UNOWAS to celebrate 10-year of Women, Youth, Peace and Security Working Group

The WYPSWG-WAS has national representations in seventeen countries of the region in addition to the diaspora.

The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) in partnership with the UN WOMEN Office for West and Central Africa and their partners will celebrate on 24 and 25 June 2019 in Dakar, the 10-year anniversary of the Women, Youth, Peace and Security Working Group in West Africa and the Sahel (WYPSWG - WAS).

Established on 29 April 2009 and coordinated by UNOWAS and UN Women, the WYPSWG-WAS is an inclusive and participative platform for experience sharing, analysis and evaluation of the sub-region initiatives and efforts in the promotion and implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 (2000) and subsequent ones on Women, Youth, Peace and Security. The WYPSWG-WAS has national representations in seventeen countries of the region in addition to the diaspora.

The Working Group intends to take the opportunity of its 10 years of existence to assess then discuss its achievements and needs in order to take necessary measures for the years to come.

(With Inputs from APO)