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The external debt crisis and its impact on African women
(1993-05)
The study's main objectives included: an analysis of the debt crisis in and outside Africa; review of the impact of the economic/debt crisis on women and their overall socioeconomic situation particularly in health, ...
Application en Afrique de la convention sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard des femmes
(1987-02)
La Convention des Nations Unies sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard des femmes a été adoptée par l'Assemblée générale le 18 décembre 1979 et est entrée en vigueur le 3 septembre 1981. Au mois ...
A technical report on a gender-aware macroeconomic model for evaluating impacts of policies on poverty reduction in Africa : the case for South Africa
(2003)
There is a growing recognition that macroeconomic and adjustment policies may have quite different effects on men and women. The Beijing Platform for Action from the 1995 Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women ...
Gender net : women's economic rights in Africa-examining the challenge
(2006)
The global review of the implementation of the Beijing commitments (Beijing +10) showed that some progress towards gender equality has been made, albeit patchy and uneven in some areas. Since then, the discussion of gender ...
A Technical report on a gender-aware macroeconomic model for evaluating impacts of policies on poverty reduction in Africa: the case for South Africa: part I: building of an extended gender-aware social accounting matrix
(2003)
The African Center for Gender and Development (ACDG) of the United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) in collaboration with Laval University aim to develop a macroeconomic framework that integrates both market ...
Gender and statistical processes : handbook for gender mainstreaming in African official statistics
(2015)
Gender statistics give an accurate picture of the lives of women and men and provide the basis for policies and initiatives designed to redress inequalities. In recent years, the importance of these statistics has been ...
A note on foreign enclaves and polarization : example from Sudanese agriculture
(1973-03)
Uneven development of foreign enclaves and polarization for Sudanese agriculture is a characteristic of most economies, but it is most marked in the case of developing countries. African economies are in particular, ...
Capacity building within the Uganda police for protection of women's and children's rights
(1998)
A mission was undertaken to Uganda, from 5-16 October, on the request of the Uganda Police Force for advisory services in designing a training program and a work plan for the implementation of the project, "Capacity Building ...
Ther role of women in informal trade in general and in economic development process
(1997-01)
This short study sets out to examine the role of women in the informal sector and their contribution to economic development. Even though the paper lacks in concrete statistical evidence for the majority of African countries, ...
Linking HIV/AIDS to women's peace advocacy : AWCPD'S contribution to the international partnership againest HIV/AIDS in Africa
(2000)
The objectives of the Workshop were: to enable participants to address issues relating to HIV/AIDS in its work on conflict resolution and peace process;to enable participants to disseminate this knowledge in their work ...