AU : First African Union -Panafrican Conference on Girls and Women's Education (AU-PANCOGED1)

Media Advisory – 1st African Union Pan-African Conference on Girls and Women’s Education

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INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION DIRECTORATE

MEDIA ADVISORY

What: 1^st African Union Pan-African Conference on Girls and Women’s Education (AU-PANCOGEd1)

Venue: AUC Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Theme: « Prioritizing Girls and Women’s Education: A Strategy for increased access to inclusive, lifelong, quality, and relevant learning in Africa.”

When: July 02 – 05, 2024

Speakers:

H.E. Prof. Mohammed Belhocine, Commissioner, ESTI, AUC.
H.E Prof. Birhanu Nega, Minister of Education, Ethiopia
African Union Ministers of Education, and Gender from Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sahrawi, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Uganda
Hon. Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women, ACHPR, AU
H.E. Amb. Minata Samaté Cessouma, Commissionner, HHSD, AUC
Amb. Stian Christensen, Norway Permanent Mission to the AU
Ms. Antara Ganguli, Director, UNGEI
Ms. Letty Chiwara, UN Women Representative in Malawi
H.E. Ms. Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAIDS
High-ranked officials, Development partners, girls’ education advocates, CSOs, and researchers.

The AUC Department of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation through its technical and specialised office, the African Union International Center for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa (AU/CIEFFA) is convening the 1^st African Union Pan-African Conference on Girls and Women’s Education (AU-PANCOGEd1). The Conference is scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from July 02 – 05, 2024 at the African Union Headquarters. The 4-day gathering will take place under the theme, “Prioritizing Girls and Women’s Education: A Strategy for increased access to inclusive, lifelong, quality, and relevant learning in Africa.”

The event will hold within the framework of the African Union theme of the year 2024: “Educate an African fit for the 21st Century: Building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive, lifelong, quality, and relevant learning in Africa”. Organised in collaboration with UN Agencies, AU Organs and departments, development partners, organizations promoting girls and women’s education and youth champions on girls’ education. The conference will bring together some influential voices regarding girls and women’s education on the continent. They will among other things, deliberate on strategic methods of positioning equitable access to quality education and skills development for girls and women during the AU Theme of the year 2024 and beyond. Delegates are expected to collectively reflect on the status of girls and women’s education in Africa, galvanize support for financing girls’ education, and strengthen advocacy toward high-level adoption of gender transformative policies and frameworks.

Discussions during the four days will interrogate topical issues around gender-responsive policies and planning, education financing, tackling gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful socio-cultural practices to ease access and completion of girls’ education, and youth engagement for girls and women’s education.

General Objectives:

Popularize and widely disseminate the continental #AfricaEducatesHer campaign;
Evaluate and crystalize the Status of Girls and Women’s Education in Africa;
Explore Sustainable financing opportunities for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa;
Identify challenges, recommendations, and key solutions for the advancement of girls and women’s education and skills development in Africa;
Strengthen networks and partnerships of stakeholders working on the intersections of gender equality and education in Africa;
Advocate for the adoption of frameworks, recommendations, and policies particularly, those formulated by the AU Summit of Heads of States and governments, through the AU CIEFFA 8th High Level Dialogue on gender equality.

JOURNALISTS ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.

African Union International Centre for Girls’ and Women’s Education in Africa

The International Centre for the Education of Girls and Women in Africa (AU/CIEFFA) is a specialized institution of the African Union since 2004, dealing with women and girls’ education following Decision Assembly/AU/DEC.44 (III). AU/CIEFFA is a specialized institution of the African Union under the Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI). The Centre aims to promote girls’ and women’s education with a view towards their full participation in the eradication of poverty and the edification of a peaceful world for sustainable human development. http://cieffa.au.int

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