Africa-Press-Ethiopia The African Union Strategy for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (2018-2028) serves several purposes for each user. It is a clear actionable roadmap and communication instrument for the entire African Union, an investment plan for partners, an advocacy tool for state and non-state actors, an organizing lenses for practitioners, a bridge for policy coherence and harmonization towards regional integration and an accountability mechanism for women and girls on the continent. The Strategy is an operational plan that identifies actions to be taken at continental, regional and national level to ensure that gender is reflected in and through Agenda 2063.
Aspiration six of Agenda 2063 calls for:
- Including women in decision-making regardless of gender, political affiliation, religion, ethnic affiliation, locality, age or other factors.
- Fully empowering women in all spheres, with equal social, political and economic rights, including the rights to own and inherit property, sign contracts, register and manage businesses.
- Enabling rural women to have access to productive assets: land, credit, inputs and financial services.
- Eliminating gender-based violence and discrimination (social, economic, political) against women and girls.
- Attaining full gender parity, with women occupying at least 50% of elected public offices at all levels and half of managerial positions in the public and the private sectors.
