DECISION ON THE 11™ REPORTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE SOLEMN DECLARATION ON GENDER EQUALITY IN AFRICA (SDGEA)
Doc. EX.CL/1008(XXX)
The Executive Council,
1. ENDORSES the two (2) reports on the implementation of the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa (SDGEA);
2. CONGRATULATES Member States which have so far submitted their reports on SDGEA and APPEALS to Member States that are yet to submit their baseline reports to urgently do so to enable the Commission monitor progress made;
3. ALSO APPEALS to Member States which have not yet done so, to sign and ratify/accede to the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol);
4. CALLS ON Member States to implement all the commitments made in the SDGEA.
REQUESTS the Commission to report regularly on the implementation of this Decision.