Commonwealth women’s affairs ministers back strong actions on gender equality
11 May 2021
The inaugural meeting of the Commonwealth Women’s Ministers Action Group opened yesterday with calls for strong gender equality measures.
Delegates, including women’s affairs ministers, reaffirmed their support for gender equality and women’s empowerment, and committed to putting women’s issues at the top of the agenda at the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Rwanda.
They backed a statement made by women’s affairs ministers in 2019 in which they endorsed a robust strategy for the 54 Commonwealth countries to achieve gender equality targets by 2030.