All week long at #UNGA, the SDG Media Zone has been featuring in-depth conversations highlighting how the global community is taking action for sustainable development. Stay tuned and get the latest updates here: un.org/en/sdgmediazon…

HAPPENING NOW : Session 2: Reaffirming Commitments: International and Regional Frameworks for Women's Socio-Economic Rights Dr Brenda Akia (PhD Law) - breaking it down for us. #HerEconomicRights #ResourceRightsForWomen

Article 21 of the African Charter affirms the right to control wealth & resources. Women must be equal stakeholders in extractive governance. #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

Women’s leadership isn’t just fair—it delivers better solutions to global challenges like climate change & economic resilience. #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

Women power Africa’s progress through education. States must remove legal, cultural & financial barriers to their right to learn. #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

How do we advance women’s socio-economic rights when over half of African women remain offline—excluded from digital spaces where policy is shaped? Bridging this gap is not just a tech issue, it’s a rights issue. Dr Brenda Akia (PhD Law) #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

Digital inclusion is key to empowerment. How can we work together—governments, civil society, private sector—to close the digital divide for African women and ensure their voices shape development? Dr Brenda Akia (PhD Law) #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

Digital inclusion is key to empowerment. How can we work together—governments, civil society, private sector—to close the digital divide for African women and ensure their voices shape development? Dr Brenda Akia (PhD Law) #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

📍 Accra, Ghana 💬 Powerful conversations on promoting women's socio-economic rights — especially in extractive industries 🛢️⛏️ The conversations are key to inclusive growth 🌍💪 #GenderEquality #SocialJustice #ClimateAction #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

Women’s empowerment is inseparable from the right to development (Article 22). Participation & protection in extractives is a legal duty. Gender equality is central to Africa’s Agenda 2063 & the SDGs. #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

🎓 Education is both an end in itself and a means to an end. It’s a powerful vehicle for lifting people out of poverty, driving economic prosperity, enabling political participation & improving health outcomes 📚💼 Prof Nsongurua J #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

🎓 The right to education in Africa is non-negotiable. Education is both a constitutive & instrumental freedom — a true catalyst for change 🌍📚 Let’s break barriers and invest in futures! Prof J Nsongurua #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction #SDG4

🎓 All human rights protocols guarantee the right to education it’s universal 🌍 📜 54 states (98%) are party to the African Charter on Human & Peoples' Rights — except Morocco Prof J Nsongurua Udombana on Education as a catalyst for Change #HerEconomicRights

The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child also guarantees education Yet, ratification ≠ implementation. States need to act with haste to close the gap 🚧 Prof J Nsongurua Udombana #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction #RightToEducation #SRHR #SDG4

🇿🇼 A powerful success story: Zimbabwe’s National Inquiry on barriers to access to documentation revealed how lack of ID documents limits women & girls' access to education, health, and political participation 📚🩺🗳️ Human rights orgs & ZHRC pushed for reforms to close these

Women continue to face entrenched socioeconomic inequalities—this reality demands urgent, collective action. Hon. Mudford Mwandenga, Commissioner African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

The socio-economic barriers women face are even more pronounced in Africa’s extractive industries—where exclusion, exploitation, and inequality intersect. ⛏️ Erick Mundia Ipas #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

Socio-economic rights—health, education, social protection—are the foundation from which women build lives of dignity and opportunity. 🏥 Hon Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

Ms Faustina Acheampong - On behalf of the Minister of Gender in Ghana Min. of Gender Ghana giving remarks at the Opening of the Continental Workshop To Promote The Socio-Economic Rights of Women including in the context of extractive industries #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction

⚖️ Socio-Economic Rights = the right to food 🍲, health 🏥, education 🎓, training opportunities 🛠️, employment 💼 & more. They are essential for dignity, equality & sustainable development 🌍 Brenda Akia (PhD Law) #HerEconomicRights #EquityInExtraction #SocialJustice #HumanRights