7th African regional conference on women ministerial conference on the decade review of the implementation of the Dakar and Beijing platforms for action: opening statement by K.Y. Amoako executive secretary of the economic commission for Africa

Abstract

Opening statement by K.Y. Amoako Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at the seventh African Regional Conference on Women Ministerial Conference on the Decade Review of the Implementation of the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action. Mr. Amoako, on his remarks highlighted that, the gender movement gained momentum after every conference. Altogether they created a climate of legitimacy, for gender movements and gender reform, which otherwise would have taken much longer to achieve. Since Beijing, momentum has slowed at the global level. However, in Africa at least, the regional picture is very different. Particularly at the high political level, we have seen real advances and a gathering excitement about what can be achieved. The growth in achievements across this continent provides a broader base of real experience to compare and to provide peer learning. The area that is among the most difficult, and which applies not only to those with the disease, but also to those vulnerable to the disease, is the human and legal rights of girls and women.