The Follow-up Strategy also takes into account what the continent has achieved in the last decade, analyses the gaps and limitations that were identified in the Decade Review process and synthesizes the strategic interventions ...

This paper focuses on policy analysis and advocacy for gender mainstreaming in national poverty reduction strategy (2001 - 2003). Africa's poverty challenge is characterized by the poor record of economic growth, high ...

This paper focused on the final report on the Ad Hoc expert group meeting on a conceptual framework for mainstreaming gender into national accounts and national budget.

The purpose of this report is to provide the Committee on Women and Development (CWD) of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) with information on the overall performance of the Sub-regional Development Centre for West ...

The present review of the region’s performance is based on responses from member States to two sets of questionnaires administered by ECA to collect qualitative and quantitative data and information. A highly representational ...

The documents that emerged from the decade review of implementing the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA), such as the country reports, reports of the Sub-regional Decade Review meetings, the Outcome and Way Forward of the ...

African states have committed themselves to various international and national gender conventions such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. In most countries National Gender ...

This document presents The over arching goal of the programme is to mainstream gender into national and sub-regional policies, programmes and processes with a view to advancing gender equality and gender equity as a process ...

The Common Market Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) recognizes that sustainable economic and social development of the region requires full and equal participation of women, men and youth as exemplified by the COMESA ...

The regional commissions of the United Nations have been mandated to facilitate the effective implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the international and regional platforms and plans of action on gender equality and ...