DECISION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOLEMN DECLARATION
ON GENDER EQUALITY IN AFRICA (SDGEA) 2017
Doc EX.CL/1078(XXXIII)
The Executive Council,
1. ENDORSES the 2017 reports on the Implementation of the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA);
2. APPEALS:
(i) To the Member States that are yet to submit their reports to do so urgently;
(ii) to Member States which have not yet done so, to ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) and those that have ratified, to accelerate domestication and implementation.
3. REQUESTS the Commission to accelerate the alignment of policies, programmes and reporting tools for gender equality with Agenda 2063.