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Sonke Gender Justice and MenEngage Africa are hosting two side-events at the 66th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66)

Date: 16 & 24 March 2022
Venue: Zoom

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will hold its sixty-sixth session from March 14 to 25, 2022. (CSW66). The theme of CSW66 is “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes".
Join us on March 16 and 24, 2022, as we discuss Male engagement to address harmful norms and promote gender equality as well as Addressing shifts in the world of work and care work.
Sonke and MenEngage Africa’s 1st session:  Male engagement to address harmful norms and promote gender equality.

Date: 16 March 2022
Time: 12PM- 2PM SAST or 6am EST

This side event will reflect and share on work done around engaging men and boys for gender equality during the Covid 19 era. This event will reflect on partnerships with feminist leadership and the role that men play as partners and allies in addressing harmful social and gender norms and practices such as FGM and child marriages that perpetuate gender- based violence against women and girls, resultantly compromises their health and well-being.
Register for 16 March
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Sonke and MenEngage Africa’s 2nd  session: Addressing shifts in the world of work and care work

Date: 24 March 2022
Time: 14:00- 16:00 SAST/ 8am EST

This session will bring together speakers addressing the necessary shifts to the world of work in lieu of ILO C190 and the recent recognitions of the role of care work. This session will make a case for the need to examine and come up with holistic solutions that will direct us towards a gender sensitive, inclusive and resilient recovery for our economies within our respective nations. The world should not look the same after this crisis and women should not continue to be marginalised and excluded from key economic sectors and activities.
Register for 24 March
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