Regional Equal Opportunities Coordinator

native affirmative action liaison co-ordinator

Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting International Peace and Cooperation

Office for Gender Equality | Equal Opportunities Office

The interim evaluation shall also take into consideration the scope for further simplification and aspects relating to access to funding opportunities for participants in all regions and for the private sector, notably SMEs, as well as the scope for promoting gender balance.

The interim evaluation shall also take into consideration the scope for further simplification and aspects relating to access to funding opportunities for participants in all regions and for the private sector, notably SMEs, as well as the scope for promoting gender balance.

P. whereas infringements of human rights and the political, environmental, developmental and humanitarian crisis in the Sahel region affect women in particular, who are often victims of discrimination, exceptional physical and human insecurity, chronic poverty and marginalisation; whereas gender equality, the political and economic empowerment of women, the promotion of gender equality and the defence of women’s rights are crucial to reducing poverty and encouraging sustainable development; whereas an increasingly restrictive socia ...[+++]l environment is limiting women’s mobility and productivity, and ultimately their capacity to function as effective leaders and defenders of women’s rights; whereas women in the Sahel region make up the majority of small-scale farmers and yet they are penalised in terms of land rights; whereas this lack of ownership over land contributes to poverty among women; whereas studies show that if women are educated and can earn and control income, a number of positive results follow, for example: maternal and infant mortality declines, the health and nutrition of women and children improve, agricultural productivity rises, climate change can be mitigated, population growth slows, economies expand and cycles of poverty are broken;

84. Urges the international community to dedicate more funds to advancing women’s rights and empowerment in the region; welcomes the efforts of the African Union in respect of women’s rights and recalls the importance of the ECOWAS for stability in the region; calls on the Sahel countries to step up their cooperation with a view to launching awareness campaigns on women’s rights with NGOs, civil society, the UN and the EU; calls on the EU to work with regional actors to promote the education of girls and to support measures boosting the financial security and potential of women, as key to ...[+++] securing female social, political and economic empowerment; encourages, furthermore, a policy emphasis on improving women’s healthcare;