5th Sectoral Council of Ministers on Gender, Youth, Children, Social Protection and Community Development underway in Arusha

Written on 10 June 2021. Posted in Gender, Community Development & Civil Society

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 9^th June, 2021: A five-day meeting of the Sectoral Council Ministers on Gender, Youth, Children, Social Protection and Community Development is currently underway at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha. 

The 5^th Sectoral Council on Gender, Youth, Children, Social Protection and Community opened on Monday, 7th June, 2021 with the Session of Senior Officials that ended today, Wednesday, 9^th June, 2021. The Coordination Committee or Session of Permanent/Principal/Under Secretaries is slated for Thursday, 10^th June, 2021 followed by the Session of Ministers/Cabinet Secretaries on Friday, 11^th June, 2021. 

Among the items on the agenda of the Sectoral Council are consideration of: the Training Manual for Women Cross Border Traders and Service Providers within the EAC; the progress report of the 50 Million African Women Speak Networking Platform Project; Progress in Implementation of the Action Plan of the EAC Youth Policy; the Impact of COVID 19 on Children, and; the Development of the COVID-19 Response, Mitigation and Adaptation Plan for Youth and Children in the EAC. 

Other items on the agenda are the: Report of the Study on the Harmonization of Child Laws by East Africa Community Partner States; Report of the Midterm Review of the EAC Child Policy (2016): Status of implementation of the EAC Child Policy in EAC; Development of the Child Friendly Version of the EAC Child Policy and its Facilitators Guide; Implementation of the Policy on Persons with Disabilities and the Persons with Disabilities Bill; Report of the Study on Adolescent and Young People HIV Social Protection Mechanisms in the East African Community, and; Concept Note on the Inclusion of Older Persons in the activities of the Sectoral Council.

For more information, please contact:

Simon Peter Owaka
Senior Public Relations Officer
Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department
EAC Secretariat
Arusha, Tanzania
Tel: +255 768 552087
Email: sowaka [at] eachq.org

About the East African Community Secretariat:

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of six Partner States, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

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