The Regional Partners/CSOs/Non-State Actors Working Group on Gender-Based Violence/Violence Against Children (ECW-RPWG-GBV/VAC) held a virtual meeting on July 19-20, 2022. The objective of this meeting is to identify new strategies to address gender-based violence against children.

The working group established in October 2020 aims to use the ECOWAS covenants mandate to galvanize immediate action throughout the region to eradicate gender-based violence.The task force created in October 2020 aims to use the ECOWAS covening mandate to galvanize immediate action across the region to eradicate gender-based violence (GBV) and violence against children (VAC) and ensure that every child and woman is protected now and in the immediate future. ECOWAS convened the sixth (6th) online meeting of the Regional Partners/CSOs/Non-State Actors Working Group on Gender-Based Violence/Violence Against Children (ecw-rpwg-gbv/vac) to allow members to take stock of actions and define future challenges.

At the end of the meeting, some important outcomes included holding a hybrid group meeting later in the year and asking members to contribute to finalizing the draft template to "highlight" member states and working group procedures.