Virtual workshop with grassroots organisations on tackling gender-based discrimination in West Africa

Virtual workshop with grassroots organisations on tackling gender-based discrimination in West Africa

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<p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span data-contrast="none">From Data to Policy Action: Tackling </span></i></b><b><i><span data-contrast="none">Gender-Based D</span></i></b><b><i><span data-contrast="none">iscriminat</span></i></b><b><i><span data-contrast="none">ion in</span></i></b><b><i><span data-contrast="none"> Social Institutions</span></i></b><i><span data-contrast="none"> </span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> </span></i><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><i><span data-contrast="none"> </span></i><i><span data-contrast="none"> </span></i><b><span data-contrast="none">Virtual Workshop in West Africa </span></b><span data-contrast="none"> </span><i><span data-contrast="none"> </span></i><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span><b><span data-contrast="none">27 April 2021</span></b><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span data-contrast="none">10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (CET)</span></b><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://meetoecd1.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlf-2pqzouGt0hWrBjJwVLC7dTuC1kcM9-"><b><span data-contrast="none">Please kindly register here</span></b></a><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></p>
<span data-contrast="auto">The OECD Development Centre, in partnership with the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC), invites you to a </span><b><span data-contrast="none">virtual workshop with grassroots</span></b><b><span data-contrast="none"> </span></b><b><span data-contrast="none">organisations </span></b><b><span data-contrast="none">working on gender equality </span></b><b><span data-contrast="none">in</span></b><b><span data-contrast="none"> </span></b><b><span data-contrast="none">West Africa</span></b><span data-contrast="none"> on </span><b><span data-contrast="none">27 April 2021 at 10:00 Paris time</span></b><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">for an interactive policy discussion.  </span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">Building on the OECD’s </span><a href="http://www.genderindex.org/"><span data-contrast="none">Social Institutions and Gender Index</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> (SIGI), the virtual workshop aims to track progress and identify key challenges and opportunities for women’s empowerment and greater gender equality in West Africa. Participants will include grassroots organisations, civil society and research organisations, think tanks, gender experts and advocates, as well as foundations, who will </span><b><span data-contrast="none">share their perspectives and expertise on gender equality in West Africa across three thematic areas:</span></b><span data-contrast="none">  </span><span data-contrast="none"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Women’s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> health deprivation and restricted reproductive autonomy</span><span data-contrast="auto">;</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="%1." data-font="Calibri" data-listid="8" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Women’s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> economic empowerment and access to productive and financial resources</span><span data-contrast="auto">;</span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="%1." data-font="Calibri" data-listid="8" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Women’s</span><span data-contrast="auto"> political voice, leadership and agency. </span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span></li>
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<span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-contrast="auto">This workshop kick-starts the series of virtual policy dialogue events in Africa within the 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.  </span><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"> </span>

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<span class="TextRun SCXW25909827 BCX9" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW25909827 BCX9" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{">For more information, please contact: </span></span><a href="mailto:dev.gender@oecd.org"><span class="TextRun SCXW25909827 BCX9" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW25909827 BCX9" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">dev.gender@oecd.org</span></span></a>.

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