African CSO Network with Regular Pre-Summit consultative meetings, held on the margins of every Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.

Joined February 2017
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๐Ÿ“ข ๐Ÿ“ข ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž |๐€๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ The 8th GIMAC CSOโ€“RECs Strategic Meeting, scheduled for 18โ€“20 June 2026 in New Alamein, Egypt, has been postponed. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ New dates will be communicated in due course. Thank you for your understanding and continued support. #8GIMACRECs #WaterJustice #GenderEquality . . La 8รจme Rรฉunion stratรฉgique du GIMAC OSCโ€“CERs, prรฉvue du 18 au 20 juin 2026 ร  New Alamein, ร‰gypte, est reportรฉe. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Les nouvelles dates seront communiquรฉes ultรฉrieurement. Merci de votre comprรฉhension et de votre soutien continu. #8GIMACCERs #JusticeDeLEau #ร‰galitรฉDesGenres
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๐Ÿ’ฌ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™’๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™จ๐™ , ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง How can young people hold governments accountable for water commitments? Learn how evidence, monitoring, and citizen engagement can drive action. #AskTheExpert #16GIMACYOUTH #Accountability
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๐ŸŒ The Gambia becomes the first country to ratify the AU Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls. This is a powerful step toward ensuring that women and girls can safely access water, sanitation, and hygiene services free from violence, harassment, and discrimination. Congratulations to The Gambia for this leadership moment. May many more countries follow. #AUCEVAWG #WaterJustice #WASH4All @Presidency_GMB @standardgambia @GambiaNYC @GambiaMoFA @BarrowPresident @OVP_gm
The Gambia has become the first country to ratify the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (AU-CEVAWG), following approval by the National Assembly.
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๐Ÿ’ฌ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™’๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™จ๐™ , ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง What role should youth play in water governance? Learn why young people belong not only in consultations, but also at decision-making tables. #AskTheExpert #16GIMACYOUTH #WaterGovernance
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๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™’๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ ๐˜ผ๐™จ๐™ , ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง How can young people move from identifying challenges to driving solutions? Learn why advocacy must combine evidence, innovation, and action. #AskTheExpert #16GIMACYOUTH #YouthLeadership
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๐Ÿ’ง As we make our way to New Alamein, Egypt, following a series of insightful webinars and rich exchanges across the continent, one thing remains clear: ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž. It is health. It is education. It is dignity. It is gender equality. It is economic opportunity. It is climate resilience. Every discussion, every recommendation, and every voice shared throughout our consultations has reinforced a common message: advancing water justice means advancing Africa's development. As we gather for the 8th GIMAC CSOโ€“RECs Strategic Meeting, let us turn dialogue into action and commitments into impact. ๐Ÿ’ง One Drop. Many Impacts. ๐Ÿ“ New Alamein City, Egypt ๐Ÿ“… 19โ€“20 June 2026 #8GIMACRECs #OneDropManyImpacts #WaterJustice #GenderJusticeCannotWait #WASHForAll #AfricaWaterVision2063 #GenderResponsiveWASH #Agenda2063 #FemmesAfricaSolidarite @_AfricanUnion @AU_WGYD @ECA_OFFICIAL @unwomenAU @OHCHR_ESARO @UNDPAfrica @WorldBankAfrica @ActionAid @PackardFdn @TheAR_Trust @aphrc @PlanAULiaison @WorldVisionEth @DrAmanyAsfour1 @amwaafrika @FAWEAfrica @ACCORD_online @alf_NGR @IST_Uganda @FemnetProg @TheWIPCentre @thewipc_alumni @REWIB_Africa @WiLDAFGhana @Ipas_AA @AcdhrsOrg @afaowawa @worldywca @Pawowomen @RozariaConnects @afrin3xus @UNFPAEthiopia @afrirights @IGADsecretariat @ecowas_cedeao @AUC_OSEWPS
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๐ŸŒ Turning the Africa Water Vision 2063 into reality requires more than ambition, it requires action. Nelson Gomonda highlighted four priorities for implementation: โœ… Mainstreaming integrated water governance approaches โœ… Launching high-impact flagship initiatives โœ… Strengthening monitoring, evaluation, and accountability systems โœ… Building partnerships across continental, regional, and national levels ๐Ÿ’ง From vision to implementation. From commitments to measurable impact. #8GIMACRECs #AfricaWaterVision2063 #AMCOW #WaterJustice #Agenda2063 #OneDropManyImpacts @_AfricanUnion @AU_WGYD @TheAR_Trust
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๐ŸŒ Representing the East African Community, Morris Tayebwa showcased how regional cooperation, gender mainstreaming, and transboundary governance are advancing water security across East Africa. #8GIMACRECs #AfricaWaterVision2063 #WaterJustice #Agenda2063 #OneDropManyImpacts @_AfricanUnion @AU_WGYD @TheAR_Trust @jumuiya @morristayebwa
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ยซ Lโ€™eau et lโ€™assainissement ne sont pas des privilรจges, mais des droits fondamentaux et des moteurs de la transformation de lโ€™Afrique. ยป Cโ€™est sur cet appel fort que Coumba Fall Venn, Coordinatrice du Rรฉseau GIMAC, a ouvert notre webinaire de prรฉ-consultation sur l' รฉlaboration du consensus. Alors que nous avanรงons vers la Rรฉunion stratรฉgique des OSC et CER du GIMAC, nous rรฉaffirmons notre engagement ร  promouvoir une gouvernance de lโ€™eau et de lโ€™assainissement plus inclusive, plus sensible au genre et plus redevable aux communautรฉs quโ€™elle sert. @CoumbaAdja66740 #8GIMACCERs #GenreEtWASH #AfricaWaterVision2063
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๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ง| ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐š Once again to our webinar series as he shares valuable insights on the state of the Africa Water Vision 2063 across the continent. Representing the African Ministers' Councils on Water-AMCOW, Nelson will provide an update on progress made under the AU's 2026 Water and Sanitation Theme, highlighting achievements, challenges, and the actions needed to accelerate Africa's journey toward a water-secure and resilient future. ๐Ÿ’ง The Africa Water Vision 2063 is not just a destinationโ€”it is a collective commitment to ensure safe water and sanitation for all. #8GIMACRECs #AfricaWaterVision2063 #AMCOW #WaterJustice #WASHForAll #Agenda2063 #OneDropManyImpacts #AWV63&P #Youth&GenderInclusion #YoGI #Water Security #Agenda2063 #GEYSI #SanitationEconomy
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๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ง| ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐€๐ฒ๐ž๐›๐š๐ซ๐ž As Climate Change Lead at the IGAD Youth Envoy Office, Ms. Denise Ayebare brings a critical youth perspective to the conversation on gender-responsive WASH and climate resilience. Her intervention will highlight the importance of ensuring that young people especially young women are actively involved in shaping water governance solutions that are inclusive, sustainable, and responsive to the realities of a changing climate. ๐Ÿ’ง When youth have a seat at the table, Africa's water future becomes more resilient. #8GIMACRECs #YouthVoices #ClimateAction #GenderResponsiveWASH #IGAD #WaterJustice #AfricaWaterVision2063 #OneDropManyImpacts @IGADsecretariat @IGADYouthEnvoy @AyebareDenise
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๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ง|๐ƒ๐š๐๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ข ๐Œ๐š๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐š Representing the collective voice of the GIMAC Network clusters, Dadirayi Madzima will present key recommendations emerging from our consultations on gender-responsive WASH governance. Her intervention will highlight a shared call for water and sanitation systems that uphold dignity, equality, and the rights of women and girls across Africa. ๐Ÿ’ง Building consensus. Advancing action. #8GIMACRECs #GenderResponsiveWASH #WaterJustice #OneDropManyImpacts @dadimadzima @RozariaConnects
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๐ŸŒ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ง| ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐›๐ฐ๐š How can Regional Economic Communities foster more inclusive and gender-responsive water governance in Africa? Join us to listen to Morris Tayebwa, Project Officer at the East African Community (EAC), as he shares the East African perspective on REC Leadership in Gender-Responsive WASH. He will draw on regional experiences to contribute to the dialogue on how RECs can strengthen water cooperation while ensuring that women, youth and marginalized communities are not only beneficiaries of WASH policies, but active participants in shaping them. Because regional water cooperation is best when all voices are heard. #8GIMACRECs #GenderResponsiveWASH #EastAfricanCommunity #EAC #WaterJustice #YouthInclusion #GenderEquality #AfricaWaterVision2063 #RECsLeadership @morristayebwa @jumuiya
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๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ž๐ง | ๐Š๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐Ž๐ง๐๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ข We are led today by Karen Ondwasi of @FAWEAfrica , moderating our Building Consensus for the GIMAC Mid-Year Coordination Webinar Pre-Consultation. Her leadership will help to foster meaningful dialogue, shared learning and collective action as we convene voices across Africa to forge a common advocacy agenda on gender-responsive WASH. Join us in building consensus for a future where water, sanitation, dignity and gender justice go hand in hand. ๐Ÿ’งEvery Drop Counts. One Drop, Many Impacts. #8GIMACRECs #WaterJustice #GenderResponsiveWASH #GenderJusticeCannotWait #WASHForAll #AfricaWaterVision2063
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๐Ÿ’ง ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ | ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐Š๐ž๐ณ๐ข๐ž-๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ก๐š How can Regional Economic Communities accelerate gender-responsive WASH across Africa? Join Dr. Helen Kezie-Nwoha, Chairperson of the GIMAC Network, as she moderates a high-level roundtable featuring representatives from ECOWAS, SADC, and IGAD on REC Leadership in Gender-Responsive WASH. The discussion will spotlight successful models of regional water cooperation and the integration of Gender Equality, Youth, and Social Inclusion (GEYSI) into WASH governance. ๐Ÿ“… Join us this afternoon ๐Ÿ”— Register here: Join the Webinar Together, let's build consensus and strengthen regional action for inclusive and sustainable water governance. #8GIMACRECs #GenderResponsiveWASH #GEYSI @REWIB_Africa @keziehelen
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๐ŸŽ‰ It's Today! Join this strategic discussion and help shape regional priorities for gender-responsive WASH and inclusive development across Africa. ๐Ÿ”— Join us: tinyurl.com/uuxb3wn6 #8GIMACRECs #ActNow
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๐ŸŽ‰ ๐‚'๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ฎ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐'๐ก๐ฎ๐ข ! Participez ร  cette discussion stratรฉgique et contribuez ร  dรฉfinir les prioritรฉs rรฉgionales pour un WASH sensible au genre et un dรฉveloppement inclusif en Afrique. ๐Ÿ”— Rejoignez-nous : tinyurl.com/uuxb3wn6 #8GIMACCERs #AgirMaintenant
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๐Ÿ’ง๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ | ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐š ๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ง "Building consensus means transforming shared commitments into coordinated action for gender-responsive, inclusive, and accountable WASH governance across Africa." Join us tomorrow as we strengthen a common advocacy platform ahead of the GIMAC Mid-Year Coordination Meeting. ๐Ÿ”— Register here: tinyurl.com/uuxb3wn6 #8GIMACRECs #GenderResponsiveWASH #AfricaWaterVision2063 @CoumbaAdja66740
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๐Ÿš€ ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐จ! Tomorrow, we come together to shape a common advocacy agenda and advance inclusive, gender-responsive WASH solutions for Africa. ๐Ÿ”— Register here: tinyurl.com/uuxb3wn6 #8GIMACRECs
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