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Tenth Session of the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Technical Meeting of the Human Rights and Transitional Justice Cluster of the African Governance Architecture on the Action Plan of the Human and Peoples’ Rights Decade in Africa
TECHNICAL MEETING OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE CLUSTER OF THE AFRICAN GOVERNANCE ARCHITECTURE ON THE ACTION PLAN OF THE HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS DECADE IN AFRICA:
Announcement and Call for Proposals for the Theme: Mentoring Youth (Women and Men) To Be Champions of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment:Deadline has for submissions has been postponed to 15th of June, 2017.
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE THEME:
MENTORING YOUTH (WOMEN AND MEN) TO BE CHAMPIONS OF GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
Announcement and Call for Proposals for the Theme:Finance and Gender Budgets:Deadline has for submissions has been postponed to 15th of June, 2017.
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE THEME:
FINANCE AND GENDER BUDGETS
Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to officially handover to the incoming Chairperson of AU Commission
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 9 March 2017: The outgoing Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, the first ever woman to head the continental organisation, will officially handover her post as Chairperson of AU Commission to H. E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Tuesday, 14 March 2017.
The official handover ceremony between the outgoing and incoming Commissions will take place at 3:00 PM in the Nelson Mandela Hall at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Africa affirms its Support for Dr Walter Mzembi as the Continent’s Candidate for the Post of Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland, 22 February 2017- At a meeting held on 22 February 2017 in Geneva, the Ambassadors of the African Group in Geneva have affirmed their support for the candidature of Dr Walter Mzembi as Africa’s candidate for the post of Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
Africa affirms its Support for Dr Walter Mzembi as the Continent’s Candidate for the Post of Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland, 22 February 2017- At a meeting held on 22 February 2017 in Geneva, the Ambassadors of the African Group in Geneva have affirmed their support for the candidature of Dr Walter Mzembi as Africa’s candidate for the post of Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
Launch of dotAfrica
UNSG, Mr. Antonio Guterres and AU Commissioner for Social Affairs, Dr. Mustapha Kaloko, joins the Government of Kenya, to launch the AU Campaign against Child Marriage, on International Women's Day
"No country can claim to be modern and progressive unless it recognises the importance of gender equality"
- H.E. Margaret Kenyatta, First Lady of the Republic of Kenya