Beijing+ 15

Eighth Africa Regional Conference on Women (Beijing +15)
16 - 20 November 2009 Banjul, Gambia

Main Report

A Fifteen-Year Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in Africa (BPfA) +15 From 1995–2009 [English]

Declaration

Banjul Declaration on the Strategies for Accelerating the Implementation of the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action [English] French] [Arabic]
15 December 2009

Conference Updates/Press Releases
	African Gender Ministers Commit to ‘Renew’ and ‘Intensify’ Efforts to Empower Women ECA Press Release No. 71/2009 Banjul, The Gambia, 20 November 2009 (ECA) – African ministers responsible for gender and women’s affairs renewed their commitment to fully implementing international, regional and subregional agreements on women’s empowerment and gender equality. Read more...
	African Ministers Urged to Recommit to Women’s Empowerment ECA Press Release No. 68/2009 Banjul, The Gambia, 19 November 2009 (ECA) – African Ministers in charge of gender and women’s affairs were urged today to fully recommit themselves to ensuring equality and empowerment of the continent’s women. Read more...
	Key Strategies Proposed in Banjul for Governments to Further Empower African Women ECA Press Release No. 67/2009 Banjul, The Gambia, 18 November 2009 (ECA) – A wide cross section of experts, civil society organizations and key stakeholders with an interest in women’s empowerment and gender equality agreed on a way forward to improve the lives of African women. Read more...
	Conference Celebrates 30 Years of UN Convention to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women ECA Press Release No. 66/2009 Banjul, The Gambia, 18 November 2009 (ECA) – Participants of the Eighth African Regional Conference on Women celebrated in words and songs the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). They also urged full adoption of the Convention. Read more...
	Gender Experts Urged to Recommit to Improving the Lives of African Women ECA Press Release No. 65/2009 Banjul, The Gambia , 16 November 2009 (ECA) – Gender experts, civil society organizations and governments representatives were urged to commit themselves to action towards equality and empowerment of African women. Read more...
	Banjul Hosts a Landmark Conference To Assess Progress in Achieving Gender Equality in Africa ECA Press Release No. 64/2009 Addis Ababa, 12 November 2009 (ECA) - Over 28 African ministers in charge of gender affairs and high level participants from over 43 African countries will gather in Banjul, The Gambia, to attend the 8th African Regional Conference on Women (Beijing+15) that the Gambian government is hosting from 16-20 November. They will be joined by a wide cross section of various key stakeholders including regional and international organizations and representatives of the civil society. Read more...