World leaders will recommit to advancing the health and rights of women, children and adolescents at a high-level event on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
A statement signed by Ms Kadidiatou Toure, Communications and Campaigns, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) and made available to journalists on Friday in Abuja informed.
The statement said that the Global Leadership Network (GLN) for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health would convene its third Heads of State meeting on September 24 with the theme: “Recommitting to Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health and Rights: A Call to Action for Peace, Security, and Sustainable Development.”
The gathering, chaired by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, comes at a time of global instability, shrinking development financing and worsening humanitarian crises that continue to threaten the health and rights of women and young people.
The statement added that leaders from countries including Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania and Denmark are expected to participate.
It also listed the objectives of the meeting to include mobilising bold political and financial commitments, addressing the needs of women and adolescents in fragile settings and exploring innovative financing solutions to counter declining official development assistance.
