GIMAC Network

📢 Call for Proposals: Stakeholder Mapping & Ecosystem Analysis for AU‑CEVAWG Advocacy

The GIMAC Network, under the Mobilizing for Justice project, is commissioning a comprehensive stakeholder mapping exercise across Uganda, Ethiopia, Senegal, and Togo. This work will identify and analyze key civil society, academic, youth, and advocacy actors advancing gender equality and ending violence against women and girls.

The selected entity will design the methodological framework, develop data collection tools, conduct mapping and consultations, and produce country profiles, a stakeholder database, and a consolidated analytical report.
📌 Deadline: 23 March 2026
📄 Full ToR & Application Link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1crg-0m3Cq_LH0j3FiBBjjjBBEoDf0XVL/view?usp=sharing

Help us strengthen evidence‑informed advocacy and multi‑stakeholder engagement for the adoption and implementation of the AU‑CEVAWG.
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On this International Women’s Day, we reaffirm that access to water and sanitation is a fundamental human right.
Ensuring safe, dignified, and equitable access for every woman and girl is essential to achieving justice and sustainable development.

Now is the time to turn commitments into action. 💧♀️

It was truly a delight for GIMAC to participate in the High-Level Breakfast Meeting on Financing and Reaffirming Africa’s Gender Commitments at Skylight Hotel.
GIMAC was represented by its Chairperson, Dr. Helen Kezie Nwoha, who carried forward the momentum and key recommendations from the just concluded 42nd GIMAC Consultative Meeting, ensuring that the voices, priorities, and demands of African women and girls are translated into concrete commitments, accountable financing, and measurable action.

As conversations move from reaffirmation to resource allocation, GIMAC remains clear: gender equality commitments must be funded, institutionalized, and implemented.

“𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.”
At the ECOSOCC–TrustAfrica High-Level Strategic Breakfast Meeting on the 2025 AU Theme of the Year, Dr. Martha Muhwezi, FAWE Executive Director & GIMAC Network Co-Thematic Lead 2026 reminded us that justice moves when communities move. From women who crossed borders to be present, to youth and diaspora networks translating policy into people-centered advocacy, reparatory justice lives beyond dialogue.

Healing, restitution, and accountability are not abstract ideals, they are collective demands rooted in solidarity. As GIMAC affirms, transformation begins when communities insist on justice.

📍 GIMAC at the ECOSOCC Pre Summit, held on the sidelines of the African Union Summit contributing to Session Three: Partnerships and Multi-Stakeholder Engagement for Implementation.
Dr Helen Kezie Nwoha, The GIMAC Chairperson, delivered a clear message. “We don’t lack frameworks; we lack coordination, inclusion, and sustained investment. Without civil society, especially women and women with disabilities, accountability cannot work“.

GIMAC reaffirmed that breaking silos, centering non-state actors, and strengthening multi-stakeholder partnerships are essential to translating the AU Theme of the Year 2026 on sustainable water and sanitation into real, measurable impact for women, girls, and communities.

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟑 | 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 #𝟒𝟐𝐆𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐂
Today we close with high-level accountability, youth-led leadership, conflict resilience, and financing for gender-transformative WASH. We celebrate milestones, launch tools, align on AU pathways, and present clear outcomes, turning dialogue into action for 2026 and beyond.