status, the African Union Strategy for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) outlines the pathways to achieve the holistic empowerment of women. The GEWE strategy complements other policy frameworks by the African Union aimed at promoting the rights of women and girls and advocates for adequately resourced gender structures within formal and non-formal institutions and bodies to ensure that women at the grassroot and executive levels, have opportunities tha