Report on Third Session of Committee on Social Policy, Poverty, and Gender
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Report on the third session of the Committee on Social Policy, Poverty and Gender Edlam Abera Yemeru Chief, Urbanization and Development Gender, Poverty and Social Policy Division 18 March 2021
Committee on Social Policy, Poverty and Gender (2019) Participating member States Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, C te d Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, the Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe Subprogramme 6 Gender Equality and Women s Empowerment Bureau Chair: Egypt (North Africa) First Vice-Chair: Lesotho (Southern Africa) Second Vice-Chair: Nigeria (West Africa) First Rapporteur: Kenya (East Africa) Second Rapporteur: Central African Republic, the (Central Africa) Subprogramme 9 Poverty, Inequality and Social Policy
Subprogramme 6: Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment Recommendations- ECA Recommendations- member States Key issues Access capital, technology & digital financing Women s economic empowerment Social protection Artisanal & small-scale mining Gender in national growth strategies Women s health Reviews of regional & global commitments Women s health Unpaid women s work in labour force accounting Gender inequality drivers Violence against women AGDI best practices
Subprogramme 9: Poverty, inequality and social policy Recommendations- ECA Recommendations- member States Key issues Skills portability, rights and social security Monitoring employment creation (data) Urbanization & economic planning Older persons & ageing Child protection legislation Intra and inter Subprogramme coherence Poverty Inequality Urbanization Migration Population Ageing Reviews of regional & global commitments National social investments National development planning Urban responsive economic planning Budgeting for older person s social protection
Thematic dialogue Accelerating Africa s Progress in Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Reducing Inequality Key questions considered: 1. Role of sectoral Ministries (gender, social, youth, urban) and their coordination 2. Role of ECA in support of member States 3. Practices and opportunities to advance measurement Member States ECA Job creation Inclusion Social sector financing Managing rapid urban growth Digital solutions Data & evidence Multi-dimensional measurement of poverty Public expenditure tracking AGDI Gender legislation Planned and job rich urban growth Operationalizing ECA s knowledge
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