African CSO Network with Regular Pre-Summit consultative meetings, held on the margins of every Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.
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As I reflect on my visit to Lomé last week, I am reminded once again of the extraordinary potential of African women to lead and transform our continent.
From the remarkable women working tirelessly in our markets and communities to those serving in the highest offices of leadership, I witnessed the same strength, determination and commitment to making a difference.
But what touched me most was the power of solidarity, sisterhood and genuine care for one another. When women lift each other up, share their experiences, open doors and create opportunities for the next generation, leadership becomes more than a position. It becomes a collective force for transformation.
Our greatest strength lies not only in how far we rise, but in how many women we bring along with us.
I leave Togo deeply inspired and convinced that when African women stand together, across generations and all walks of life, there is no limit to what we can achieve.
A new week, a renewed commitment to lifting one another higher! ❤️🌍
#AfricanWomenLead #AWLN #WomenLeadership #Sisterhood #IntergenerationalLeadership #Togo #Agenda2063
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GIMAC Network retweeted
🇹🇬🌍 Quelle fierté de découvrir au Togo Mall le travail extraordinaire de Mme Olatokunbo Ige, fondatrice de #Togomall, aux côtés des jeunes entrepreneurs. Des jeunes femmes entrepreneures togolaises, qui innovent dans divers secteurs et valorisent avec passion le Made in Togo !
Profondément impressionnée par leur créativité, leur audace et leur engagement à promouvoir les produits locaux et à dynamiser l’économie nationale.
👏🏾 Ces femmes ne se contentent pas d’entreprendre : elles créent des opportunités, valorisent le savoir-faire africain et bâtissent l’avenir économique de notre continent !
@AWLNetwork #AfricanWomenLead #MadeInTogo #EntrepreneuriatFéminin #Togo
GIMAC Network retweeted
🇹🇬🤝🏾 Ce matin à Lomé, de riches échanges avec des femmes leaders de la société civile, de la sphère politique et du secteur privé togolais.
Profondément impressionnée par leur engagement, leur dynamisme et leurs initiatives en faveur du développement économique et social du Togo et de l’Afrique.
🌍💪🏾 Les femmes sont de véritables forces motrices de nos sociétés et de la transformation de notre continent !
@AWLNetwork #AfricanWomenLead #LeadershipFéminin #Togo #AWLN
GIMAC Network retweeted
A beautiful rendition of the FAWE anthem as sung by students from FAWE Girls’ School Gisozi and Gahini. Now this is what we call music to our ears 🎵
#SecondChancePathways
GIMAC Network retweeted
Attending the 2nd Egumeni Dialogue at the African Union focusing on accelerated women’s financial and economic inclusion. @AU_WGYD @unwomenafrica @UN_Women @Tufaaxcadey
#Agenda2063 #WYFEI2030 #GenderEquality
GIMAC Network retweeted
Women already have the knowledge and skills to lead. What they need is access to land, financing, equipment, training and a real voice in decisions.
In Malawi, women in the pigeon pea value chain gained land, irrigation, tractors and training with support from @FAO , @OCPGroup and partners. Governments should invest in what works and adapt these models in other countries.
In the Lake Chad Basin, I saw how lost livelihoods deepen insecurity and make people vulnerable to recruitment by armed groups. Investing in economic opportunities for women and young people is also peacebuilding.
Member States must make sure commitments reach communities. And men and boys must be part of the change, from the household to the classroom, through the @AWLNetwork work on Positive Masculinity.
#WFF2026 #FoodSecurity #AWLN
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GIMAC Network retweeted
2⃣What we need:
✅Flexible, long-term financing for women-led organizations and grassroots cooperatives
✅Stronger protection against violence and intimidation
✅Greater investment in women's economic empowerment as a foundation for sustainable peace
At @AWLNetwork , we continue to advocate for the AU-CEVAWG. Continental commitments must become concrete protection at the grassroots level.
Move from commitments to investment, from consultation to decision-making power, and from recognizing women's resilience to resourcing their leadership.
There can be no sustainable food security without women's security, economic empowerment and leadership.
#WFF2026 #FoodSecurity #WomenPeaceSecurity 2/2🧵
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GIMAC Network retweeted
1⃣"Food security is not only a humanitarian question; it is a question of power."
At the #WorldFoodForum2026 side event "Women in Agrifood Systems: Breaking Barriers at the Frontlines of Crises," I spoke about the realities of women in conflict-affected communities across Africa.
It is time to move from recognizing women's contributions to ensuring their meaningful participation in decisions on food security, resilience and recovery. 🧵 1/2
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[PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS] Panel Discussion on Advancing Women and Girls' Rights Through Litigation: Launch of the Tripartite Study on Challenges Before AU Human Rights Organs lead by Hon. Comm. Janet Sallah-Njie
#ACHPR89OS #AfricanHumanRights
On the ground in #Dakar 🇸🇳 the @GimacNetwork team continues its advocacy work at the @NGOForum & @ACHPR meetings. With #WASH as a key priority theme, we are actively engaging stakeholders to ensure gender perspectives are integrated across all discussions and outcomes. Girls' and women's experiences must remain central to policy dialogue, advocacy efforts, and community action.
Advocacy that listens! Advocacy that influences! Advocacy that delivers! @Fasngo @IpasOrg @IPPFAR @AcdhrsOrg @BinetaDOfficial @AWLNetwork @REWIB_Africa @ACCORD_online @WILDAFAO @FAWEAfrica @unwomenAU @AU_WGYD @OHCHR_ESARO @OIFrancophonie @UNDPAfrica @TheAR_Trust @FemnetProg @amwaafrika1 @elisah_mbiza @CoumbaFallVenn @mpc_ug @mkubvoruno @WorldVisionAULO @PlanAULiaison @aphrc @keziehelen @RehemaMalole @GimacYouth @RozariaConnects @IST_Uganda @ActionAid @Oxfam @Equipop_Ong
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Calling all Civil Society Organizations & Women's Rights Organizations ! Your voice is needed to shape the future! Join the CSW71 Africa Civil Society Sub-Regional Consultations (Anglophone) TODAY!
🕒 2:30 - 4:00 PM EAT 🔗 Register & join: bit.ly/4dgwvWl Let’s connect, disrupt the status quo, and amplify our collective power! 🗣️💪
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La justice de l’eau est une justice de genre. Le Document final #8GIMACRECs fixe cinq priorités : droits, EAH inclusifs, redevabilité, soin et paix. Lisez-le et contribuez à sa mise en œuvre #WaterJustice
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Water justice is gender justice. The #8GIMACRECs Outcome Document sets out five priorities for rights, inclusive WASH, accountability, care and peace. Read the agenda and help advance implementation #WaterJustice
@_AfricanUnion @ecowas_cedeao @IGADsecretariat @COMESA_HQ @jumuiya #ECCAS
Why Africa’s WASH Agenda Must Accelerate Action on the Convention to End Violence Against Women and Girls!
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“Africa cannot achieve water security without gender equality.”
As the 8th GIMAC CSO-RECs Strategic Meeting drew to a close, the final reflections reinforced what has echoed throughout the meeting: water is about much more than infrastructure.
For women and girls, it is about time, dignity, safety, health, education, livelihoods and care. The closing call was therefore to recognise, reduce and redistribute unpaid care through WASH investment; put women at the decision-making table; and ensure that financing delivers measurable improvements in women’s lives.
Perhaps the message that best captures the journey of #8GIMACRECs: “When we invest in water, we invest in care. When we reduce women’s unpaid care burden, we expand their choices and opportunities. And when women have equal voice and power in water governance, we accelerate the Africa we want.”
Three days of dialogue may have ended in New Alamein, but the work now continues, from commitments to implementation, and from consultation to meaningful influence. Thank you for making our joint convening a success!
#8GIMACRECs #GenderTransformativeWASH #WaterJustice #GenderEquality #WomenLead #Agenda2063 #GIMACNetwork
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The conversations have produced a roadmap for action. 🌍💧
The draft 8th GIMAC CSO-RECs Strategic Meeting Outcome Document translates three days of dialogue into concrete recommendations for the AU, RECs and Member States—from enforceable water rights and women’s leadership in water governance to gender-responsive financing, care-responsive WASH investment, accountability and accelerated implementation of Africa’s gender equality frameworks.
Now comes the critical part: taking these recommendations from the meeting room into national and regional policies, budgets and action.
#8GIMACRECs #WaterJustice #GenderTransformativeWASH #GenderEquality #Agenda2063 #GIMACNetwork
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲.
From Ethiopia and Uganda to regional networks across Africa, organisations present at the #8GIMACRECs Strategic Meeting shared how they are using advocacy, research, survivor-centred programming, coalition-building and engagement with governments to advance efforts to end violence against women and girls.
GIMAC is supporting this momentum by mapping organisations, strengthening young women’s advocacy, analysing national legal frameworks and developing tools to support country-level engagement on AU-CEVAWG.
The call: take the Convention home, build the movement around it and keep Member States engaged.
#8GIMACRECs #AUCEVAWG #CivilSociety #EndVAWG #YoungWomenLead #WomensRights
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬? 💧
Dr. Olumide Ajayi, ED, @alf_NGR called for a care-responsive approach to WASH financing, one that asks who carries the time, labour, health and safety costs when essential services are inadequate.
His message: use gender-responsive budgeting to ensure WASH investments deliberately reduce unpaid care burdens and expand women’s opportunities for education, livelihoods and participation.
Success is not simply how much we spend, but what changes in women’s lives.
#8GIMACRECs #GenderTransformativeWASH #UnpaidCareWork #GenderResponsiveBudgeting #WaterJustice
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫. 💧
Ms. Fatia Atugonza, Program Manager, Gender Justice & Women’s Rights, Oxfam in Uganda brought attention to the often-invisible connection between inadequate WASH services and unpaid care work.
Reducing that burden means investing in services that give women back time, dignity and opportunity, while ensuring their lived experiences inform the decisions and investments intended to serve them.
Care work must be recognised, reduced and redistributed.
#8GIMACRECs #UnpaidCareWork #GenderTransformativeWASH #CareEconomy #GenderJustice
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