Reminder to register for Africa Regional Youth Conference 15th to 16th August 2019

You are cordially reminded and requested to mobilize young people to attend the AFRICA REGIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE.

Send the link to your networks to have Youth join the other 300 delegates that will convene in Uganda come August 15th and 16th 2019 to  shape and learn from each other the progress made in engaging Youth in:

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CSO outcome document for African Regional ICPD+25 meeting

The CSO consultation outcome document (attached in English and French) was adopted unanimously at the Expert Meeting held in Accra, Ghana during the ICPD+25 Regional Review for Africa of the Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development (AADPD), 2-5 October 2018.  

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Dates for ICPD Regional Review Conferences finalized

Meeting/Event	Date	Venue
3rd Regional Conference on Population and Development for Latin America and the Caribbean	7-10 August 2018	Lima, Peru
UNECE ICPD Regional Review Meeting	1-2 October 2018	Geneva, Switzerland
Africa Regional Ministerial ICPD Review Conference	2-5 October 2018	Accra, Ghana
Mid-Term Review of the Sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference	26-28 Nov 2018	Bangkok, Thailand
High Level ICPD-SDG Regional Review Conference in the Arab Region	30 Oct-1 Nov 2018	Beirut, Lebanon

2017 Regional Preparatory Meetings for High-level Political Forum

The following dates and venues have been announced for the Regional Preparatory Meetings for the High-level Political Forum in 2017:

ESCAP: Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APSFD), 29-31 March 2017, Bangkok, Thailand

ECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD) 2017, 25 April 2017, Geneva, Switzerland

ECLAC: Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development (LAC RFSD), 26-28 April 2017, Mexico City

ECA Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD), 16-19 May, Venue to be decided

Post-2015 development agenda session on follow-up and review, 18-22 May – No 1: regional and other opportunities for engagement

As we move towards the next session of the intergovernmental negotiations on follow-up and review, which will be the final one before the ‘negotiations proper’ take place in June and July, it is important to highlight related regional meetings scheduled for the next two months. These are all included on the calendar of events that we are regularly updating on the website.

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Declaration of African ministers recommitting them to implementing Beijing Platform for Action

(based on Economic Commission for Africa report)

African ministers responsible for gender and women’s affairs, attending the 9th African Regional Conference on Women, as part of the 20 year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 19 November 2014 adopted a Declaration calling for their respective governments to achieve gender equality by 2030, as spelled out in the Agenda 2063. 

Despite progress in efforts for more gender equality, Ministers noted that daunting challenges to implementing BPfA remain, and that were compounded by emerging issues, such as climate change, terrorism, conflicts, global economic and financial crises and increasing inequality.

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Beijing+20 – Ninth African Regional Conference

The ninth African Regional Conference, under the aegis of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 17 to 19 November 2014. (See: http://www.uneca.org/beijing-plus-20) 

NGO Forum

Women’s rights organizations, taking part in an NGO Forum in Addis Ababa in advance of the ECA meeting, from 14-16, called on African governments to re-dedicate themselves to upholding national, regional and international laws and policies that advance women’s rights and gender equality on universal human rights standards already agreed upon and protect them from social moral and cultural arguments and positions. 

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Opportunity to engage with African Union Chairperson on Social Media on 20 October at 14.30 East Africa Time

HE Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission,  will interact with African Citizens, civil society, development partners and diaspora on social media on  Monday, 20 October at 14.30  East African Time (GMT+3) on a live TweetChat under the theme #theafricawewant. The channel to post questions, comments and suggestions on this theme  is twitter hashtag #DGTrends.

It is part of the build up to the 2014 High Level Dialogue on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance in Africa (DGTrends) scheduled for 30-31 October 2014 in Dakar, Senegal. The theme of the 2014 DGTrends is “Silencing the Guns: Strengthening Governance to Prevent, Manage and Resolve Conflicts in Africa”.

For further informaiton visit DGtrends.org.

Address by South Africa’s Minister of Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, MP, on the occasion of the United Nations General Assembly on the commission on population and development

Ms Bathabile Dlamini, speaking as South Africa’s Minister of Social Development, gave a strong presentation at a meeting of the commission on population and development on harnessing the demographic dividend and ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health at the UN in New York. In the context of the Addis Ababa Declaration, she discussed sexual and reproductive health and rights, reproductive justice and the links between human rights and development.

The Minister reaffirmed her government’s  position in relation to population and development, saying  “The South African Population Policy, in accordance with the South African Constitution and guided by the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (ICPD), emphasises the attainment of sustainable development and places people at the centre of that development. Development is seen as a process of enlarging people’s capabilities and ensuring that they enjoy long, healthy and creative lives. This is based on an approach that fundamental human rights and sustainable development cannot be separated if we are to improve the lives of people.”

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Common Africa Position on the Post 2015 Development Agenda

In June 2014 the African Union officially launched the Common African Position (CAP) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It sets out recommendations as to what should replace the existing Millennium Development Goals and was developed by an African Union High Level Committee, chaired by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, following an agreement of the members of the African Union during its 22nd Ordinary Session “to speak with one voice and to act in unity” in the development of the post-2015 development agenda.  

The CAP takes note of the various international initiatives that had already taken place, including the work of the United Nations task Team (UNTT), the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons and the outcome of the 2013 UN General Assembly Special Event on the MDGs. They also acknowledged the outcome document from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Conference -- The Future We Want -- and the related processes subsequently developed -- the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals; the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing; and the High-Level Political Forum. It also made specific reference to the Africa Regional Consultation on the Sustainable Development Goals...

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