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The GEWE Strategy is a framework document to strengthen women’s agency in Africa and ensure that women’s voices are amplified and their concerns are fully addressed through, among others, effective implementation of legislation and proper financing of gender equality work. It is a guiding document on the implementation of the AU’s GEWE commitments and is to be used to design transformational programmes that bring results for African women and girls on the continent and in the diaspora.

The strategy has four pillars and each pillar outlines outcomes and proposed activities that should be implemented in furtherance of that specific pillar.

Pillar 1 focuses on maximising opportunities, outcomes and e-tech dividends.

Pillar 2 focuses on dignity, security, and resilience and recognises that the rights of women and girls to dignity, security and bodily and psychological integrity are often compromised when women are subjected to violence and violations, which often times happen in the context of violence against women and harmful traditional practices such as early-child marriage and female genital mutilation.

Pillar 3 highlights the need for effective laws, policies and institutions.

Pillar 4 focuses on leadership, voice and visibility.

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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 10:30

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