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and agribusiness, nutrition , and law with focus on women and
innovation; and
b)
VII.
To end child marriage, also referred to as defilement, in Africa through
adoption of the Common African Position on Ending Child Marriage,
develop and implement comprehensive action plans as an indicator for
monitoring Agenda 2063 for girls‟ empowerment and well-being.
COMMITMENT TO MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY TO ACTIONS AND
RESULTS
We commit to systematic data gathering, regular review, and progress monitoring of
implementation of Agenda 2063 and its 10-Year Action Plan using the Solemn
Declaration Index (SDI), developed by the GIMAC and United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa (UNECA); and to this end, we resolve
VIII.
a)
To conduct the five year progress review of the Africa Women‟s Decade
that involves tracking, monitoring and reporting on progress;
b)
To foster alignment, harmonization and coordination among multisectorial efforts and multi-institutional platforms for peer review, mutual
learning and mutual accountability;
c)
To strengthen national and regional institutional capacities, including
technology software, equipment and uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
for data collection, analysis, generation, and management and
knowledge generation and dissemination, that supports evidence based
planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; and,
d)
To share high-impact best practices and solutions with a focus on
scalability/technology divisibility and replicability to improve the lives of
women in the diverse settings of Africa.
STRENGTHENING THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION TO SUPPORT
DELIVERY ON THESE COMMITMENTS
We will strengthen the capacity of the African Union Commission to help it fulfil the
growing roles and mandates that we have ascribed through this Declaration, as well
as other relevant previous Declarations and Decisions; and to this end we invite the
Chairperson of the Commission to submit a proposal with a view to enhancing the
institutional capacity of the lead Department as well as other relevant units, for
consideration and approval by the July 2015 Ordinary Session of the Executive
Council.
IX.
A CALL FOR ACTION
We commit to an expedient process of translation of these economic,
transformational commitments into results; and to this end, we call upon: