Content_paragraphs:  In Bamako, with the support of MINUSMA and the United Nations Entity for 
  
  Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, the Government held a high-level 
  
  workshop on women’s participation in the decision-making bodies of the peace 
  
  process and the broader political system on 22 and 23 January. A total of 200 women 
  
  leaders, representing all regions of Mali, participated. In the workshop, specific 
  
  measures were recommended, including an increase in the number of women in the 
  
  mechanisms of the Peace Agreement from 3 to 30 per cent; the creation of an 
  
  independent women’s observatory to monitor the progress of the implementation of 
  
  the Agreement; and the establishment of a monitoring framework to follow up on the 
  
  outcomes of the workshop. The signatory parties expressed their full support for the 
  
  recommendations.