Posted on May 20, 2015 by Nyaguthii Maina\/FEMNET<\/p>\n
Globally, governments from both the North and South have come to a succinct realisation through the soon to be expired Millennium Development Goals that collective efforts are required in achieving gender parity for now obvious reasons: 1) it is a human rights issue; and 2) it is one of the surest measures for poverty reduction, inclusive growth and prosperity. This realisation can be seen as reflected in the soon to be adopted Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 5 which envisions achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls universally.n From 6th to 8th May, FEMNET, the Post 2015 Women\u2019s Coalition and the African Women\u2019s Development Fund organised a meeting in Nairobi (Kenya) to convene passionate feminists from across the African continent to strategise on a transformational agenda for women in Africa in the context of Financing for Development (FfD) and the Post 2015 Development Agenda. The meeting discussed a myriad of topics: from transforming women\u2019s structural location in Africa\u2019s Development, to alternatives beyond poverty reduction & inclusiveness narratives, to systemic challenges in Africa\u2019s Transformation Agenda, to critical assessments of relevant development projects for Africa women and girls, to regional trends, shifts and priorities in post 2015 development agenda and tax justice, to name but a few.<\/p>\n
\u201cA transformative agenda if not backed with adequate resources seizes to be implementable,\u201d echoed Ms. Dinah Musindarwezo from FEMNET as she opened the workshop. Her sentiments were shared across the room and Ms. Sarah Mukasa from Africa Women\u2019s Development Fund challenged women to better understand and be more present in the macroeconomic discussions impacting the critical areas of their work \u2013 with the upcoming Financing for Development conference providing an opportune platform to do so.<\/p>\n
As W.E.B Du Bois put it, \u201cIn this world there is no force equal to a woman determined to rise.\u201dnread more<\/link>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Posted on May 20, 2015 by Nyaguthii Maina\/FEMNET Globally, governments from both the North and South have come to a succinct realisation through the soon to be expired Millennium Development Goals that collective efforts are required in achieving gender parity for now obvious reasons: 1) it is a human rights issue; and 2) it is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afrikanische-perspektiven"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n