GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY DIVISION
PUBLIC DIALOGUE

Date: Wednesday March 6, 2024
Time: 3 p.m.-4 p.m. (Cameroon time GMT+1)
Venue : Online (Zoom)

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day to celebrate political, social, economic and cultural achievements, while calling for action to strengthen gender equality in all sectors (1 ) . The United Nations theme to celebrate IWD 2024 is: “ Invest in women: Accelerate progress”. Five key areas have been identified to encourage common action to achieve this objective, namely: investing in women, putting an end to poverty, implementing gender-sensitive financing, moving to a green economy and a society of care and supporting feminist change agents ( 2 ). But faced with several different socio-political contexts, progress and challenges differ from one country or region to another. It is therefore a matter of finding adequate strategies to pool efforts by adopting an inter-sectional approach, in order to reduce not only regional differences on the evolution of women’s rights in Africa, but also the inequalities that persist between men and women. .

Objectives

The general objective of this webinar is to take stock of gender equality in Africa, by analyzing common and national progress as well as common and specific challenges on the areas identified by the United Nations.

Specifically the aim is to:

• Analyse the contours and implications of what “investing in women” means
• Analyse the progress and challenges of eradicating the feminisation of poverty
• Analyse national progress and challenges in terms of gender-responsive budgeting
• Analyse the participation of women in the green economy and the access of women and girls to the best health care
• Identify and analyse the resources and challenges of African women’s civil society (Associations, NGOs, activists, unions, etc.) in carrying out its activities to promote women’s rights.

Event Format

The event will take place online, via Zoom, with panel discussions moderated by experts and will be broadcast live on the Foretia Foundation’s social media platforms.

Event date and time

The event will take place on Friday February 9, 2024 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Cameroon time –GMT+1).

Organizers

This event is organized by the Governance and Democracy Division of the Nkafu Policy Institute, the Think tank of the Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation.

5. Panelists

6. Participants

This debate is organized by the Governance and Democracy Division of the Nkafu Policy Institute. It is open to all without restriction.

7. Contacts For more information, please contact us by email at: [email protected] or by telephone at: (+237) 222 31 15 84 / 654 86 72 54.