ECOWAS Celebrates International Women’s Day With A Call For Climate Justice.
By Ferdinand Olise
The ECOWAS Gender Development Center, (EGDC), in collaboration with the UN Women Office for West and Central Africa, (WARCO), have the celebrated the 2026 International Women’s Day with the theme “Promoting rights, justice, and action for all women and girls in the context of climate change and ecological transitions in West Africa.”
According to a statement by the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, the celebration took place in Dakar, Senegal, on March 5, 2026 with an objective to recall the important role ECOWAS women play in their communities, and to continue to advocate for respect for their rights and their access to economic, social, and political opportunities.
The celebration was attended by the Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs of the ECOWAS Commission, Prof. Fatou Sow Sarr, the ECOWAS Resident Representative in the Republic of Senegal, Ms. Zelma Nobre Fassinou, a delegation from the Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering, (GIABA), the Norwegian Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, and representatives of the Senegalese Government, including the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy, and Mines, and the Ministry of Family, Social Action, and Solidarity.
