Ministerial meetings
Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meetings (WAMMs) have been held triennially since 1985.
They have provided strategic opportunities for ministers, senior officials, civil society organisations, and partner agencies to discuss critical issues in advancing women’s empowerment and gender equality, and to contribute to Commonwealth and global agenda-setting processes.
9WAMM
The 9th Women’s Affairs Ministerial Meeting (9WAMM), was held from 7 to 9 June 2010 in Barbados.
Previous Meetings
Venues and Dates
- 1st WAMM: Nairobi, Kenya (July 1985), held on the eve of the Third World Conference on Women
- 2nd WAMM: Harare, Zimbabwe (1987)
- 3rd WAMM: Ottawa, Canada (October 1990)
- 4th WAMM: Nicosia, Cyprus (July 1993)
- Extraordinary WAMM: Beijing, China (September 1995), held on the eve of the Fourth World Conference on Women where the Beijing Platform for Action was agreed
- 5th WAMM: Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (November 1996)
- 6th WAMM: New Delhi, India (April 2000)
- 7th WAMM: Nadi, Fiji Islands (June 2004)
- 8th WAMM: Kampala, Uganda, (June 2007)
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