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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Addis Ababa)

Addis Ababa Hosts 'Beijing +20' Regional Conference

Organized by UN Women and the Economic Commission for Africa, the main objective of the conference is to provide Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and African member States with an opportunity to review the accomplishments, as well as garner consensus, in addressing challenges affecting achievement of gender equality and women's empowerment nationally and in the region as a whole.

The Beijing Platform for Action Turns 20. The Platform imagines a world where each woman and girl can exercise her freedoms and choices, and realize all her rights.

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