The Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI)
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Founded
1996
History
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Advance the rights of women and promote gender equality and equity; inventorize, consolidate and facilitate existing and emerging initiatives and recommended actions in the African and Beijing Platforms for Action; contribute towards the conceptualization, articulation and mainstreaming of gender issues in the Eastern African Sub region; provide a framework and establish linkages for monitoring commitments made in the Regional and Global Platforms for Action and ensuring accountability of Governments, Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and donor agencies to women and men of the Eastern African Sub-region; facilitate the effective participation of women and men, as well as mainstreaming of gender issues in the sub-regional integration processes such as the East Africa Community (EAC), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
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- Links with: Commonwealth Foundation (CF)
- Links with: Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action Monitoring Group (CGPMG)
- Links with: ECA Office for North Africa
- Links with: Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- Links with: Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States (RECSA)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
- Links with: African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
- Member of: Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
- Member of: Control Arms
- Links with: East African Women in Business Platform (EAWiBP)
- Member of: International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
- Links with: Isis Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange (ISIS-WICCE)
- Links with: NGO/CSW/Africa
- Links with: TradeMark East Africa (TMEA)
- Links with: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF7038
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