May 27, 2009
CAPWIP’s Executive Director Attended the Expert Group Meeting of UN Habitat on Developing the Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) at Nairobi, Kenya
UN-Habitat invited CAPWIP’s Executive Director, Sylvia M. Ordonez, to attend an Expert Group Meeting that will help develop the Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) for 2008 to 2018. The activity was held at the UN Complex Nairobi, Kenya from January 12-15, 2009.
The GEAP will guide UN-Habitat in strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment during the implementation of the six-year Medium Strategic and Institutional Plans or MTSIP from 2008 to 2018. It aims to reduce gender discrimination and promote equal opportunities and outcomes for women and men in human settlements development and foster the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals 3 and 7 on poverty reduction, gender equality and women’s empowerment and environment sustainability.
The EGM provided experts and UN partners an opportunity to make inputs into and contribute to setting priority areas for actions and defining the strategic direction for GEAP.
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