# South Africa has called on G20 member states to exercise maximum flexibility as the Empowerment of Women Working Group enters the final phase of negotiations on the first-ever G20 Ministerial Declaration on the Empowerment of Women. The working group, first established under India’s G20 Presidency in 2023, has since evolved under Brazil in 2024 and now South Africa. Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities director general, advocate Mikateko Joyce Maluleke, has expressed optimism that the declaration, if adopted, would mark a historic milestone for the G20’s gender equality agenda.
Negotiations on the first-ever G20 Ministerial Declaration on the Empowerment of Women enter final phase