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Division for Governance and Multilateral Affairs Ethiopia Liaison Office Highlights
The Acting Executive Director of the UNFPA Dr. Natalia Kanem was invited by H.E. Prof. Alpha Conde, President of the Republic of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union to attend the 29th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 3-4 July 2017.
One Africa One Voice
On 24 September 2016, a high level forum of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and their counterparts in charge of Health, Gender and Social Development was held in the margins of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly under the chairmanship of H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chad and Chair of the Executive Council. The objective of the high level forum was to deliberate on ensuring a united, coherent, coordinated and consistent African voice in the multilateral fora based on the positions of African Heads of State and Government and African Union processes. The Forum was convened by the African Union Commission under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the Commission.
Division for Governance and Multilateral Affairs (DGM) Ethiopia Liaison Office Highlights
DGM-ELO coordinated UNFPA’s participation in the 2017 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development that was held in Addis Ababa from 17-19 May 2017 under the theme "Ensuring inclusive and sustainable growth and prosperity for all". The Forum was attended by over 40 Member States represented at ministerial and expert levels, representatives of various UN agencies, Major Groups and other civil society organizations. The main focus of the forum was to conduct an in-depth thematic review of the SDGs that will be reviewed at the 2017 High Level Political Forum including Goals 1 (poverty eradication), 2 (hunger and food security), 3 (health and wellbeing), 5 (gender equality and women’s empowerment), 9 (industry, innovation and infrastructure), 14 (oceans, seas and marine resources) and 17 (means of implementation and global partnership). It also sought to facilitate learning and sharing of experiences in the advancement of both Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
AU ROADMAP on HARNESSINGTHE DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDENDTHROUGH INVESTMENTSIN YOUTH
The central importance of the demographic dividend to Africa’s transformative development has been repeatedly acknowledged by African leaders at the highest level and in key ministerial platforms. Over the last ten years, it has become evident that a demographic dividend lens offers a strategic basis for focusing and prioritizing investments in people in general and the youth in particular, in order to achieve sustainable development, inclusive economic growth, and to build “an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, which is driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the international arena”.
Maputo Plan of Action 2016 - 2018
The Maputo Plan of Action (MPoA) for the Operationalization of the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Continental Policy Framework is a result of over 10 years policy action to ensure universal access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services in Africa...
State of World Population 2016
She is 10 years old. Capable of rapidly absorbing wisdom and knowledge from those around her, she is poised to one day become an inspiring leader, a productive worker, an innovator, a caring parent or any of the other...
Accelerating Change By The Numbers
As the largest global programme addressing FGM/C, the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Accelerating Change plays a critical role in achieving Target 5.3 which calls for the elimination of all harmful practices by 2030, under the Sustainable Development Goal 5.
Agenda 2063: the Africa We Want
Agenda 2063: the Africa We Want is a strategic framework for the socio-economic transformation of the continent over the next 50 years. Its builds on, and seeks to accelerate the implementation of past and existing continental initiatives for growth and sustainable development.
Reducing poverty, inequality and vulnerability
The South Africa National Population Unit,1 in collaboration with IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation), takes great pleasure in introducing this publication on population matters in the BRICS countries. In this publication, we pay special attention to and focus on reducing poverty and inequality, and vulnerable groups. We believe that the publication will contribute to collaboration through dialogue, cooperation, sharing of experiences and capacity building on population-related matters of mutual concern.