7WAMM
7th Commonwealth Women's Ministers' Meeting, Fiji 30 May-2 June 2004
The Seventh Commonwealth Gender/Women's Ministers' Meeting (7WAMM) that took place in Fiji from 30 May-2 June 2004, was the second Meeting to be held in the new millennium, reflecting the importance that the Commonwealth attaches to gender issues. The meeting preceded the United Nations Conference on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (Beijing+10) in 2005 and was an important milestone for member governments. Commonwealth Ministers adopted a new Plan of Action (PoA) that will guide Commonwealth action for a decade from 2005-2015.
Commonwealth action is currently guided by the principles and mechanisms set out in the 1995 Commonwealth Plan of Action on Gender and Development and its Update (2000-2005). In November 1999, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Durban endorsed the Update to the 1995 Commonwealth Plan of Action (PoA) on Gender and Development: Advancing the Commonwealth Agenda into the New Millennium (2000-2005).
This triennial ministerial meeting provided a strategic opportunity for Commonwealth Governments, the Secretariat and civil society to build consensus on priority issues, take stock of progress relating to gender equality and equity since 1995 and make recommendations to advance the agenda in the next decade 2005-2015.
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