Africa Pre-Commission on the Status of Women Sixty-Seven (CSW67) Common Africa Position Adopted by Ministers Responsible for Gender and Women’s Affairs and/or their Representatives on 1st of December 2022 with participation of the African Union, the UN system, and Representatives of Civil Society Organizations

African Union (AU) Ministers responsible for Gender and Women’s Affairs met in a virtual consultative meeting on 1st December 2022 in preparation for the sixty-seven (67th) session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67) on the priority theme “Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”. The theme aims to build consensus on strategies and actions for ensuring that African women and girls are at the centre of decision -making in innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age, sectors that are strategic for a transformative recovery that strengthen women and girls’ social and economic empowerment and leadership and for Africa’s resilience.