{"id":2386,"date":"2021-07-29T07:05:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T07:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goc2020.govmu.org\/nwc\/?page_id=2386"},"modified":"2021-07-29T09:13:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T09:13:47","slug":"archives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nwc.govmu.org\/nwc\/?page_id=2386","title":{"rendered":"Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2386\" class=\"elementor elementor-2386\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d9bb80 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"5d9bb80\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc8140c\" data-id=\"bc8140c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-174c92e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"174c92e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Archives<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-96dfb13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"96dfb13\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-927a394\" data-id=\"927a394\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac8ed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aac8ed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. COMESA Gender Policy<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ede3cba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ede3cba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) recognizes that sustainable economic and social development of the region requires the full and equal participation of women, men and youth. It realizes that women make significant contribution towards the process of socio-economic transformation and sustainable growth and that it is impossible to implement effective programmes for rural transformation without creating a policy and institutional environment that is conducive to the full participation of both women and men.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.up.ac.za\/undp\/subregional\/docs\/comesa2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read More&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0aee0e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0aee0e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9ccd23\" data-id=\"f9ccd23\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86802b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86802b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Commission de L\u2019Oc\u00e9an Indien<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e430e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e430e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commissionoceanindien.org\/axes-strategiques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read More&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcb154d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcb154d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a29195e\" data-id=\"a29195e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7796a61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7796a61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Commission on the Status of Women<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b933e6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b933e6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), it was established by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/womenwatch\/daw\/csw\/pdf\/CSW_founding_resolution_1946.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Council resolution 11(II) of 21 June 1946.<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/csw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read More&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f307abb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f307abb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-baf752f\" data-id=\"baf752f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1803eca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1803eca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-690d639 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"690d639\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/womenwatch\/daw\/cedaw\/cedaw.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)<\/a>, adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/womenwatch\/daw\/cedaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read More&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-666c40e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"666c40e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9c4856\" data-id=\"a9c4856\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f61b8c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f61b8c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Indian Ocean Rim Association \u2013 Gender Empowerment<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63c20c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63c20c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the recently held Council of Ministers meeting in Perth, Australia, on 1 November 2013, the empowerment of women and girls in the region was identified as an important cross-cutting issue as women have been important contributors to the economic and social development of the countries in the region &#8211; a fact that needs to be acknowledged and strengthened within the Association in the future. Empowering women and girls is regarded as an essential part of the solution to some of the most serious global challenges of today: food security, poverty reduction and sustainable development.<strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iora.net\/about-us\/priority-areas\/gender-empowerment.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e56b443 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e56b443\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2fa253\" data-id=\"e2fa253\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-644cf0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"644cf0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6. International Conference on Population and Development<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fe2dbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fe2dbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Today, it is globally recognized that fulfilling the rights of women and girls is central to development. But if one were to trace the origins of this realization, many threads would lead back to Cairo in 1994.<strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/icpd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b45e85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b45e85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25e374a\" data-id=\"25e374a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ad64be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ad64be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc8cc16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc8cc16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Discrimination against women&#8221; means any distinction, exclusion or restriction or any differential treatment based on sex and whose objectives or effects compromise or destroy the recognition, enjoyment or the exercise by women, regardless of their marital status, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in all spheres of life;<\/p><p>&#8220;Harmful Practices&#8221; means all behaviour, attitudes and\/or practices that negatively affect the fundamental rights of women and girls, such as their right to life, health, dignity, education and physical integrity.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.achpr.org\/instruments\/women-protocol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read More&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f851496 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f851496\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d832b8d\" data-id=\"d832b8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-735200c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"735200c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">8. Southern African Development Community \u2013 Towards a Common Future<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53fe9ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53fe9ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-rteFontFace-5 ms-rteFontSize-3 ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-2\">Ministers responsible for Gender and Women&#8217;s Affairs endorse the Revised SADC Protocol on Gender and Development<br \/>The meeting of SADC Ministers responsible for Gender and Women&#8217;s Affairs was held in Gaborone, the Republic of Botswana, on 23 June 2016 to review progress in implementing the regional gender programme.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sadc.int\/news-events\/news\/ministers-responsible-gender-and-womens-affairs-endorse-revi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Read More&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e71277 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e71277\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bd91ac\" data-id=\"8bd91ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc88e67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc88e67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">9. Sustainable Development Goals \u2013 Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be8059 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8be8059\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-rteFontFace-5 ms-rteFontSize-3 ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-2\">While the world has achieved progress towards gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment under the Millennium Development Goals (including equal access to primary education between girls and boys), women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence in every part of the world.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/gender-equality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Read More&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e004aa7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e004aa7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e9b6e5\" data-id=\"7e9b6e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d72b96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d72b96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">10. The Maputo Protocol<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-809175a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"809175a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-rteFontFace-5 ms-rteFontSize-3 ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-2\">The Maputo Protocol was originally adopted by the \u201cAssembly of the African Union\u201d in Maputo, Mozambique on July 11, 2003. The official document is titled \u201cProtocol to the African Charter on Human and People\u2019s Rights of Women in Africa. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maputoprotocol.com\/about-the-protocol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Read More&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d09932 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d09932\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae5da17\" data-id=\"ae5da17\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-914a32e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"914a32e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">11. World Conferences on Women<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a335c53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a335c53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ms-rteFontFace-5 ms-rteFontSize-3 ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-2\">The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/how-we-work\/intergovernmental-support\/world-conferences-on-women#mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexico City<\/a> in 1975, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/how-we-work\/intergovernmental-support\/world-conferences-on-women#copenhagen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Copenhagen<\/a> in 1980, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/how-we-work\/intergovernmental-support\/world-conferences-on-women#nairobi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nairobi<\/a> in 1985 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/how-we-work\/intergovernmental-support\/world-conferences-on-women#beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beijing<\/a> in 1995. The last was followed by a series of five-year reviews.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/how-we-work\/intergovernmental-support\/world-conferences-on-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Read More&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/womenwatch\/daw\/beijing\/mexico.htmlSecond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First World Conference &#8211; World Conference of the International Women\u2019s Year<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/womenwatch\/daw\/beijing\/copenhagen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Conference \u2013 World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/womenwatch\/daw\/beijing\/nairobi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Third World Conference \u2013 World Conference to review and appraise the achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/womenwatch\/daw\/beijing\/platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fourth World Conference on Women<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archives 1. COMESA Gender Policy The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) recognizes that sustainable economic and social development of the region requires the full and equal participation of women, men and youth. 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