Theme. – Women at the centre of strengthening training, technology and innovation for inclusive and sustainable education in Africa

‘‘The African Union Commission urges States to build and expand an African knowledge society through transformation and investments in universities, science, technology, research and innovation; and through the harmonization of education standards and mutual recognition of academic and professional qualifications’’.

 ‘‘The Commission is pleased to acknowledge the commendable efforts of development partners and civil society organisations (CSOs) in their pursuit of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in Africa and in Cameroon in particular through the signing, on 14 February 2024, of a Memorandum of Understanding in Yaoundé between the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the African Intellectual Property Organisation (AIPO). The document sets out the milestones of cooperation between the two parties in the empowerment of women and girls through the appropriate use of technological innovation and intellectual property services’’.

 ‘‘The Commission welcomes the response from the Ministry of Social Affairs (MINAS), which confirmed in its letter No. 17/313/L/MINAS/SG/DPPHPA/PFG dated 6 March 2024, that its relevant services would implement the necessary measures to strengthen, consider its recommendation to enhance training and capacity-building for inspectors and officials to enable them to identify appropriate indicators for measuring efforts to combat economic violence against women in the fight against GBV in Cameroon’’.

 ‘‘The Commission notes that, out of the two hundred and ninety-one (291) recommendations made to the State of Cameroon following its fourth Universal Periodic Review, two hundred and twenty (220) recommendations were accepted on April 3, 2024. Among these, forty-one (41) were related to women’s rights and the fight against gender-based violence, including six (6) that address women’s equal access to education and continuous training’’.

 ‘‘The Commission also recommends that the Government, in particular MINEDUB, MINESEC and MINESUP should improve educational infrastructures and promote technology and innovation as key pillars in the development of resilient education systems’’.

 ‘‘In line with the advice provided by Ms Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie, the Vice-President of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights and Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, the Commission reiterates its recommendation for women and girls to familiarise themselves with the provisions of the Maputo Protocol to enhance the awareness of their rights and the mechanisms available to them in event of any infringement’’.

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