2.6. Silencing the Guns in Africa by 2020 The AU implemented the Silencing the Guns in Africa by 2020 campaign to end human rights violations and humanitarian disasters and promote the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts in Africa. The campaign intends to integrate a gender focus, coming on the heels of the 20th anniversary of UNSCR 1325.40
2.7. AU Agenda 2063 and the SDGs Agenda 2063 “The Africa We Want,” adopted in 2015, contains seven aspirations, 20 goals and 39 priority areas and incorporates the 17 SDGs. It serves as the foundation for Africa’s socioeconomic and inclusive development. The First Ten-Year Implementation Plan of Agenda 2063 (2013–2023) was designed to guide Member States, RECs and AU organs as they prepare medium-term development plans.41 The AU Development Agency (AUDA–NEPAD), established in 2019, implements Agenda 2063 on behalf of the AU.
2.8. Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation (FemWise) The Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation (FemWise), an AU initiative, promotes women, peace and security agenda in Africa. It is significant in the AU’s efforts to meet Agenda 2063’s target on Silencing the Guns. FemWise seeks to consolidate African women’s roles in conflict prevention and mediation efforts within the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA). FemWise’s focus is on mentoring, building capacity and deploying women to support conflict management measures on the continent.42
By 2018, 30% of the 24 AU Member States that had launched the campaign had enacted laws to advance its implementation, 41% had developed national strategic plans to address child marriage, with 55% also establishing a national inter-sectoral coordination mechanism.
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