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Meeting with the UNECA executive secretary: Africa hall, Thursday, December 1, 1994
(1994-11)
The Executive Secretary has given highlights on the follow-up of the African Common Platform for Action adopted by the Dakar conference, which seeks to speed the social, economic and political empowerment of African women ...
The African women conference on women wind up
(1994-11)
The 51 page document was adopted after slight amendments were made by some delegate to the conference, including ministers, representatives of non-governmental organizations and technocrats. At the closing ceremony the ...
Dakar and Bejing opened up possibilities but the road ahead is long
(1999-11)
While the Beijing process of the last five years has helped popularize gender issues, set the climate for change and strengthened the network of women in Africa, the continent still has a long road to travel towards gender ...
African Regional conference on women moves to the last stage
(1994-11)
The African conference on women, preparatory to the world conference on women in Beijing, entered the last stage of its three-part meeting. President Diouf emphasized that peace, democracy and human rights form “an inseparable ...
Plans unveiled to speed implementation of Dakar/ Beijing platforms
(1999-11)
The Sixth African Regional Conference on Women ended here today with a Regional Plan of Action which maps out priorities and strategies for the next five years to accelerate the implementation of the Dakar and Beijing ...
African statisticians challenged to produce gender responsive data
(2008-12)
Speaking at the opening session of a today regional workshop on gender statistics in Addis Ababa today, the Director of the African Centre for Statistics, Mr. Ben Kirergyera, explained that “gender responsive” or “gender ...
Inspite of constitutional guarantees, few African countries have achieved gender parity, says Janneh
(2010-07)
Although about 90 percent of African constitutions endorse gender equality and affirmative action, only 11 countries have achieved parity in secondary education and only eight countries have achieved parity at tertiary ...
African women's NGOS take stock ten years after Beijing conference
(2004-10)
African Women's NGO Forum on Beijing +10, kicking off a week of activities and meetings associated with the Seventh African Regional Conference on Women hosted by the Economic Commission for Africa. The Forum will particularly ...
Decade of African women should not be a decade of words: 7th Session of the CWD reviews Banjul Declaration and discusses new strategies
(2011-05)
The 7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD) opened Under the theme “Closing Gaps, Maximizing Opportunities: Beyond Beijing + 15”, participants have convened to discuss progress made, challenges faced ...