The limited opportunities that currently exist on the continent have  during the COVID- pandemic and other ongoing crises  to conflict and climate change.  efforts are to address violence against women The rise in violence and girls , especially as countries and communities plan to recover and rebuild from the pandemic. Two Ethiopian girls wearing headscarves are  from behind walking down the street, one with her arm around the other’s shoulder. Caption: Magfira Kemsur (left) and Mekiya Mude (right) are best friends. When Magfira  that Mekiya was going to be, she  the authorities and they intervened. Photo: © UNICEF Ethiopia// Mulugeta Ayene

Therefore, the eighth session of the

African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development , which was held in Kigali, Republic of Rwanda, from to March , offered the continent a unique opportunity for all stakeholders to participate in the acceleration of actions to achieve SDG by In this sense, two events were held on the implementation of SDG in Africa in the context The rise in violence of COVID- and Iceland Phone Number List moving forward to improve. At the heart of the discussions, participants discussed ideas and strategies to help African Union Member States prioritize and implement gender-responsive policies and programmes, in line with the principles of SDG and the spirit of Agenda for ‘The Africa We Want’ (The Africa we want, in Spanish.

We recognize that there is a need to

Increase funding for interventions that seek to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, especially through. Similarly domestic resource mobilization, to enable inclusive and. Similarly sustainable. Similarly implementation of the SDGs. Our two events brought Italy Phone Number List together key cross-sector partners to forge closer collaboration in implementing. Similarly policies and programs that enable Africa to meet its commitments on gender equality and. Similarly women’s empowerment. Multi-stakeholder interventions and adequate financing will accelerate. Similarly progress towards SDG and, in turn, boost social, economic and political opportunities. Similarly across Africa to create a more equal and prosperous continent.