the responsibility of governments and the public, private and non-governmental in stitutions at national, sub-regional and international levels.
Ping, who was addressing African ministers and experts of the eighth African Regional Conference on Women, Beijing +15, on Thursday, said the platform acknowledged that achieving any significant progress in women's advancement and gender equality would depend on building strategic partnerships and involving all stakeholders in efforts at bringing about change.
He noted that the report of the Economic Commission for Africa, which requested governments to identify the major achievements, gaps and challenges, as well as priority areas for further action and implementation of the Beijing Platform had b een completed by the 47-member states.
According to him, the African Union has taken major political decisions and strategic measures at regional level designed to promote gender equality and women's empowerment.
'The AU remains firmly committed to the full and effective implementation of the Dakar and Beijing platforms for action,' he said.
He noted that the Constitutive Act of the AU in its Article 4 (L) mandates the Union to mainstream gender in all its programmes and activities.
'A major achievement on this score was the creation of the Women, Gender and Development Directorate, with the responsibility to facilitate and fast-tract gender issues in the commission,' he said.
Ping pointed out that the role of the AU was to complement the responsibilities on member states and on the Regional Economic Communities to implement and promote the commitments to gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment.
Banjul - 19/11/2009
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