{"id":64920,"date":"2016-02-26T12:49:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T10:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/celebration-of-the-international-womens-day-at-the-african-union-headquarters\/"},"modified":"2016-02-26T12:49:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T10:49:50","slug":"celebration-of-the-international-womens-day-at-the-african-union-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/celebration-of-the-international-womens-day-at-the-african-union-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of the International Women\u2019s Day at the African Union headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 26, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ — <\/span><\/p>\n

INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA<\/p>\n

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When: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tuesday 08 March 2016<\/p>\n

Where: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New AUC Complex, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<\/p>\n

Who: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Organized by the Women, Gender and Development Directorate (WGDD), African Union Commission (AUC)<\/p>\n

Objective: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The objectives of the 2016 International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) celebration are to:<\/p>\n

Secure measurable and achievable commitments to AU\u2019s commitments to gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment by all stakeholders.
Recommit AU, its organs, Member States, RECs and AU partners to accelerate implementation of gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment commitments in furtherance of Agenda 2063.
Raise awareness about the AU\u2019s Project 2016 and secure commitment for its effective implementation by the AU and its organs, Member States, RECS and Partners and Civil Society Organizations.
Promote awareness and appreciation of gender equality and women\u2019s rights within the AUC and other organs of the AU.<\/p>\n

Participants: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The 2016 IWD celebrations will be hosted by the AUC in collaboration with UN Partners such as UNWOMEN, UNDP, UNECA and OHCHR<\/p>\n

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BACKGROUND:<\/p>\n

International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8th March around the world. On this day, the African Union (AU) joins the international community to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, while also reviewing past progress of women\u2019s development and looking ahead at future opportunities for women, especially in the African continent .<\/p>\n

The IWD celebration creates an opportunity for women and men to come together, network and organize themselves for social transformation, anchored on values and principles that ensure enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all. The commemoration of this day, therefore, accords nations the opportunity to marshal efforts to strengthen women\u2019s rights and their participation in social, economic and political development.<\/p>\n

This year, the United Nations has adopted two themes to guide the global IWD celebrations, namely: \u201cPledge for Parity\u201d and Planet 50 \u2013 50: Step It Up for Gender Equality\u201d.\u00a0 Following these guiding themes, the AU\u2019s IWD commemoration theme will focus on \u201cAgenda 2063: A Pledge for Gender -Equality and Women\u2019s Empowerment. This year being the African Year of Human Rights with a specific focus on the Rights of Women, provides another opportunity to celebrate African women and share best practices, but also to remind the continent to implement its commitments to address persistent gender inequalities that hinder women from fully enjoying their human rights.<\/p>\n

Journalists are invited to cover the official opening of the International Women\u2019s Day on the 8th March 2016, at 09:00AM, New AUC Complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 26, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ — INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA When: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tuesday 08 March 2016 Where: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New AUC Complex, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Who: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Organized by the Women, Gender and Development Directorate (WGDD), African Union Commission (AUC) Objective: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The objectives of the 2016 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-64920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}