Today marks the 30th commemoration of the 1994 #Genocide against Tutsi.
UN Women joins Rwanda & the world to honor over 1million lives & recognize the bravery & resilience of the survivors including women & girls. Let’s pledge to say never again.
#Kwibuka30

.Jennet Kem UNW Rep to partners:
'The creativity we saw today is incredible! The success of this & similar initiatives is dependent on important actions that we partners take. We need to prioritize & collaborate to design sustainable initiatives that empower girls in #STEM .'

During the African Girls Can Code Initiative bootcamp, we were privileged to receive leaders and mentors meet and inspire our students including Mr Gaspard Twagirayezu, Minister of Ministry of Education | Rwanda. He shared his personal experiences as an engineer & the girls also presented their projects. #InvestInWomen

It's a wrap! After an intensive & enriching 2week boot camp, the 2nd African Girls Can Code Initiative in #Rwanda came to a resounding close today.

With our partners, we convened to celebrate the 75 girls who participated in the #coding & #robotics boot camp. Excellent demos from the innovators!👩🏾‍💻

This afternoon, we launched the 2nd bootcamp of the African Girls Can Code Initiative in collabo with Ministry of Education | Rwanda, Ministry of Gender & Family Promotion | Rwanda, Ministry of ICT and Innovation | Rwanda, with support from SIEMENS, @DTC_Rwanda & STELA, Inc.
75girls received laptops &will be empowered with key #ICT skills in ✅️Robotics ✅️Programming ✅️AI.

#HappeningNow Our Stakeholders’ Validation Workshop of Phase 2 in Addis Ababa! Co-hosted by the UN Women Liaison Office to the AU & UNECA & Belgium in Addis Ababa , the workshop will unveil the comprehensive results of the Final Evaluation of AGCCI Phase II held in 🇧🇮🇳🇪🇲🇱🇹🇿🇲🇿 & insights on our path forward.

The 2nd African Girls Can Code Initiative coding camp hosted at Digital Transformation Center Rwanda kicks off in #Rwanda ! 75 girls from across the country will be empowered over 2wks with key #ICT skills in:
✅️Robotics
✅️Programming
✅️Artificial intelligence
equipping them to become innovators & leaders in #STEM 👩‍💻

The United States was pleased to partner with IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 & African Union in developing the next Africa Migration Report, which will play a vital role in data driven policies and responses, and in facilitating safe, orderly, and regular migration.  CDA Cleverley delighted to…

The #SudanaAtCSW68 side event was a continuation of the conversation around the #SudanCrisis & the impact of women & girls in the ongoing crisis. UN Women is creating spaces where candid conversations are had to ensure:
✅Women’s voices are part of the peace process
More below 👇🏾

.Rita Bissoonauth underlining UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 key activities in the area of Girls and Women's Education during side event #CSW68 organised by UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳_Addis, UN Women Liaison Office to the AU & UNECA, African Union

Representatives of UN Women Malawi @ChiwaraLetty &@unwomenrwanda Jennet Kem lauded the work of the G7 &called upon the women's caucus to position the G7 as a pan African movement to inspire women leaders across the continent through outreach, mentorship and south south exchange

Antonia Sodonon affirmed unwomen's commitment to accompany the women's caucus in the journey to G24,the road to parity in the Council of Governors. UN Women Kenya under Anna Mutavati is ready to support the implementation of the Strategy 2023-2027.UN Women Africa Maxime Houinato

At #CSW68 side event, launch of G7 Strategy by women Governors of #Kenya .On behalf of UN Women ED, Antonia Sodonon commended the women caucus' stellar work under the leadership of Anne Waiguru EGH, OGW to harness women's transformative leadership in Kenya.Maxime Houinato Anna Mutavati

Thanks you UN Women Liaison Office to the AU & UNECA for a great conversation and an opportunity to highlight our joint work on Education Plus Initiative in Africa UNAIDS Liaison Office to AU & ECA UNAIDS Eastern & Southern Africa

On the sidelines of #CSW68 , the AU Ministers in charge of Gender & Women Affairs met with the UN Women Executive leadership for the 2nd annual interactive session to discuss Africa #GEWE priorities & strategies for their accelerated implementation and key areas of collaboration.