Specifically, this session will explore the current emerging data of women in power across Africa in Parliament and Government, for example, and question the need to look beyond the numbers, and look instead at the distribution of the numbers. [...] Unpacking the political economy of trade, tax and debt management including institutions such as the WTO, the G20, the OECD and multilateral lenders, highlighting the imbalance of power in the decision making processes, the dispute resolution processes, and the role played by the private sector 2. [...] Moderator Martin Tsounkeu - ADIN Speakers Jane Nalunga - SEATINI Florence Nazare - AUDA-NEPAD Nana Osei Bonsu - Pan African Agribusiness Apex Chamber Vitalice Meja - RoA Africa Network Venue - Zambezi 1 Stean Mpolo - Monetary Expert, Cameroon Session 8 - The G20 Common Framework and the Development Finance Landscape in Africa: Impact on the Realisation of Feminist Aspirations to Public Debt Manage. [...] The session aims to facilitate peer-to-peer learning from countries that have joined the G-20 Common Framework and explore alternative policy solutions for African debt restructuring, especially in light of the current debt crisis and the need to implement the UN Framework Convention on Sovereign Debt. [...] This section discusses the link between public debt and human rights, focusing on the impact of debt on the realization of economic, social, and cultural rights and the right to development.
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