The AUC Women, Gender and Development Division (WGDD) launched the AU Strategy for Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment for the period 2017-2027. Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is a critical success factor for realising Agenda 2063.The new AU strategy for achieving gender equality is transformational in its outcomes with the aim of challenging the big ticket constraints on gender equality and women’s empowerment and leap frogging the AU into seizing the new global momentum for this Agenda. The new strategy builds on the lessons learnt from the 2009 Gender Policy. It has 4 Pillars: Maximising outcomes, opportunities and Tech E dividends Dignity, Security and Resilience Effective laws, policies & institutions Leadership, voice and visibility