ECA launches new CD-ROM on status of Africa's women
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ECA's African Centre for Women (ACW) officially launched the first edition of 'The Status of Women in Africa' a new CD-ROM containing comprehensive gender-disaggregated data on African development. The CD-ROM was launched at an Information Workshop for National Focal Points jointly organized by ECA and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), shortly before the United Nations General Assembly Special Session "Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century", which takes place from 5-9 June 2000. The CD-ROM, which features audio and video as well as user-friendly, searchable data -- was enriched by feedback from participants at the Sixth African Regional Conference on Women held in Addis Ababa in November 1999, convened by ECA to assess the progress made in implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action since 1995. The Information Workshop also touched on the sensitive and delicate nature of ongoing negotiations regarding the draft Outcome Document to be discussed at the Special Session. The Africa Group negotiations are part and parcel of the work of the Group of 77 and China. Informal and often fractious deliberations have been ongoing for the past week. The disputed wording in "brackets" mainly relates to women's reproductive rights and to rights of sexual preference. To hasten consensus, informal discussions are being used to tackle areas of disagreement within the Group.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2000-06). ECA launches new CD-ROM on status of Africa's women. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/32346”Collections
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