In fostering continued active engagement of civil society in inter-Governmental processes on gender equality, the Foundation facilitates civil society participation and contribution to the Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action Monitoring Group (CGPMG) and WAMM meetings.
In 2010, the Foundation undertook a mid-term review of CSOs to assess civil society engagement with the PoA. The report ‘Mid-term review of civil society organisations' implementation of the Commonwealth Plan of Action for Gender Equality’ provides a summary of actions taken and results obtained, that was presented to Women’s Affairs Ministers at their meeting in Barbados and to the CGPMG in New York early 2011.
In 2012, The Commonwealth Foundation announced four representatives from civil society to join the CGPMG, who next meet on Saturday 25 February in New York. The CGPMG meeting takes place ahead of the 56th United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women conference.
The representatives are:
Africa: Ms. Marren Akatsa-Bukachi
Executive Director, East African sub Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI), Uganda
Asia: Ms. Sijal Aziz
Director, Outreach and Programs, Women Empowerment Literacy and Development Organization (WELDO) Pakistan
Caribbean: Ms. Hazel Brown
Coordinator of the Network of NGOs of Trinidad & Tobago for the Advancement of Women, Trinidad and Tobago
Pacific: Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki
Director, Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC), Tonga
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