Fifth African Regional Conference on Women : summaries of national reports (English speaking countries) ECA/ACW 16-23 November 1994 Dakar, Senegal

Abstract

These are summaries of 23 national reports submitted by member States. Many of them came in as "drafts" and many also did not contain conclusions and recommendations. It is hoped that member States will, at a latter date, submit their conclusions and recommendations as these are considered very vital to future action by governments as well as for joint activities or programmes between the African Centre for Women and member States and/or NGOs and various women's associations and organizations. Efforts have been made to provide, as accurately and as concisely as possible, in these summaries, the information contained in the national reports, some of which are quite voluminous due to the various issues addressed. In general, most of the reports pointed out that, although much has been achieved in the area of awareness-raising to women's issues and concerns and in the emergence and proliferation of women's groups, associations and organizations, all addressing various issues affecting the advancement of women, governments still have a long way to go regarding the implementation of the provisions of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies.