2015 - Year of Women Empowerment and Development towards Africa's Agenda 2063
The African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, during the 23rd Ordinary Session, held from 26 to 27 June 2014 in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, declared 2015 as the Year of Women Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Agenda 2063 marking.
Fund for African Women (FAW)
The AU created the Fund for African Women (FAW) in 2010, with the intention of directly supporting and enhancing women’s participation in the economic process as well as increasing African women’s participation in economic decision making.
The African Women’s Decade (2010-2020)
Adoption of the African Women’s Decade (2010-2020) - the African Women Decade (AWD) was adopted in 2009 with the overall theme: Grassroots Approach to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE).
AU Gender Policy
• 2009 - the AU Gender Policy adopted .
Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA)
2004 - Adoption of the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA) by AU Heads of State in 2004 is the landmark commitment by Africa’s leaders to report on progress made in gender mainstreaming.
The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
2003 - the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.