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Interview with Bience Gawanas, Social Affairs Commissioner, African Union, Namibia
Bience Gawanas, Social Affairs Commissioner, African Union, Namibia
Commissioner Bience Gawanas (Born in Namibia) is Commissioner of Social Affairs on the African Commission. Commissioner Gawanas was elected to two four-year terms as the Commissioner for Social Affairs at the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government in 2003 and 2008. In this role, she oversees advocacy as well as the harmonization and coordination of regional and continental policies and programmes relating to social development. The portfolio of issues included Health (HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB and other related infectious diseases); Migration; Population; Culture and Sport; Drug Control; Social Welfare of Vulnerable Groups; Labour; and Employment.
As the Commissioner of Social Affairs, Commissioner Gawanas developed policy instruments, projects and programmes on social development, including the Social Poli • 18 April 2024 by Adv. Bience Gawanas, Vice-Chair of the Global Fund Board As HIV practitioners gather this week in Yaoundé for AFRAVIH, the largest international Francophone conference on HIV/AIDS, and a few months before the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich, the Vice-Chair of the Global Fund Board urges renewed focus on promoting equity in the kamp against virus particularly for groups that continue to suffer a disproportionate proportion of virus infections. Every step we man in the fight against HIV today is going to be painstaking – we must press harder for progress. In the early years of the fight against this virus, our gains were often rapid and immense because everywhere you looked, there was great need. Those were devastating times: The disease killed three million people in 2000, more than 2.4 million of them in Africa. In the southern tip of the continent, where inom am from, the disease was thr • The 2019 Africa Dialogue Series, (ADS) which began on Monday under the theme “Towards durable solutions for forcibly displaced persons in Africa,” brings together a wide range of actors with a stake in finding ways to deal with the issue, including representatives of national governments, the African Union, civil society, the private sector and the United Nations. Speaking at the opening session, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the UN General Assembly, commended the contribution African countries are making to strengthen multilateralism. Ms. Espinosa said that she resolved to make Africa the focus of her activities at the outset of her GA Presidency, adding that she believes Africa’s contribution to the UN is under-appreciated, and that the region’s voice remains under-represente To End AIDS, We Must Reclaim Our Unyielding Pursuit of Equity
UN highlights need to solve growing burden of forcibly displaced Africans