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Recent trends in national mechanisms for gender equality in Africa
(2012)
This report reviews institutional mechanisms for gender equality and the empowerment of women in the Africa region and aims to provide up-to-date information about national machinery and other mechanisms as a basis for ...
Évaluation dans une optique féminine des bases de données des Communautés économiques régionales africaines : déterminer les lacunes s'agissant de saisir les activités des femmes dans le commerce transfrontière informel
(2012-01)
Le commerce transfrontière informel également dénommé “commerce parallèle” a des incidences sur l’économie nationale et mondiale au sens large. Il est informel pour ce qui est de la façon dont l’activité y est organisée, ...
Women can turn around Africa's poor trade performance, says ECA's Kyerematen
(2012-11)
A continental conference on Mainstreaming Gender into Trade Policy will be held in Accra Ghana from 12-14 November 2012 to focus on how to increase women's voice in trade policy and negotiations. The conference aims to ...
Évaluation de l'intégration de la dimension de genre dans les bases de données des communautés économiques régionales (CER) en vue de déterminer les lacunes dans la prise en compte des activité des femmes pratiquant le commerce transfrontalier informel
(2012-01)
La présente étude a pour objet de renforcer les capacités des divisions statistiques des CER et celles des bureaux nationaux de statistique pour qu'ils soient en mesure de mieux saisir les activités des opératrices du ...
Tracking progress in the implementation of regional and international agendas, including NEPAD and other special initiatives in the subregion : promote gender equality and empower women :MDG 3
(2012)
Gender equality and empowerment of women featured on the agenda of the international community long before the promulgation of the Millennium Summit. Achievement of women’s socio-economic progress were spelt out in ...
Training on knowledge portals to advance women's rights and social development
(2012-07)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) organized two simultaneous workshops from 18-19 July 2012 on E-network for National Gender Machineries, the African Women’s Rights Observatory (AWRO) and on the newly established ...
Gender mainstreaming workshop opens at ECA
(2012)
An Inception Workshop on Mainstreaming Gender into Trade Policies opened Tuesday 21 April at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The two-day workshop is organized by the African ...
A gender assessment of African regional communities databases to identify gaps in capturing the activities of women in informal cross border trade
(2012-01)
Informal Cross Border Trade (ICBT), also referred to as ‘parallel trade’, though informal, has implications for the broader national and global economy. It is informal in terms of the way business is organized, with low ...
AWRO advisory panel charts way forward for women's rights
(2012-07)
The African Women’s Rights Observatory (AWRO) Advisory Panel held its second meeting today to provide recommendations on substantive aspects of the Observatory and provide guidance on its annual work program. Delivering ...