In its commitment to promoting gender equality within ECOWAS institutions, the ECOWAS Centre for Gender Development (ECDC) concluded the Regional Self-Assessment Workshop on the Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions (GES-PI) on Thursday, 25th September 2025.
This four-day workshop, held in Praia under the leadership of the ECOWAS Commission’s Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs, saw the active participation of members of the ECOWAS Gender Equality Committee (GEC), experts from GIZ and UNDP, as well as staff from the ECDC and GIABA.
Following the official launch of the GES-PI initiative in September 2024 in Accra, Ghana, this workshop aims to support GEC committee members and Focal Points in conducting self-assessments of their respective institutions to identify gender gaps based on the Seal’s methodologies and standards.
