Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa/Declaration Solennelle sur L'Egalite entre les sexes en Afrique.Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union African Union (AU), international organization established in 2002 by the nations of the former Organization of African Unity (OAU). The AU is the successor organization to the OAU, with greater powers to promote African economic, social, and political integration, Third Ordinary Session, 6-8 July 2004 Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (ăd`ĭs ăb`əbə) [Amharic,=new flower], city (1994 pop. 2,112,737), capital of Ethiopia. It is situated at c.8,000 ft (2,440 m) on a well-watered plateau surrounded by hills and mountains. , Ethiopia Assembly/AU/Decl. 12 (111) Rev. 1 We, the Heads of State and Government of Member States of the African Union, meeting in the Third Ordinary Session of our Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 6-8 July 2004: Reaffirming our commitment to the principle of gender equality as enshrined in Article 4 (I) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union The Constitutive Act of the African Union sets out the codified framework under which the African Union is to conduct itself. It was signed on 11 July 2000 at Lomé, Togo. See also
The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and , including the Dakar Platform for Action (1994), the Beijing Platform for Action (1995), the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW-1979), the African Plan of Action to Accelerate the Implementation of the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action for the Advancement of Women (1999); the Outcome Document of the Twenty-third Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (2000); UN Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security; and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter) is an international human rights instrument that seeks to promote and protect human rights and basic freedoms in the African continent. on the Rights of Women in Africa (2003); Standing by our Decision on gender parity taken at the Inaugural Session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government in July 2002 in Durban, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. implemented during the Second Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Maputo, Mozambique, 2003 through the election of five female and five male Commissioners; Noting with satisfaction that our Decision on gender parity is a historic achievement that does not yet exist in any other continent or regional organisations; Re-affirming our commitment to continue, expand and accelerate efforts to promote gender equality at all levels; Determined to build on the progress that we have achieved in addressing issues of major concern to the women of Africa; Taking cognisance COGNISANCE, pleading. Where the defendant in an action of replevin (not being entitled to the distress or goods which are the subject of the replevin) acknowledges the taking of the distress, and insists that such taking was legal, not because he himself had a right to distrain on his own of the landmark decision A landmark decision is the outcome of a legal case (often thus referred to as a landmark case) that establishes a precedent that either substantially changes the interpretation of the law or that simply establishes new case law on a particular issue. to adopt the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa during the Second Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Maputo, Mozambique, 2003; Noting the decision of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission The Commission of the African Union serves as the AU's administrative branch. It consists of ten Commissioners, who hold individual portfolios. The Commission implements AU policies and coordinates the body's activities and meetings. to transform the African Women's Committee on Peace and Development (AWCPD) into the African Union Women's Committee (AUWC), which will be located in the Gender Directorate and serve as an Advisory Body to the Chairperson on Gender and Development; Recognising that major challenges and obstacles to gender equality still remain and require concerted and collective leadership and efforts from all of us including networks working on gender and development; Deeply concerned about the status of women and the negative impacts on women of issues such the high incidence of HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome among girls and women, conflict, poverty, harmful traditional practices, high population of refugee women and internally displaced women, violence against women, women's exclusion from politics and decision-making, and illiteracy, limited access of girls to education; Aware of the policies and programmes we have put in,place to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. as well as the current challenges in this campaign; Concerned that, while women and children bear the brunt of Conflicts and internal displacement "Internal Displacement" is episode 143 of The West Wing. C.J. realizes that she barely has any time left in office and decides to try and solve the (real world) crisis in Darfur, Sudan, along with the (fictional) crisis between Russia and China over Kazakhstan. , including rapes and killings, they are largely excluded from conflict prevention, peace-negotiation, and peace-building processes in spite of African women's experience in peace-building; Aware of the fact that low levels of women's representation in social, economic and political decision-making structures and feminisation Noun 1. feminisation - the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration feminization of poverty impact negatively on women's ability to derive full benefit from the economies of their countries and the democratisation Noun 1. democratisation - the action of making something democratic democratization group action - action taken by a group of people process; Aware of the digital divide between the North and the South, men and women and the role of information telecommunication technologies (ICTs) in the advancement of the gender issue as stated in the e-gender Forum Declaration of Tunis, May 2004 in preparation for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS WSIS World Summit on the Information Society WSIS Who Should I Start? (fantasy football) WSIS Waste Stream Information Sheet WSIS White Smoke Identification System (US Navy) ) 2005; HEREBY AGREE TO: 1. Accelerate the implementation of gender specific economic, social, and legal measures aimed at combating the HIV/AIDS pandemic and effectively implement both Abuja and Maputo Declarations on Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Disease Infectious disease A pathological condition spread among biological species. Infectious diseases, although varied in their effects, are always associated with viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites and aberrant proteins known as prions. . More specifically we will ensure that treatment and social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales are available to women at the local level making it more responsive to the needs of families that are providing care; enact legislation to end discrimination against women living with HIV/AIDS and for the protection and care of HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. persons, particularly women; increase budgetary allocations in these sectors so as to alleviate women's burden of care; 2. Ensure the full and effective participation and representation of women in peace processes including the prevention, resolution, management of conflicts and post-conflict reconstruction in Africa as stipulated in UN Resolution 1325 (2000) and to also appoint women as Special Envoys and Special Representatives of the African Union; 3. Launch, within the next one year, a campaign for systematic prohibition of the recruitment of child soldiers and abuse of girl children as wives and sex slaves in violation of their Rights as enshrined in the African Charter on Rights of the Child; 4. Initiate, launch and engage within two years sustained public campaigns against gender based violence as well as the problem of trafficking in women and girls; Reinforce legal mechanisms that will protect women at the national level and end impunity IMPUNITY. Not being punished for a crime or misdemeanor committed. The impunity of crimes is one of the most prolific sources whence they arise. lmpunitas continuum affectum tribuit delinquenti. 4 Co. 45, a; 5 Co. 109, a. of crimes committed against women in a manner that will change and positively alter the attitude and behaviour of the African society; 5. Expand and Promote the gender parity principle that we have adopted regarding the Commission of the African Union to all the other organs of the African Union, including its NEPAD NEPAD New Partnership for Africa's Development programme, to the Regional Economic Communities, and to the national and local levels in collaboration with political parties and the National parliaments in our countries; 6. Ensure the active promotion and protection of all human rights for women and girls including the right to development by raising awareness Raising awareness is a common phrase advocacy groups use to justify a particular event, brochure or even the entire organization. Raising awareness refers to alerting the general public that a certain issue exists and should be approached the way the group desires. or by legislation where necessary; 7. Actively promote the implementation of legislation to guarantee women's land, property and inheritance rights including their rights to housing; 8. Take specific measures to ensure the education of girls and literacy of women, especially in the rural areas, to achieve the goal of "Education for All" (EFA EFA essential fatty acid. ); 9. Undertake to Sign and ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa by the end of 2004 and to support the launching of public campaigns aimed at ensuring its entry into force by 2005 and usher in Verb 1. usher in - be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" inaugurate, introduce commence, lead off, start, begin - set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. an era of domesticating and implementing the Protocol as well as other national, regional and international instruments on gender equality by all States Parties; 10. Establish AIDS Watch Africa as a unit within the Office of the Chairperson of the Commission who should render annual report on HIV/AIDS situation in the continent during annual Summits and promote the local production of anti-retroviral drugs in our countries; 11. Accept to establish an African Trust Fund for Women for the purpose of building the capacity of African women and further request the African Union Commission The Commission of the African Union acts as the executive/administrative branch or secretariat of the AU (and is somewhat analogous to the European Commission). It consists of a number of Commissioners dealing with different areas of policy. to work out the modalities Modalities The factors and circumstances that cause a patient's symptoms to improve or worsen, including weather, time of day, effects of food, and similar factors. for the operationalisation of the Fund with special focus on women in both urban and rural areas; 12. Commit ourselves to report annually on progress made in terms of gender mainstreaming and to support and champion all issues raised in this Declaration, both at the national and regional levels, and regularly provide each other with updates on progress made during our Ordinary Sessions; 13. We request the Chairperson of the African Union Commission to submit, for our consideration, an annual report, during our ordinary sessions, on measures taken to implement the principle of gender equality and gender mainstreaming, and all issues raised in this Declaration both at the national and regional levels. You can also access The Civil Society Declaration adopted at the African Union meeting of June 26-27th 2004 at www.africa-union.org. CONFERENCE DE L'UNION AFRICAINE Troisieme session ordinaire6-8 juillet 2004 Addis-Abeba (ETHIOPIE) Assembly / AU / Decl.12 (III) Nous, Chefs d'Etat et de Gouvernement des etats membres de l'Union Africaine, reunis en la troisieme session ordinaire de notre Conference a Addis Abeba, (Ethiopie) du 6 au 8 juillet 2004 : Reaffirmant notre engagement au principe de l'egalite entre les hommes et les femmes, tel qu'enonce dans l'article 4 (1) de l'Acte constitutif de l'Union africaine, ainsi qu'aux autres engagements, principes, objectifs et actions existants specifies dans les divers instruments regionaux, continentaux et internationaux de droits de l'homme et des femmes, notamment la Plate forme forme (form) pl. formes [Fr.] form. forme fruste (froost) pl. formes frustes an atypical, especially a mild or incomplete, form, as of a disease. d'action africaine (1994), la Plate forme d'action de Beijing (1995), la Convention sur l'elimination de toutes les formes (language, music) Formes - An object-oriented language for music composition and synthesis, written in VLISP. ["Formes: Composition and Scheduling of Processes", X. Rodet & P. Cointe, Computer Music J 8(3):32-50 (Fall 1984)]. de discrimination a l'egard des femmes (1979), le Plan d'action africain pour l'acceleration de la mise en ceuvre des Plates-formes d'action de Dakar et de Beijing pour la promotion de la femme La Femme is a women-only beach in Marina, Egypt which caters to Muslims who want to swim in comfort away from prying and prurient view of "men and cameras". External links
[1] (1999), le document adopte par la vingt troisieme session extraordinaire ex·tra·or·di·naire adj. Extraordinary: a jazz singer extraordinaire. [French, from Old French, from Latin extra de l'Assemblee generale des Nations unies sur la mise en ceuvre de la Plate forme d'action de Beijing (2000); la resolution 1325 des Nations unies sur les femmes, la paix et la securite (2000); et le Protocole a la charte africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples, relatif aux droits des femmes en Afrique (2003); Reaffirmant notre decision sur la parite entre les hommes et les femmes prise a la session inaugurale de la conference des Chefs d'Etat et de gouvemement de l'Union africaine en juillet 2002 a Durban (Afrique du Sud), et concretisee lors de la deuxieme session ordinaire de la Conference a Maputo, (Mozambique) 2003, par l'election de 5 femmes commissaires et de 5 commissaires hommes; Notons avec satisfaction que notre decision sur la parite entre les hommes et les femmes est un acte historique qui n'existe sur aucun autre continent ou organisation continentale. Reaffirmant notre engagement a poursuivre, a intensifier in·ten·si·fi·er n. Grammar See intensive. intensifier Noun a word, esp. an adjective or adverb, that intensifies the meaning of the word or phrase that it modifies, for example, very et a accelerer nos efforts pour promouvoir l'egalite entre les hommes et les femmes a tous les niveaux; Determines a consolider les progres que nous avons realises dens la recherche La Recherche is a monthly French language popular science magazine covering recent scientific news. It is published by the Société d'éditions scientifiques (the Scientific Publishing Group), a subsidiary of Financière Tallandier. de solutions aux preoccupations majeures des femmes d'Afrique; Conscients de notre decision historique d'adopter le Protocole a la charte africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples relatifs aux droits des Femmes en Afrique lors de la session ordinaire de la Conference tenue a Maputo, (Mozambique) en 2003; Notant la decision du President de la Commission de l'Union africaine de transformer le Comite des femmes africaines pour la paix et le developpement en un Comite qui sera situe au sein de la Direction de Genre et qui servira d'Organe consultatif pour le President en ce qui concerne les questions de genre et developpement; Reconnaissant que les defis et obstacles majeurs en matiere d'egalite entre les hommes et les femmes persistent et necessitent un leadership et des efforts concertes et collectifs de notre part, y compris les reseaux ceuvrant dans le domaine de l'egalite entre les hommes et les femmes et le developpement; Profondement preoccupes par la situatien des femmes et l'impact negatif qu'ont sur les femmes les problemes tels que le VIH/SIDA, les conflits, la pauvrete, le nombre eleve des femmes refugiees et deplacees, les pratiques traditionnelles nefastes, la violence contre les femmes, l'exclusion des femmes de la politique et du processus de prise de decision, l'analphabetisme, et l'acces limite des filles a l'education etc. Conscients de politiques et programmes que nous avons mis en place pour contenir la propagation de la pandemie de VIH/SIDA ainsi que des defis auxquels se heurte actuellement cette campagne; Preoccupes par le fait que les femmes et les enfants sant les principales victimes des conflits et des deplacements a l'interieur du pays, notamment les viols et les massacres, et que les femmes sant en general exclues de la prevention des conflits et des processus de negociation de la paix et de consolidation de la paix; Conscients du fait que la faible representation des femmes dans les structures de prise de decision sociales, economiques et politiques, et la feminisation de la pauvrete ont un impact negatif sur la capacite des femmes a profiter pleinement de leur participation aux economies de leurs pays et au processus de democratisation; Conscients de la difference numerique existant entre le Nord et le Sud, entre les hommes et les femmes et du rele des Technologies de la Communication et de l'Information, (TIC) dans la promotion des questions de l'egalite entre les hommes et les femmes, tel que souligne dans la Declaration du Forum de Tunis sur "l'e-genre" tenu en mai, dans le cadre de la preparation du Sommet Mondial Mondial can refer to:
SMSI Strong Metal-Support Interaction SMSI Simplified Message Service Interface ) prevu en 2005; SOMMES CONVENUS DE: 1. Accelerer la mise en aeuvre des mesures economiques, sociales, et juridiques specifiques en faveur des femmes en vue de combattre de combattre la pandemie de VIH/SIDA et de mettre efficacement en aeuvre les Declarations d'Abuja et de Maputo sur le paludisme, le VIH/SIDA, la tuberculose et les autres maladies infectieuses connexes. Plus particulierement nous veillerons a ce que le traitement et les services sociaux disponibles pour les femmes au niveau local repondent mieux aux besoins des familles qui fournissent les soins, nous promulguerons des lois pour mettre fin a la discrimination a l'egard des femmes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA et pour la protection et la prise en charge des personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA, en particulier les femmes et nous augmenterons les allocations budgetaires dans ces secteurs afin d'alleger le fardeau des soins qui pesent sur les femmes; 2. Assurer la pleine participation et representation des femmes au processus de paix, y compris la prevention, la gestion et le reglement des conflits et la reconstruction post-conflit en Afrique, tel que stipule dans la resolution 1235 des Nations Unies (2000) et de Designer des femmes comme Envoyees speciales et Representantes speciales de l'Union Africaine; 3. Initier, dans un delai d'un an, une campagne d'interdiction systematique du recrutement des enfants-soldats et de l'exploitation des petites filles en tant qu'epouses et esclaves sexuelles, en violation de leurs droits tels que consacres dans la Charte africaine des droits de l'enfant; 4. Organiser et lancer, dans un delai de deux ans, des campagnes publiques soutenues contre la violence a l'egard des femmes et le trafic des trafic des femmes et des filles; de renforcer les mecanismes juridiques pour assurer la protection des femmes a tous les niveaux et mettre fin a l'impunite des crimes commis commis Adjective Brit (of a waiter or chef) apprentice: the commis chef [French] contre les retornes, d'une maniere qui modifiera positivement l'attitude et le comportement de la societe africaine; 5. Promouvoir et etendre le principe de la parite entre les hommes et les femmes que nous avons adopte concernant la Commission de l'Union Africaine a tous les org'anes de l'Union africaine, y compris son programme du NEPAD et, aux communautes economiques regionales (CER Cer goddess of violent death. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 75] See : Death CER - Canonical Encoding Rules ), et aux niveaux national et local, en collaboration avec les partis politiques et les parlements nationaux dans nos pays; 6. Assurer la promotion et la protection de tous les droits de l'homme, des femmes et des filles, y compris le droit Le Droit (established on March 27, 1913) is a Canadian daily newspaper, published in Ottawa, Canada and is operated by Gesca since 2000. History The newspaper was launched at that period as a tool to condemn Bill 17, an Ontario legislation that abolished education au developpement par la sensibilisation ou par l'application de lois necessaires, le cas echeant; 7. Promouvoir activement l'application de la legislation en vue de garantir aux femmes les droits a la terre La Terre (The Earth) is a novel by Émile Zola, published in 1887. It is the fifteenth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. The action takes place in a rural community in La Beauce, an area of northern France. , a la propriete et a l'heritage, y compris leur droit [French, Justice, right, law.] A term denoting the abstract concept of law or a right. Droit is as variable a phrase as the English right or the Latin jus. It signifies the entire body of law or a right in terms of a duty or obligation. au logement; 8. Prendre des mesures specifiques destinees a assurer l'education des filles et l'alphabetisation des femmes, en particulier dans les zones rurales, afin de realiser l'objectif de "Education pour tous"; 9. Nous engager a signer et a ratifier le Protocole a la Charte africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples, relatif aux droits des femmes en Afrique, d'ici a la fin de l'an 2004, et a appuyer le lancement des campagnes de sensibilisation visant a assurer l'entree en vigueur du Protocole avant 2005 et a ouvrir une ere pour la mise en oeuvre de la vulgarisation Noun 1. vulgarisation - the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined vulgarization degradation, debasement - changing to a lower state (a less respected state) 2. , par les Etats parties au Protocole ainsi que d'autres instruments nationaux, regionaux et internationaux sur l'egalite entre les hommes et les femmes; 10. Mettre en place AIDS Watch Africa camine une unire au sein du cabinet du President de la Commission qui devra produire un rapport annuel sur la situation du VHI/SIDA dans le continent au cours des Sommets et promouvoir la production de medicaments anti-retroviraux dans nos pays; 11. Accepter creation d'un fonds d'affectation speciale en faveur des femmes en vue de renforcer les capacites des femmes africaines et de demander au President de la Commission de l'Union africaine d'elaborer les modalites de la mise en place Mise en place (IPA pronunciation: [miz eñ 'plass]), literally translated from French, means "setting in place." Culinary Institute of America describes the term as "Everything in place". du fonds, en mettant un accent particulier sur les femmes des zones rurales et urbaines; 12. Nous engager a faire rapport annuellement sur les progres realises dans l'integration du genre, a appuyer et defendre toutes les questions soulevees dans la presente Declaration, aux niveaux national et regional, et a echanger regulierement des informations sur les progres realises au cours de nos Sessions Ordinaires; 13. Nous demandos au President de la Commission de l'Union africaine de nous soumettre pour examen ex·a·men n. An examination; an investigation. [Latin ex men, a weighing out; see examine.]Noun 1. , au cours de notre session ordinaire, un rapport annuel sur les mesures prises pour mettre en aeuvre le principe de l'egalite entre les sexes-integrer le genre et toutes les questions soulevees dans la presente Declaration, aux niveau national et regional. |
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