Africa: UN and AU Work in Partnership to Empower Women in Africa

The first plenary session of the sixteenth session Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM) on 28 March 2015 discussed the United Nation's system support to the African Union's Year of Women's Empowerment and Development towards Agenda 2063.

The panel was co-chaired by Mr. Anthony Mothae Maruping, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, AUC and Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and had as panelists, Mr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict; Ms. Bineta Diop, Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, African Union; Ms. Lukshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women); and Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, Regional Director for Africa, World Health Organization (WHO).

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