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Beijing +5 : what do natioanl plans of action contain for rural women
(1999-11)
The Minister of Social Affairs and the Promotion of Women from Togo, Ms Tembé Ashira AISAH-ASSIH, officially opened the discussion forum. She stressed the need for particular attention to women living in rural areas, as ...
Promotion de l'emploi dans la sous-région de l'Afrique du Nord : expériences, défis et opportunites dans "l' ère" post-Copenhague
(1999)
L'objectif de ce document est de présenter la situation de l'emploi dans la sous région nord-africaine, dans son contexte économique, tout au long de son développement depuis le milieu des années 90; et d'examiner les ...
Report of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on the progress made in the implementation of the Dakar and Beijing platforms for action
(1999-11)
In the last five years, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) through its African Centre for Women (ACW) initiated a number of activities within the framework of the implementation of the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for ...
Progress in the social sectors in Central ans West Africa in the 1990s: a UNICEF perspective
(1999-09)
The present study was carried out from 15 February to 28 February 1999 with material from UNICEF papers and with the technical and financial support of UNICEF. The study was carried out as part of the process of monitoring ...
Census preparatory activities : Census programming
(1999-11)
A Population and Housing Census is one of the most extensive and complex statistical operation. It involves a number of interrelated activities that can be broadly divided into three major phases. These are pre-enumeration ...
African Universities, the Private Sector, and Civil Society: Keynote address by Dr. K. Y. Amoako, UN under-secretary-general and executive secretary of ECA
(1999-06)
Higher education has almost entirely been a creature of the State in Africa. By many measures, the State has done reasonably well as the custodian of higher education. From six universities in sub-Saharan African in 1960 ...
Implementation of the Dakar/Ngor declaration and the ICPD-PA: an assessment of African experiences
(1999-03)
This paper focuses on implementation of the Dakar/NGOR declaration and the ICPD-PA: an assessment of African experiences. And highlighted several constraints in key programme areas: creating and enabling environment; gender ...
Implementation of the Addis Ababa plan of action for statsitical development in Africa in the 1990s: Progress report
(1999-05)
The Addis Ababa Plan of Action for Statistical Development in Africa in the 1990s was formulated by statisticians at the sixth session of the Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians and Demographers in January ...
Declaration of the sixth African regional conference on women : mid-term review of the implementation of the Dakar and Beijing platforms for action 22-26 November, 1999, Addis Ababa
(1999-11)
To-date, forty-seven African countries have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. ● There is an increase in the participation of women in politics and decision-making . ...
Mission report on the attendance of the fourth extraordinary session of heads of state and government
(1999-09)
The objective of the ECA mission was to participate at this epoch-breaking Conference which was being held at the dawn of the 21st century. Since the Extraordinary Summit had been convened to discuss how to Strengthen ...