{"id":1411,"date":"2025-09-26T02:44:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T02:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2025-09-26T02:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T02:44:54","slug":"au-bodies-pap-and-civil-society-unite-in-accra-to-push-for-womens-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/au-bodies-pap-and-civil-society-unite-in-accra-to-push-for-womens-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"AU Bodies, PAP, and Civil Society Unite in Accra to Push for Women\u2019s Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Accra, Ghana \u2013 September 25, 2025:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calls for urgent action to bridge the gap between Africa\u2019s commitments and the lived realities of its women dominated the opening day of the Continental Workshop on Promoting the Socio-Economic Rights of Women, taking place in Accra from September 25\u201326, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two-day workshop, convened by the Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights (ACHPR) in partnership with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the GIZ-African Union AWARE Project and Ipas Africa Alliance, has brought together diverse stakeholders \u2014 including AU bodies, national human rights institutions (NHRIs), civil society organizations, academics, and private sector actors \u2014 to raise awareness and craft solutions to advance women\u2019s rights across Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking during the opening session, Hon. Amina Ali Idriss, Vice-Chairperson of the Pan-African Parliament\u2019s Committee on Transport, Industry, Communications, Energy, Science, and Technology, decried the persistent gap between the existence of robust legal frameworks \u2014 such as CEDAW, the African Charter on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights, and the Maputo Protocol \u2014 and their lack of effective implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfrica\u2019s commitments will only make sense if we succeed in transforming declarations into visible results in the daily lives of African women,\u201d Hon. Idriss stressed. She called for concrete measures to ensure women\u2019s full participation in decision-making on natural resources, equitable benefit-sharing in extractive industries, protection of women workers from exploitation, and investment in training and innovation to position women as leaders in Africa\u2019s economic transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hon. Chindaculema Sarfina Filipe Franco, a Member of the PAP Committee on Cooperation, International Relations and Conflict Resolution, contributed to plenary discussions by linking cultural practices such as early marriages to socioeconomic vulnerabilities. \u201cAdolescents\u2019 place is in school, not to start a family,\u201d she admonished, warning that early pregnancies endanger both mother and child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delivering Ghana\u2019s national statement, Madam Faustina Acheampong, Director of the Department of Gender under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, outlined key national interventions including the Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act, 2024, and plans to establish a Women\u2019s Development Bank to expand financial inclusion for women, particularly in underserved areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day one featured panel sessions on international and regional frameworks for women\u2019s socio-economic rights, the intersection of reproductive justice and empowerment, the role of education in closing disparities, and health and social protection as tools to address vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop is expected to produce actionable strategies to strengthen the implementation of AU instruments, close gender gaps in extractive industries, and ensure that women \u2014 including those with disabilities, young and elderly women, and those in rural communities \u2014 are fully empowered to contribute to Africa\u2019s development agenda under Agenda 2063.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Gilbert Boyefio||appn.press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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