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IORA Ministerial Conference on “Women’s Economic Empowerment - A Pre-requisite for Sustainable Development.”

  • Theme of Event

    Women’s Economic Empowerment

  • Venue
    The Ravenala Attitude Hotel, Balaclava, Mauritius
  • Date
    28 – 29 Aug 2018

On 28-29 August 2018, Mauritius hosted the first ever Ministerial Conference on Women’s Economic Empowerment. This Conference brought together Gender Ministers of IORA Member States to identify and share commonalities amongst the IORA countries, in the field of economic empowerment of women.



The Conference successfully met its objectives to:

  • Assemble for the very first time IORA Ministers responsible for Gender/Women’s Affairs, on a common platform to discuss on the pertinence of mainstreaming gender in the priority areas of IORA and identify key strategies that will promote greater cooperation and prosperity;
  • Launch a Working Group on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WGWEE);
  • Chart a Work Plan for the WGWEE that will guide the change-makers in realizing IORA’s vision, in terms of economic empowerment, by developing specific, achievable and time bound indicators and actions;
  • Identify and formulate gender-responsive initiatives and strategies to be implemented by the WGWEE, with a bid to address gender gaps in the IORA priority interventions areas and the Blue Economy;
  • Explore the role that the Dialogue Partners could play in supporting the work of the WGWEE as well as the avenues of collaboration, in terms of resource mobilization and expert support;
  • Foster information and knowledge sharing on policies, programmes, initiatives and best practices that promote economic empowerment of women;
  • Explore possible networking and linkages with other Working Groups of the IORA in furthering the women’s economic empowerment agenda; and
  • Engage into constructive dialogue and build synergies with others partners such as the private sector, academic institutions, business leaders and communities in collaborating with the IORA Member States in driving economic opportunities for women within the region.

 

This conference was built on a preparatory workshop entitled ‘Strengthen Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Indian Ocean - Preparations for the Ministerial Conference and Working Group” held on 3-4 May 2018. The workshop convened Senior Officials from IORA Ministries of Gender/Women’s Affairs to develop the Ministerial Agenda and draft the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the WGWEE. 

Documents
  • Aug 31
    2018
    All \ 2018
    Germany Presentation
    Presentations
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    Kenya Presentation
    Presentations
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    All \ 2018
    Mozambique Presentation
    Presentations
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    2018
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    Seychelles Presentation
    Presentations
  • Aug 29
    2018
    Declaration \ Women’s Economic Empowerment
    Balaclava Declaration on Women’s Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality as a Pre-Requisite for Sustainable Development
    IORA Ministerial Conference
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    2018
    All \ Women’s Economic Empowerment
    Working Group Terms of Reference
    IORA Ministerial Conference
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    2018
    All \ Women’s Economic Empowerment
    Working Group Work Plan
    IORA Ministerial Conference
Press Releases
  • Aug 29
    2018
    Official Press Release