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Media Advisory: Data on women and girls takes centre stage at joint Africa Gender Statistics Conference in Nairobi

Media representatives are invited to a regional conference on the latest innovations and best practices in gender statistics to inform action plans for gender statistics in Africa. More than 130 public and civil society actors, including policy analysis and gender statistics experts from about 40 countries in Africa will participate in the in-person conference to be held in Nairobi.

Under the theme ‘Gender Statistics Imperatives for Africa’, the conference will feature expert discussions and peer-to-peer learning sessions on gender statistics from the perspective of gender and Africa’s Agenda 2063, progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5), and global guidance on violence against women data, among others.

When: Monday, 26 September to Friday, 30 September 2022, 8 am – 4 pm East Africa Time each day

Where: Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi and online via Zoom

Who:

• Maxime Houinato, Regional Director, UN Women East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
• Papa Seck, Chief Research and Data, UN Women
• Macdonald Obudho, Director General, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)
• Themba Munalula, Chief Statistician, COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa)
• Hamza Amel, Division Manager, African Development Bank
• Johannes Jütting, Executive Head, Paris21 Secretariat
• Oliver Chinganya, Director, Africa Centre for Statistics, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

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