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MenEngage Africa Alliance (MEA) and Sonke Gender Justice joins the world and the Africa region in commemorating International Women’s Day under the theme Invest in women: Accelerate progress.
MEA and Sonke steps forward in solidarity, support, and commitment to work for gender equality by 2030 and the advancement of women and girls in all spheres of life. Investing in women requires policies, structures, institutions, and services to align in the quest to address the following: gender gaps in earnings, unresponsive financial institutions and global markets, women underrepresentation in business and financial sector leadership as well as lack of ownership of the means of production. This will facilitate advancement of women and girls in social, economic, cultural, and political development.
“International Women’s Day is an important day for gender transformative interventions. It provides singular focus globally on all key stakeholders to take stock on progress made in the gender agenda. It is gratifying to see that numerous countries in our region take this day seriously with several having declared the day as a public holiday’’ says Bafana Khumalo, Sonke Gender Justice, Co-Executive Director, and member of the MenEngage Secretariat.
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