Grassroots Workshop on Gender Equality in East Africa | 22 June 2021

Grassroots Workshop on Gender Equality in East Africa | 22 June 2021

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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><em><b>From Data to Policy Action: </b> <b>Tackling Gender-Based Discrimination in Social Institutions in East Africa</b>   </em></h3>
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><b><span data-contrast="none">Virtual Grassroots</span></b><b><span data-contrast="none"> </span></b><b><span data-contrast="none">Workshop</span></b><b><span data-contrast="none">  </span></b><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335551550":2,"335551620":2}"> </span></h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><b><span data-contrast="none">22 June 2021 | </span></b><b><span data-contrast="none">10:00 AM – 1:00</span></b><b><span data-contrast="none"> </span></b><b><span data-contrast="none">PM (GMT+3)</span></b><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335551550":2,"335551620":2}"> </span></h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://meetoecd1.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvd-CrrD4qGdfOZalvH1MYWq2Fb0IIwguU"><b><span data-contrast="none">Registration now open</span></b></a><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335551550":2,"335551620":2}"> </span></h4>
<span data-contrast="auto">The OECD Development Centre, in partnerships with the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, invites you to a </span><b><span data-contrast="none">virtual workshop with grassroots organisations working on gender equality and women’s rights in East Africa</span></b><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">on </span><b><span data-contrast="none">22 June 2021 at 10:00 am GMT+3 (9:00 am GMT+2) </span></b><span data-contrast="auto">for an interactive policy discussion.   </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">Building on the OECD Development Centre’s </span><a href="https://www.genderindex.org/"><span data-contrast="none">Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI)</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">and the</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><a href="https://www.afdb.org/en/documents/africa-gender-index-report-2019-analytical-report"><span data-contrast="none">African Gender Index (AGI)</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">of the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the virtual workshop aims to track progress and identify key challenges and opportunities for women’s empowerment and greater gender equality in East Africa. Participants will include grassroots organisations, civil society and research organisations, think tanks, gender experts and advocates, as well as foundations, who will</span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><b><span data-contrast="none">share their perspectives and expertise on gender equality in East Africa </span></b><span data-contrast="auto">across three thematic areas:  </span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Wingdings" data-listid="7" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Women’s health deprivation, gender-based violence and restricted reproductive autonomy; </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Wingdings" data-listid="7" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Women’s economic empowerment and access to productive and financial resources;  </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Wingdings" data-listid="7" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Women’s political voice, leadership and agency.  </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></li>
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<span data-contrast="auto">This workshop is part of a series of virtual policy dialogue events in Africa organised within the OECD project </span><i><span data-contrast="auto">“From data to policy action: addressing social institutions governing women’s and men’s behaviour to enhance gender equality in Africa”,</span></i><span data-contrast="auto"> supported by the Austrian Development Cooperation; and in the context of the regional dissemination of the Africa Gender Index published in 2020 by the African Development Bank Group and UNECA. </span>

<span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335551550":6,"335551620":6}">For more information see </span><span data-contrast="auto"><a href="https://www.wikigender.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SIGI-Africa_Draft-Agenda_Grassroots-Workshop_East-Africa.pdf">Draft Agenda</a> and contact </span><a href="mailto:dev.gender@oecd.org"><span data-contrast="none">dev.gender@oecd.org</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">. </span><span data-contrast="none">   </span><span data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span>

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