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Eighth Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting: Kampala Communiqué
11 June 2007
Commonwealth Secretariat
The 8th Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting (8WAMM) was held in Kampala, Uganda, from 11-14 June 2007. Delegations from 32 countries attended the meeting. The meeting was opened by H E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda. The keynote address was delivered by the Hon Luisa Dias Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique.
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The Meeting was chaired by the Hon Syda Bbumba, Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Republic of Uganda. All delegations expressed their appreciation to the host Government for the hospitality and excellent conference arrangements for the meeting.
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Ministers commended the work of the Commonwealth Secretariat particularly the Gender Section in assisting countries in the implementation of the Commonwealth Plan of Action (PoA) for Gender Equality 2005-2015.
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Ministers acknowledged that increased investments in gender equality must be a priority to ensure sustained economic growth, the achievement of democracy, peace, security and development.
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Ministers expressed their concern that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which are seriously off-track are the ones based on the achievement of gender equality: improving maternal health and combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases, (MDGs 3, 5 and 6).
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Ministers emphasised that the timely implementation of the Commonwealth PoA for Gender Equality 2005-2015 requires adequate resources and the operationalisation of the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, as agreed, will require full commitment by member countries of all governments.
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Ministers noted that substantially more effort is required to achieve gender equality as evidenced by the following statistics in Commonwealth countries:
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Only five out of the 53 countries have achieved 30 per cent representation of women in national parliament;
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30 million children are not in primary school, the majority of those are girls;
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60 per cent of HIV and AIDS cases globally are in the Commonwealth, and a growing proportion are women and girls;
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300,000 maternal deaths per annum; and
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Some Commonwealth countries are amongst those with the highest infant and maternal mortality rates.
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The Meeting discussed the following agenda items:
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Tracking the Money for Gender Equality
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National Women’s Machineries (NWMs) and Public Sector: Role in Financing Gender Equality
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Financing HIV and AIDS Interventions: Implications for Gender Equality
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Investing in Gender Equality: Promoting Peace and Democracy.
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