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Safina Kwekwe Tsungu, Kenya's Principal Secretary for the State Department for Gender Affairs, who unveiled the meeting’s theme - From Commitment to Action: Accelerating Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment for Sustainable Development - observed, “Kenya offered to host the Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Meeting because it will allow us to leverage lessons learned from other member countries. The meeting will help us address the systemic causes of gender inequalities like parity in education and reduce maternal mortality rates."

Kenya Hosts Commonwealth Ministerial Meeting, Puts Gender Equity on the Agenda

By Iminza Keboge Published July 23, 2019 Accelerating gender equity for sustainable development will top the agenda when Commonwealth ministers for gender and women’s affairs meet in Kenya. The 12th Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting (12WAMM), that is scheduled for the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, September 19-20, will seek to put in…

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