FORUM 2005 - Thematic

The first Forum organised in May 2005 and held in Dakar, Senegal, was the first of a series that will be organised every two years. This first edition was held in partnership with the Arab Women's International Forum to discuss globalization and its impact on women. It showed that economic empowerment and balanced leadership that include women are necessary for a lasting peace. Indeed Recognizing that sustainable peace necessarily includes women’s economic empowerment as well as gender-balanced leadership, the Forum defined and achieved the four following objectives:

• Inspiring a durable commitment to mainstreaming and accountability on gender issues;
• Learning lessons from the Arab and African experiences on the African continent;
• Strengthening concerted action between actors in public and economic spheres;
• Instilling a culture of solidarity at the continental level

The Event was also the occasion to lay the first stone at the site of the Pan African Center for Gender, Peace, and Development.

FORUM 2005 - Participants & Partners

The first edition of the Forum was highly covered by the international media and brought together over 200 delegates from 32 countries.

African Gender Forum and Award
For this event, FAS worked in close collaboration with:
- The Office of the President of the Republic of Senegal
- The Government of Senegal
- The Arab International Women's Forum (AIWF)
- UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa
- And support of Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
- African Union (AU)

African Gender Award
FAS would like to thank the "Confédération Nationale des Employeurs du Sénégal (CNES)", the "Société Nationale d'Electricité du Sénégal (Senelec), DHL, the "Convention du Baol, and Senegalese designer, Collé Sow Ardo.

FORUM 2005 - Publications

• Aide Memoire  : EN
• Programme : EN
• Participants : EN
• Evaluation Form : EN / FR
• Report   :  EN

FORUM 2005 - Media

GALLERY PHOTOS

- African Gender Forum and Award 2005

PRESS RELEASES

- Dakar forum hails role of African women, 2 May 2005
- African parliament head says women vital to ending African conflicts, 1 Mai 2005
- African women crave role in attainment of peace, 1 Mai 2005
- Inaugural African Gender Award, 1 May 2005
- SA foreign minister Zuma nudges women to 'change the world', 1 May 2005
- Speech by Dr Zuma, 1 May 2005
- UN official urges cancellation of Africa's debt, 1 May 2005
- Use status to help rural, conflict-affected women - ECA official, 1 May 2005
- Africa making strides in gender equality, 30 April 2005
- Dakar to host maiden African gender forum, 27 April 2005