Remarks by Teresa Whitfield at the Inaugural Meeting of the AU Panel of the Wise

4 October 2017, Addis Ababa

Excellencies,

Esteemed members of the Panel of the Wise,

The UN Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Youth cluster convened for a consultative meeting with experts from the African Union Women, Gender and Development Directorate (WGDD) to deliberate on the the latter's draft gender strategy which will serve as a continental policy document once

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