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Africa Week 2015 in the Context of the United Nations 70th Anniversary(12 - 16 October 2015)Theme: "Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – Moving from Aspirations to Reality" Videos of individual meetings are available on corresponding web pages.
This year, Africa Week will be held from 12 to 16 October 2015 under the theme, “Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Moving from Aspirations to Reality”. It will be celebrated in the context of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Download the Save the Date announcement or the event's brochure . During the week, the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) aims, inter alia, to popularize and mobilize international support for African Union (AU)’s Agenda 2063 and its First Ten-Year Implementation Plan, as well as to highlight their synergies with the global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Background Africa Week celebrates and showcases Africa’s continuous advancements and achievements with respect to social, economic, political and environmental development. The Week also brings to the fore awareness on the new and emerging challenges confronting the continent, with an aim to mobilize international support at the global level for Africa’s development priorities and its inclusive transformative agenda. Africa Week is an annual event organized on the margins of the General Assembly Debate on Africa’s development by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) in close collaboration with its strategic partners including:
Over the past four years, participation in the Week has not only increased and widened, but also become high profile with the United Nations Secretary-General having launched the event in the recent past. The UN Deputy Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly regularly actively participate in the Week, which now features the active participation of the African Union Commission and the African RECs, as well as representatives of civil society, the private sector, academia, African Diaspora and the media.
Focus Since its launch in 2010, Africa Week has evolved to focus on the wide range of Africa’s development priorities, covering the areas of peace, security, governance, human rights, socio-economic, and environmental development.
Each year, Africa Week features a series of high-level events to engage Member States and other stakeholders on an overarching theme that addresses current priorities on the continent.
In particular, in 2014, the overarching theme for Africa Week was “The Africa We Want: Support of the United Nations System to the African Union's Agenda 2063.” In The NewsUN Radio UN News Centre External News Sites
A new dialogue platform to act as an ‘umbrella’ for Africa’s rapidly expanding international partnerships was endorsed by African countries at both the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Heads of State and Government Committee and the African Union (AU) Summit in Malabo in June 2014 (conclusions of the Summit). The new structure, to be called the Africa Global Partnership Platform (AGPP), is replacing the Africa Partnership Forum(APF) which was established in 2003 at the G8 Evian Summit in the context of the G8-Africa Partnership.The AGPP will contribute to a greater coherence of Africa’s international partnerships, and serve as a platform for feeding Africa’s interests and perspectives into wider global processes. It is owned and driven by African partners who are actively determined to engage existing and new partners, including from key emerging economies. AGPP membership will include – on the African side – the 20 AU Member States elected into the NEPAD governing structures by the AU Assembly, together with the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency and AU Commission. On the partner side, the AGPP will include 23 of Africa’s major trade, investment and aid partners, together with the EU. A new support arrangement has been agreed to where the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate will assist the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency and the AU Commission in the organisation of the business of the new Platform. Such an arrangement will ensure the necessary effective secretariat support for setting up the AGPP’s new institutional arrangements and modalities over a two-year transition period, combining the principle of strong African ownership with the practical benefits of accessing the relevant technical work of the OECD. It is anticipated that the first plenary meeting will be held in early 2015. Rationale for establishing the AGPP: - To reflect changes both in the global economic and political architecture, particularly the lead role being played by the G20, and in Africa’s own evolving international partnerships;
- To provide opportunities for high-level dialogue on Africa’s interests and priorities;
- To act as a coalition-building forum for existing and new partners, premised on Africa’s regional integration;
- To promote Africa’s transformation, under the auspices of the African Union.
Focus - Issues of economic co-operation, broadly defined, of a strategic nature between Africa and its international partners, and on selected issues central to upcoming G20 and G8 Summit processes;
- Africa’s defined priorities as embodied in the African Union and NEPAD, and as set out in Agenda 2063;
- Key issues of globalisation such as trade, finance and investment, sustainable development and climate change, and global governance.
WASHINGTON, October 5, 2015 – As difficult global conditions combined with domestic challenges buffet many African countries, Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth will continue to slow in 2015 to 3.7 percent from 4.6 percent in 2014, according to new World Bank projections.
The end of the commodity price super cycle − with a substantial drop in the price of oil, copper and iron ore − a slowdown of the Chinese economy, and tightening global financial conditions underpin the deceleration in growth, according to the World Bank’s latest Africa’s Pulse, the twice-yearly analysis of economic trends and the latest data on the continent.
The anticipated 2015 growth in GDP marks the lowest growth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2009, and falls below the robust annual 6.5 percent growth in GDP that the region sustained in 2003-2008, the report notes. “The good news is that domestic demand generated by consumption, investment, and government spending will nudge economic growth upwards to 4.4 percent in 2016, and to 4.8 percent in 2017, said Punam Chuhan-Pole, Acting Chief Economist, World Bank Africa Region and Author of Africa’s Pulse.
Countries Buck the Trend
The analysis points out that some countries in the region are bucking the weakening regional trend and continuing to post robust growth. For example, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda and Tanzania are expected to sustain growth at around 7 percent or more per year in 2015-17 due to investment in large-scale projects in energy and transport, consumer spending, and investment in the resource sector.
More broadly, economic activity will pick up in 2016-2017 as commodity prices make a slow recovery, fiscal consolidation eases, and governments take steps to alleviate power supply bottlenecks.
In a special analysis, Africa’s Pulse examined the region’s policy response to the global downturn in 2008-09, with an eye to discovering whether countries have the adequate macroeconomic policy space to withstand new, rising external headwinds that affect their economic growth.
When the global financial crisis hit the region, some countries were able to use government investment in infrastructure and other built-in buffers to finance policy responses to enable growth. Overall, the analysis shows that before the current bout of global difficulties these policy buffers were already showing signs of vulnerability from overvalued currencies and growing fiscal deficits. Today, these policy buffers are lower than before the global financial crisis, according to the report, and will make it more difficult for countries to grow in the current situation.
Looking Forward
The report recommends governments begin structural reforms to address domestic bottlenecks and support renewed economic growth. Investments in energy capacity and attention to drought and its effects on hydropower will help build resiliency in the power sector. Governments can boost revenues through tax reform and improved tax compliance. In addition, governments can improve the efficiency of public expenditures to create fiscal space in their country’s budget in order to respond to external and internal shocks.
Africa’s Pulse describes the combination of external headwinds and domestic difficulties that are impacting economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa. The report’s main messages are:
External headwinds and domestic difficulties are weighing on growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, although some countries in the region are continuing to post strong growth.
The region is entering a period of tightening borrowing conditions amid growing domestic and external vulnerabilities.
Fiscal deficits across the region are now larger than they were at the onset of the global financial crisis, and government debt has continued to rise in many countries.
Current account deficits, combined with the strong appreciation of the U.S. dollar, kept currencies across the region under pressure throughout the year.
On the domestic front, political uncertainty associated with elections in a number of countries, civil conflict, and fiscal vulnerabilities are the major risks.
A protracted Chinese slowdown, lower oil prices, and a sharper and faster normalization of unconventional monetary policies in the United States remain key external risks.
Governments should embark on structural reforms, such as building resiliency in the power sector and tax reform to boost revenue that can support economic growth and reduce poverty.
The India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) is a celebration of the close partnership between Africa and India. It is an acknowledgement of our shared history as well as our future prospects. From our struggle against colonialism and apartheid, we have emerged to jointly accept the challenges of a globalizing world. Even as we combat with common threats - the threat from international terrorism; the scourge of poverty, disease, illiteracy and hunger; the challenge of climate change - and collectively promote the socio-economic advancement of all our people, we believe that India and Africa traverse the same path, share the same values and cherish the same dreams.
A vibrant India and a resurgent Africa have a vision of a close partnership. A partnership that is anchored in the principles of equality, mutual respect and mutual benefit.This vision takes us beyond our strong bilateral relationships, our close ties with regional economic communities and aims to develop a new paradigm of cooperation which takes into account Africa's own aspirations for pan-African institutions and development programmes.
The third edition of the four day IAFS summit which will take place during 26th-29th October 2015 enables consultations at the highest political level between the heads of government of 54 nations across Africa and the Indian government to give a new thrust to our age-old partnership. It provides an opportunity to not only reflect on the past, but to define the road ahead in tune with the times we live in.
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Main menu NGO Forum NOVEMBER 2015 PARTICIPATION OF NGOs IN THE 57TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND 31ST AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS BOOKFAIR 1- 3 NOVEMBER, 2015 : BANJUL, THE GAMBIA
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The Forum on the Participation of NGOs in the Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, popularly known as the ‘NGOs Forum’ is organized twice a year preceding the Ordinary Session of the ACHPR as a platform where updates on the human rights situation in Africa are tabled and discussed by the NGO community with a view of identifying possible remedies, which are forwarded to the African Commission as contribution to its work during a said Session.
The Forum aims to foster collaboration and co-operation amongst NGOs and with the African Commission for the promotion and protection of human rights on the continent; provide a discussion platform for organizations to share ideas and experiences on democracy and human rights issues in the continent; deliberate upon and adopt resolutions and or recommendations on specific themes and countries, for eventual presentation to the African Commission Session for consideration during its sittings; promote inter-regional and organizational networking for the implementation of decisions of the Forum as contained in the ACHPR Communiqué amongst others; encourage African governments to domesticate and implement provisions enshrined in existing regional and international human rights instruments to which they are parties, thereby improving the human rights situation in Africa.
The Forum preceding the 57th Ordinary Session of the African Commission and the 31st African Human Rights Bookfair will be held from 1 – 3 November, 2015 in Banjul, The Gambia. The 57th Session of the ACHPR will be held from 4-18 November, 2015.
The April, 2015 was Forum held in Banjul, The Gambia preceding the 56th Ordinary Session of the African Commission. The Forum was a resounding success with over 225 participants, coming from civil society organization and NGOs in Africa and beyond.
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The main objective of the NGOs Forum is to foster closer collaboration among NGOs and with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, for the purpose of promoting and protecting human rights in Africa.
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The Forum will cover three (3) main thematic areas namely: Status of Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, Special Interest Groups Discussions and Networking for Human Rights.
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The Forum will be conducted in English and French with simultaneous interpretation facilities. Participants working on democracy, human rights and the rule of law issues in Africa and beyond will participate in the Forum.
Expected Outcomes: - Adoption of Recommendations and Resolutions which will be forwarded to the African Commission for its consideration during the 57th Ordinary Session
- NGOs Statement at the official opening of the 57th Ordinary Session (highlighting deliberations of the NGOs Forum as well as situation of human rights of States whose reports will be examined during the said Session)
- Increased knowledge on the African human rights system, especially the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
- Enhanced cooperation between the regional and international systems and mechanisms for human rights promotion and protection
- Sharing of information for participating NGOs to apply for observer status with the African Commission
- Increased or enhanced sub-regional, regional and international networking, advocacy and lobbying opportunities
- Report of the NGOs Forum and African Human Rights Bookfair
The NGOs Forum is the main advocacy tool that the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS) uses to promote networking among Human Rights NGOs, for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa.
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Communications Communications ProcedureAnyone may bring a complaint to the attention of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights alleging that a State party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights has violated one or more of the rights contained therein. Individuals and NGOs in Africa and beyond have over the years seized the Commission with complaints of this nature. […]This Information Sheet is published by the Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. Its purpose is to inform people or groups of people, and states parties to the African Charter on human and Peoples' Rights on how they can denounce alleged violations of human and peoples' rights within the African human rights protection system. It covers such matters as the rights and freedoms protected in the Charter, conditions for submitting communications, emergency communications, who can submit a communication, how many violations per communication, legal representation and a standard format for the submission of communications. […], 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16Decided on merits259/2002 259/2002 - Groupe de Travail sur les Dossiers Judiciaires Stratégiques v. Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of the CongoDecided on merits287/04 Titanji Duga Ernest (on behalf of Cheonumu Martin and Others) v. CameroonCameroonDecided on merits414/12 Lawyers for Human Rights (Swaziland) v The Kingdom of SwazilandSwazilandRuled inadmissible435/12 Eyob B. Asemie v the Kingdom of LesothoLesothoRuled inadmissible390/10 Aboubakar Abba v. CameroonCameroonLack of diligent prosecution260/2002 Bakweri Land Claims Committee (BLCC) v. Cameroon CameroonDismissed383/10 Mohammed Abdullah Saleh Al-Asad v. the Republic of DjiboutiDjiboutiRuled inadmissible322/2006 Tsatsu Tsikata v. Republic of GhanaGhana26340/07 Nixon Nyikadzino (represented by Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum) / ZimbabweZimbabweRuled inadmissible407/11 Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargsyan v the Republic of KenyaKenyaLack of diligent prosecution464/14 Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto (represented by Innocence Project Africa) v. Republic of KenyaKenyaRejected at seizure stage368/09 Abdel Hadi, Ali Radi & Others v Republic of SudanSudan1, 5, 6, 7Decided on merits274/03 et 282/03 Interights, ASADHO and Maître O. Disu / Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo5, 6, 7, 18Decided on merits409/12 Luke Munyandu Tembani and Benjamin John Freeth (represented by Norman Tjombe) / Angola and Thirteen OthersMalawi , Mauritius , Mozambique , Seychelles , Tanzania , Angola , Botswana , Lesotho , Zimbabwe , Namibia , South Africa , Swaziland , Zambia , Democratic Republic of the CongoDecided on merits328/06 Frente para a Libertação do Estado de Cabinda / AngolaAngolaDecided on merits457/13 Pastor Key Mwand / Democratic Republic of CongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoDismissed386/10 Dr. Farouk Mohamed Ibrahim (represented by REDRESS) / SudanSudanRuled inadmissible290/04 Open Society Justice Initiative (on behalf of Pius Njawe Noumeni) / CameroonCameroonLack of diligent prosecution336/07 AFTRADEMOP and Global Welfare Association (on behalf of the Moko-oh Indigenous Peoples of Cameroon) v. CameroonCameroonLack of diligent prosecution321/06 Law Society of Zimbabwe et al / ZimbabweZimbabweLack of diligent prosecution335/06 Dabalorivhuwa Patriotic Front / Republic of South AfricaSouth AfricaDismissed285/04 Mr Kizila Watumbulwa / Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoLack of diligent prosecution289/04 Maîtres Brahima Koné et Tiéoulé Diarra / Côte d’IvoireCote d'IvoireLack of diligent prosecution286/04 Dino Noca / Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo3, 7, 14Decided on merits Decisions Map Larger ImageDecisions by Country Decisions by Violated Article Decisions by Outcome The African Human Rights Case law Analyser offers the most exhaustive access to the decisions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in English and French. It is unrivalled in its research friendliness, convenient navigation and search options, and intuitive readability. Contact Us - 31 Bijilo Annex Layout, Kombo North District
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Africa Week at the UN General Assembly Oct 12 2015 - Oct 16 2015, New York, United States
Monday, October 12
High-Level Event - Role of African Regional and Sub-regional Organizations in Achieving Regional Integration: The Continental Free Trade Area within the Context of the First 10-year Implementation Plan of Agenda 2063
9:30 am - 1:00 pm | ECOSOC Chamber
Agenda [DOWNLOAD] Concept note [DOWNLOAD]
This high-level event, which will serve as the formal opening of the Africa Week activities, will focus on the importance of African regional and sub-regional organizations in achieving integration for Africa’s development. The event will focus on highlighting progress made towards regional integration, next steps, and the role of the international community in supporting Africa’s integration efforts. The event will particularly highlight the 10 June 2015 launch of the Tripartite Free Trade Area as the first step towards the achievement of the Continental Free Trade Area envisaged by Agenda 2063 and its First 10-Year Implementation Plan. In addition to featured speakers, the event will provide an opportunity for engaging with Permanent Representatives of Member States and other relevant stakeholders. The event will be structured in two parts, consisting of both an inaugural and a thematic session.
Media Roundtable with African Regional Economic Communities on “Silencing the Guns in Africa: the Nexus between Peace, Security, Governance and Development”
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations
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This will feature the USG OSAA, the Chief Executives Officers or Senior Representatives of the RECs, the Adviser to the AUC Chairperson on the RECs and the AUOM. The event will be moderated by the Director of the AUC Directorate for Information and Communications.
Annual High-Level Briefing by African RECs on “Silencing the Guns in Africa: the Nexus between Peace, Security, Governance and Development”
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm | ECOSOC Chamber
Agenda [DOWNLOAD] Concept note [DOWNLOAD] This annual briefing, which marks a new approach of engaging the RECs in the Africa Week, will focus on the African Union’s Silencing the Guns agenda – a theme that was agreed with the RECs in January 2015. The overall thrust of the briefing will be anchored on Agenda 2063’s First 10-Year Implementation Plan, as Silencing the Guns constitutes one of its flagship projects. The briefing will specifically focus on the role of the RECs as implementing agencies in addressing the four interrelated dimensions of the agenda, highlighting persistent challenges and the role of the international community in supporting the RECs in this regard. The meeting’s structure as a “briefing by the RECs” will be maintained, although the Chairs of the RECs as well as the delegations from the AUC, NEPAD and the APRM will also participate. As is the practice, the event will provide an opportunity for Member States and other relevant stakeholders to directly engage the RECs.
Tuesday, October 13
UN Interdepartmental Taskforce on African Affairs: Briefing on Agenda 2063 and its First 10-Year Implementation Plan and PAIDA
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm | ConferenceRoom 8
Agenda [DOWNLOAD] This briefing will aim to raise awareness of PAIDA and highlight the next steps in developing the PAIDA action plans as well as the role of UN system entities in this process. The briefing will also provide insights on the process of reconfiguring the RCM-Africa cluster system to enhance its effectiveness in delivering UN system support to Africa in the implementation of Agenda 2063. This briefing will be a closed meeting comprising mainly of IDTFA members and the key African implementing bodies of PAIDA - AUC, NEPAD, APRM and the RECs. In addition to featured speakers, the event will allow for interactive discussions and exchanges between members of the IDTFA and the delegations from ECA, AUC, APRM, NEPAD and the RECs.
**This briefing will be a CLOSED meeting of UN System Principals and Representatives of the AUC, NEPAD, the APRM and the RECs**
Wednesday, October 14
High-Level Event - 15 Years of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa: Stocktaking & Perspectives
9:00 am - 11:00 am | ConferenceRoom 12
Concept note [DOWNLOAD] Agenda [DOWNLOAD] This high-level event is being organized in the context of the African Union 2015 “Year of Women's Empowerment and Development towards Africa's Agenda 2063” and the 15-year review of the United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. As the world gathers at the United Nations Headquarters to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of UNSCR 1325, the event provides an opportune moment for Africa to share her experiences in the implementation of this landmark resolution, including with respect to resulting AU instruments. It also creates an opportunity for reflection on ways to accelerate the implementation of resolution 1325 and its subsequent resolutions in the face of new and emerging threats to women, peace and security in Africa, such as terrorism and violent extremism, and climate change. In addition, it provides an opportunity to strategize on transformative actions to address women’s peace and security in a comprehensive and integrated manner in the context of implementation of the remaining years of the African Women’s Decade, Africa’s Agenda 2063 and the global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The event will culminate in the launch of a booklet on Africa & UNSCR 1325. The event will feature participation of a wide range of stakeholders, including Member States, regional and multilateral organisations, civil society, and global and regional women’s organizations.
Africa Week 2015: Press Briefing
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm | Press Briefing Room, Second Floor, Secretariat Building
Agenda [DOWNLOAD] This press briefing will feature the USG for OSAA; AU Commissioners; the CEO of the NEPAD Agency; the Chairperson of the APR Panel; and the Permanent Observer of the AU to the United Nations. The event will be moderated by the Director of the AUC Directorate for Information and Communications.
“African Continental Framework on Youth Development: Mainstream into Agenda 2063”
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Conference Room 6 (CB) Concept note [DOWNLOAD] Agenda [DOWNLOAD] This high-level event will focus on the forthcoming African Continental Framework on Youth Development, which aims to assist African Member States to define national employment policy schemes with operational action plans in line with the objectives of inclusive growth and the creation of decent and sustainable jobs. In this context, the event will also highlight progress and challenges in the implementation of the African Youth Charter (2006) as well as the important role of youth employment in accelerating achievement of the aspirations of Agenda 2063. The event will also address the role of global, regional, sub-regional and national actors in youth development on the continent, including the role of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency in forging partnerships between stakeholders and in mobilizing public and private sector support for youth development.
Thursday, October 15 Annual Briefing to UN Member States on Two Reports of the Secretary-General and Presentations by NEPAD and the APRM
10:00 am - 1:00 pm | ConferenceRoom 6
Agenda [DOWNLOAD] This annual briefing will be structured in two parts. The first will be a presentation of the UN Secretary-General’s reports: “New Partnership for Africa’s Development: thirteenth consolidated progress report on implementation and international support” and “Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa.” This segment will also feature remarks by partners on the two reports: namely by the Executive Secretary for ECA and the Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations (in his capacity as Chair of the African Group for the month of September). The second segment will feature thematic presentations on “The Key Role of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development in Implementing Agenda 2063” and “The Role of the African Peer Review Mechanism in Monitoring of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. This annual briefing, based on OSAA’s mandated reports, is aimed at raising awareness of Member States and UN system entities on Africa’s emerging issues on peace, security and development and providing in-depth analysis and policy recommendations. Interactive Q&A discussions will follow each part.
NEPAD Lecture at Yale University- Implementing the African Union’s 50 Year Vision: NEPAD’s role in Agenda 2063
04:15 pm - 05:45 pm | Room 4400, Evans Hall, Yale School of Management, 165 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT Flyer [DOWNLOAD] This lecture will be delivered by the CEO of NEPAD at the Yale University.
Friday, October 16
70th UN General Assembly Debate on the Development of Africa General Assembly Hall
Development of Africa based on the Secretary-General’s Reports on: Progress in the Implementation of NEPAD; and the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa
For more information on Africa Week, go to: English: http://www.un.org/en/africa/osaa/events/2015/africaweek20151012.shtml French: http://www.un.org/fr/africa/osaa/events/2015/africaweek20151012.shtml Event InformationEvent Location New York, United States
Women are less productive farmers than men in Sub-Saharan Africa. A new evidence-based policy report from the World Bank and the ONE Campaign, Leveling the Field: Improving Opportunities for Women Farmers in Africa, shows just how large these gender gaps are. In Ethiopia, for example, women produce 23% less per hectare than men. While this finding might not be a “big” counter-intuitive idea (or a particularly new one), it’s a costly reality that has big implications for women and their children, households, and national economies.
The policy prescription for Africa’s gender gap has seemed straightforward: help women access the same amounts of productive resources (including farm inputs) as men and they will achieve similar farm yields. Numerous flagship reports and academic papers have made this very argument.
But it turns out that closing the gender gap in agriculture isn’t so straightforward. The new World Bank/ONE Campaign report demonstrates that – contrary to the conventional wisdom – equalizing women’s access to productive resources is not enough to close this gap. The report, which draws on background papers from the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) initiative and the Gender Innovation Lab, applies a statistical method known as decomposition analysis and finds that, while gender gaps in quantities of resources still matter, gaps in returns to those resources are often more important.
Take the example of farm labor, which emerges from the report as a chief driver of the gap. Women in Niger use less adult male farm labor on their plots – a factor behind the country’s 19% productivity gap. But even when Niger’s female farmers deploy the same amount of labor on their plots as males, men still enjoy an advantage. They garner higher returns (in terms of output per hectare) from the male labor that they use on their fields. This difference could be driven by a host of context-specific factors, including: child care duties that impinge on women’s ability to mobilize and supervise farm labor, norms that lead male laborers to exert more effort on male-managed plots, women’s inability to command labor at key planting and harvesting periods, and/or cash constraints that oblige women to hire less effective farm labor.
If these gaps in returns also matter, then how do we level the field? After identifying the priority drivers of the gap, the report then sifts through rigorous evidence from impact evaluations and other credible research to identify a 10-point policy action plan. While there remains a substantial knowledge gap on what works for some areas, the sector’s evidence base is growing.
And lessons from other sectors can offer some big ideas on how to tackle the gender gap in agriculture. The provision of rural child care services offers one promising example. Sebastian Martinez and co-authors conducted a randomized evaluation of a pre-school program in rural Mozambique and found that, in addition to positive effects on schooling and child development outcomes for beneficiary children, the program led to a big positive externality: primary caregivers increased their labor force participation by 26% relative to a control group. Such an approach should also be piloted and tested to see whether it helps free up women’s time for more productive agricultural work – and helps make Africa’s big gender gap a much smaller one.
This is the first entry in a new blog series highlighting #AfricaBigIdeas. It will feature the results of the most innovative Africa-related research being done across the World Bank. What’s your BIG idea for Africa? Tell us using the following hashtag #AfricaBigIdeas
It is now widely understood that achieving a sustained acceleration of GDP growth over the long term is a prerequisite for eradicating mass poverty. In most developing countries, fiscal policies, including expenditure and tax policies, provide some of the most feasible tools available to governments for achieving their development objectives. Hence the role of fiscal policies as instruments for promoting long term sustainable economic growth is of great importance, an issue that was discussed at the “Fiscal Policy, Equity and Long Term Growth” conference which took place at the IMF on April 21-22, 2013. What matters in this context is how fiscal policies are designed and implemented such that they affect the long term growth of the supply side of the economy, rather than as a tool of short run demand management. The quality of fiscal policy is of critical importance in this regard.
There is a large volume of academic research, both theoretical and empirical, on the effects of different aspects of fiscal policy on economic growth (Easterly and Rebelo, 1993; Gemmel, 2001; Moreno-Dodson, 2012; World Bank, 2007, etc to cite just a few). This research has yielded broad fiscal policy advice for developing countries. For example, governments should avoid excessive fiscal deficits and public debt, allocate budgets towards human capital development and public investment in infrastructure which provides “public goods and services” and levy taxes on as broad a base as possible without distorting incentives to save and invest.
While the academic literature provides broad guidance, the contribution it can make to fiscal policy formulation on the ground is inevitably somewhat circumscribed, for several reasons. First, the binding constraints to growth differ among developing countries and over time and this has important implications for priorities. Second, policymakers need to make budget decisions, for example choosing between competing spending demands, for which detailed country specific knowledge is required. Third, whether fiscal policy works in practice also depends on the implementation capacity in the public service; a project with a potentially high social rate of return may not deliver the expected benefits if the public investment management system is weak. Consequently, designing and implementing growth-promoting fiscal policies is very challenging; technically, institutionally and politically.
This suggests that the “knowledge agenda” needs to be extended to include issues pertaining to how governments in developing countries, especially in Africa, design and implement fiscal policies and the challenges which they face in doing so. For example, how do governments translate their strategic development objectives into a coherent fiscal strategy which addresses the binding constraints to growth? Are governments able to prioritize – technically and politically - between competing public investments projects on the basis of rigorous project analysis? How do governments create fiscal space for priority growth promoting policies? What are the reforms which are most useful for strengthening government’s capacities to design and implement growth promoting fiscal policies? The answers to such questions should prove valuable in enhancing the growth promoting impact of fiscal policies in poor countries, especially in Africa, and are likely to occupy an important space in our quest to find “transformational” solutions. In short, Africa needs more knowledge, not just more money and projects, to address these challenges.
1 Final Communiqué of the 18th Extra-Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 1. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Ri…
Main menu About ACDHRS The African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS) is independent, non-profit regional human rights NGO based in Banjul, The Gambia. It was set up in 1989 by an Act of Parliament of the Republic of The Gambia. However, 1995, the African Centre was re-launched, thereby repealing the Act, and thus making the Centre a truly independent, autonomous and pan-African NGO. The African Centre seeks to promote the awareness and adherence of human rights and democratic principles throughout the African continent. It further seeks to uphold and promote Article 25 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights which states that: “State Parties have the duty to .promote and ensure, through teaching, education and publication, respect of the rights and freedoms contained in the present Charter and to see to it that these freedoms and rights as well as corresponding obligations and duties are understood.”
The African Centre promotes human rights and democracy issues in the African continent through training, advocacy, networking, action-oriented research, publications and documentation. The African Centre builds bridges between Inter-Governmental Organisations (IGOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), as well as between and among NGOs. It maintains networks of communications, human rights education and research among others. The African Centre is governed by a Board of eminent African personalities with vast experience and knowledge in the field of human rights and democracy issues in Africa. The Board also comprises of an Advisory Committee whose members are drawn from Africa and beyond. The working languages of the African Centre are English and French. However, plans are underway for the use of other languages of the African Union. The African Centre ensures that gender is mainstreamed into all its programme areas and pays great respect to gender parity in relation to the composition of its staff. The African Centre has observer status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples. Rights and a Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. - NGO Forum library Over 400 documents from previous sessions: reports, statements, recommendations, and resolutions.
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Main menu Raising Her Voice Project Oxfam’s Raising Her Voice (RHV) is a global programme with the aim of promoting the rights of women, especially those that are poor and/or marginalized. The Programme in the Gambia focused on the popularization, ratification, domestication and implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, commonly known as the Maputo Protocol. From 2008-2012, the African Centre for Democracy and Human Right Studies implemented this four year project with its partners in the Gender Action Team (GAT), a coalition of organizations and individuals from civil society and governmental departments working for gender equality in the Gambia. The main purpose of the programme was to popularise and involve marginalised women on the contents of the regional Maputo Protocol and the national Women’s Act thereby empowering them to use it as an advocacy tool in the realization of their rights at the national level. Throughout the project, the need for capacity building and awareness raising on the human rights instruments, rule of law and other procedures and standards by law enforcement agencies and other stakeholders to better serve the society were emphasised. To address this need, many sensitization and capacity building activities were completed. Numerous workshops and trainings for individuals and women’s rights organisations were organised on the treatment of female detainees and officers, the harmful practices of FGM, reproductive rights, the utilising of women’s rights instruments, mobilizing resources and gender parity but to name a few.
Following the successful sensitization of women’s rights organizations by GAT across the country, ACDHRS and her partners embarked on a new strategic approach where grass root female leaders have formed Pressure Groups in the five regions with the aim of the effective implementation of the 2010 Women’s Act. These Pressure Groups work with Regional Governors, District Chiefs, Council of Elders, Religious leaders, National Assembly Members as well as Village heads to ensure the protection and promotion of all human rights and respect for women. Different strategies including educative media programmes and advocacy were used with the goal of eliminating all forms of discrimination, Gender Based Violence and injustices against women. In addition, National Gender Focal Persons were identified to ensure gender mainstreaming in their respective institutions and departments by the Gender Ministry Department.
In conclusion, the GAT through partnership, networking and capacity building impacted the lives of the poor and marginalised women. Site monitoring and evaluation were conducted to provide us with the first hand information on the project impact on the lives of the beneficiaries. From this interaction, the successes and the achievements were clearly highlighted with the success of the project being centralised on both the reformation in the legal framework and also the testimonies of those at the grassroots level. Women not only have grasped control of their rights but they are now also advocating and taking responsibility through the activities of the pressure groups and community meetings. Traditional communicators have developed songs and drama based on the provisions of the Protocol and the Act for easy understanding particularly as the majority of the population is illiterate. The Maputo Protocol and the Women’s Act have been translated into several of the local languages enhancing accessibility for rural women. In relation to the legal framework, the national government of the Gambia has already passed a law that commits all development players including the private sector companies to effectively implement and enforce all the provisions therein in the Women’s Act. Also, the adoption of the newly Gender and Women Empowerment Policy (2010 -2020) by both the Executive and the National Assembly is a prime example of how the efforts of the project have been realised on the ground. ACDHRS is proud in noticing that the rights of women in the Gambia are now an authority unto itself. The alliance between GAT and ACDHRS creates a new and improved environment for women rights and gender sensitive issues to breathe freely.
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Legal InstrumentAdoptedEnteredinto forceRatified African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance25.10.2011 15.02.2012 10 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa07.11.2003 25.11.2005 36 Constitutive Act of the African Union11.07.2000 26.05.2001 53 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights10.06.1998 25.01.2004 24 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child01.07.1990 29.11.1999 41 African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights27.06.1981 21.10.1986 53 AU Convention Governing Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa10.09.1969 20.06.1974 45
Soft law Legal Instrument Adopted
Guidelines on the Conditions of Arrest, Police Custody and Pre-Trial Detention in Africa09.03.2015 General Comment No. 2 on Article 14.1 (a), (b), (c) and (f) and Article 14. 2 (a) and (c) of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa28.11.2014 General Comments on Article 14 (1) (d) and (e) of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa06.11.2012 Guidelines and Principles on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights24.10.2011 Guidelines for African Union Electoral Observations and Monitoring Missions24.10.2011 Model Law for African States on Access to Information24.10.2011 State Party reporting guidelines for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Tunis Reporting Guidelines)24.10.2011 Pretoria Declaration on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa17.09.2004 Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa08.07.2004 Kigali Declaration, 200308.05.2003 Resolution on Guidelines and Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa (Robben Island Guidelines), 200823.10.2002 Ouagadougou Declaration and Plan of Action on Accelerating Prisons and Penal Reforms in Africa20.09.2002 Grand Bay (Mauritius) Declaration and Plan of Action, 199916.04.1999 Guidelines for National Periodic Reports14.04.1989
Binding Instruments Ratification There are four binding instruments that are not yet ratified by all states: Refugee Convention, Women Protocol, Child Charter, African Charter on Democracy and the Protocol on the Establishment of the African Court. Idealy, the map below should be all green. Larger Image States which have ratified all binding instruments19 States that have not yet ratified one or two instruments26 States that have not ratified more than three instruments9
Rules of Procedure 2010 Approved by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights during its 47th ordinary session held in Banjul, The Gambia from May 12 to 26, 2010.
Special Mechanisms
The Commission may create subsidiary mechanisms such as special rapporteurs, committees, and working groups. The creation and membership of such subsidiary mechanisms may be determined by consensus, failing which, the decision shall be taken by voting.
The Commission shall determine the mandate and the terms of reference of each subsidiary mechanism. Each subsidiary mechanism shall present a report on its work to the Commission at each ordinary session of the Commission.
Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information2004112 Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention1996168 Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders2004112 Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons2004 10 Special Rapporteur on Rights of Women199959 Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa200425 Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights200415 Working Group on Death Penalty and Extra-Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary killings in Africa2005 10 Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa20001412 Working Group on Specific Issues Related to the work of the African Commission2004 6 Working Group on Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities2007 8 Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations2009 7 Committee on the Protection of the Rights of People Living With HIV (PLHIV) and Those at Risk, Vulnerable to and Affected by HIV2010 7 Advisory Committee on Budgetary and Staff Matters2009 3 Working Group on Communications2011
Latest Mission Reports - Gabon:Promotion Mission, 2014
Commissioner: Soyata Maiga, Zainabo Sylvie Kayitesi - Uganda:Promotion Mission, 2013
Commissioner: Faith Pansy Tlakula, Lucy Asuagbor, Med S.K. Kaggwa, Pacifique Manirakiza - Mali: Fact-Finding Mission, 2013
Commissioner: Lucy Asuagbor, Maya Sahli Fadel, Mohamed Bechir Khalfallah, Reine Alapini-Gansou - Chad:Promotion Mission, 2013
Commissioner: Mohamed Bechir Khalfallah - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: Fact-finding Mission, 2012
Commissioner: Catherine Dupe Atoki, Maya Sahli Fadel, Med S.K. Kaggwa, Mohamed Bechir Khalfallah, Reine Alapini-Gansou, Soyata Maiga - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: Fact-Finding Mission 2012
Special Mechanism: Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa Commissioner: Catherine Dupe Atoki, Maya Sahli Fadel, Med S.K. Kaggwa, Mohamed Bechir Khalfallah, Soyata Maiga - Cameroon: Promotion Mission, 2012
Commissioner: Lucy Asuagbor, Soyata Maiga
The African Charter established the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The Commission was inaugurated on 2 November 1987 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Commission’s Secretariat has subsequently been located in Banjul, The Gambia. In addition to performing any other tasks which may be entrusted to it by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, the Commission is officially charged with three major functions: - the protection of human and peoples' rights
- the promotion of human and peoples' rights
- the interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Current Commissioners The Commission consists of 11 members elected by the AU Assembly from experts nominated by the State Parties to the Charter. Their mandates are for six years, renewable. CommissionerAppointedFunctionStates 2005 Working Group on Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities
Working Group Member Working Group on Specific Issues Related to the work of the African Commission
Working Group Chairperson Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information 2013 Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa
Working Group Chairperson Working Group on Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities
Working Group Member Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations
Working Group Member 2010 Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa
Working Group Member Working Group on Communications
Working Group Chairperson Working Group on Specific Issues Related to the work of the African Commission
Working Group Member Committee on the Protection of the Rights of People Living With HIV (PLHIV) and Those at Risk, Vulnerable to and Affected by HIV
Working Group Chairperson Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa
Working Group Member 2011 Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Working Group Member Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Working Group on Death Penalty and Extra-Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary killings in Africa
Working Group Member 2011 Working Group on Specific Issues Related to the work of the African Commission
Working Group Member Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa
Working Group Member Advisory Committee on Budgetary and Staff Matters
Working Group Chairperson Working Group on Death Penalty and Extra-Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary killings in Africa
Working Group Member 2009 Commission Vice-chairperson Advisory Committee on Budgetary and Staff Matters
Working Group Member Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Working Group Chairperson 2011 Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations
Working Group Chairperson Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa
Working Group Member Working Group on Communications
Working Group Member 2005 Working Group on Communications
Working Group Member Committee on the Protection of the Rights of People Living With HIV (PLHIV) and Those at Risk, Vulnerable to and Affected by HIV
Working Group Member Working Group on Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities
Working Group Member Advisory Committee on Budgetary and Staff Matters
Working Group Member Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders 2007 Advisory Committee on Budgetary and Staff Matters
Working Group Member Working Group on Specific Issues Related to the work of the African Commission
Working Group Member Committee on the Protection of the Rights of People Living With HIV (PLHIV) and Those at Risk, Vulnerable to and Affected by HIV
Working Group Member Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa
Working Group Chairperson Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Working Group Member Special Rapporteur on Rights of Women Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa
Working Group Member 2007 Working Group on Communications
Working Group Member Working Group on Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities
Working Group Chairperson Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations
Working Group Member 2007 Commission Chairperson Working Group on Death Penalty and Extra-Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary killings in Africa
Working Group Chairperson Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations
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