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North Africa Beijing +10 Meeting: Need to Consolidate the Regional Perspective to Better Meet Challenges Ahead

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Within the framework of Africa’s contribution in the Global Decade Review of the Beijing Platform for Action on Women (Beijing + 10), ECA launched a series of sub regional meetings at experts level to review progress achieved in the 5 sub regions, and seek consensus as to what the gender related priority areas in the sub regions are for the next 10 years. In this regard, the North Africa sub regional evaluation meeting convened in Tangiers, Morocco from 14 -16 April, 2004, and brought together more than 30 participants who examined, during three full days, results achieved, major challenges pending, and emerging issues facing women in the sub region. Regarding the major outcomes of the sub regional decade review in North Africa, the meeting noted that progress was achieved in a concrete and convincing way in 4 major areas: Human and legal rights, with laws passed or improved to protect women; The political sector, with women’s participation in decision making re-emphasized and in constant increase; The socio-economic sector (girls education increased, health services improved, access to micro credit, integration of gender concerns in national development planning and national budgets, strengthening of gender national machineries, increase of partnerships with NGOs in gender programme…) Participants also examined the constraints encountered while implementing the Beijing Platform for Action. These are socio-cultural, political, economic, and institutional.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2004-09). North Africa Beijing +10 Meeting: Need to Consolidate the Regional Perspective to Better Meet Challenges Ahead. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/32369”Collections
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