B- Other measures  The National Policy for Gender Equity and Equality (PNEEG) and its Action Plan 496. Adopted in January 2011, this policy constitutes a reference framework for all actions in favour of women’s empowerment. Its objectives are to create an institutional, socio-cultural, legal and economic environment conducive to the achievement of gender equity and equality and to ensure the effective integration of gender in development endeavours in all sectors of economic and social life.  The Accelerated Growth and Employment Promotion Strategy (SCAPE) 497. This strategy covers the period 2013-2017 and its main objective is to accelerate growth to reduce poverty, inequalities and create jobs, with multiplier effects on the level of income and the quality of life of Togolese citizens. During this period, the government plans to advance the equal participation of women and men as decision-makers in sustainable development policy-making and to empower women and ensure their effective participation in decision-making at all levels of the development process.  The institutionalization of the national forum of Togolese women 498. This forum, institutionalized in 2011 (Decree No. 2011-159/PR of 18 November, 2011), the 2nd Edition of which was organized in 2013, constitutes a forum for consultation, exchange and sharing of experiences for a repositioning of issues relating women's rights in national policies.  Togo's adherence to the theme of the African Women's Decade 499. "Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: A Bottom-up Consultative Approach of the Hierarchy", a theme chosen by the African Union (AU) to promote African women, has attracted particular attention from the government. Thus, to achieve the results expected in 2020, a Steering Committee and a Technical Committee were set up to coordinate and implement activities organized around the ten sub-themes of the decade. The importance of this decade for Togo is also reflected in the mission devolved to committees by the AU. Several actions have been carried out to date, including: 140