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Report of the second session of the committee on gender and social development
(2017-10)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Social Development Policy Division, convened the second session of the committee on gender and social Development, under the theme: “Achieving the 2030 Agenda and Agenda ...
Draft report of the second session of the Committee on Gender and Social Development
(2017-09)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Social Development Policy Division, convened the second session of the Committee on Gender and Social Development, under the theme: “Achieving the 2030 Agenda and Agenda ...
Report of the second session of the Committee on Gender and Social Development
(2018)
The economic commission for Africa (ECA), through its social development policy division, convened the second session of the committee on gender and social development, under the theme: “Achieving the 2030 Agenda and Agenda ...
Women’s economic empowerment:boosting women’s entrepreneurship in Africa
(2017-10)
Women’s economic empowerment is a process through which their capital (human, financial and physical) endowments increase along with their access to and benefits from economic opportunities, leading to improved agency and ...
Issues paper: from planning to implementation of the gender and social development goals for inclusive and sustainable development
(2017-09)
The issues paper highlights key issues so that policy discussions may be generated on what member States are currently doing in terms of planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063. ...
Background paper on the sub-theme: “promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls”
(2017-05)
African economies have grown steadily over the last decades and now rank among the fastest growing economies of the world. This growth, which has taken place in defiance of the uneven global recovery from the 2008 economic ...
African Pre-CSW61 consultative meeting on the theme: “Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work: challenges and opportunities in Africa”
(2017-01)
This background paper has been developed for the Africa’s Pre-CSW 61st Consultative Meeting to define Africa’s priorities for the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2017. The paper does not aim ...
Africa ministerial Pre-Consultative meeting on the Commission on the status of women sixty first session (CSW61) on the theme “Women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work”: key messages and strategies for csw61
(2017-01)
The meeting recognized the importance of transformational and structural changes to achieving decent work, including full and productive employment for women. They further noted the importance of establishing a conducive ...
Report of the CGSD on the work of the African Centre for Gender (ACG)
(2017-10)
The African Centre for Gender (ACG) within the Social Development Policy Division aims to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2063 as well as ...
Informality and inequality in Africa: exploring the linkages
(2017-09)
The present report contains an analysis of informality and inequality in a single framework to develop suitable policies for inclusive and sustainable development. The current focus of the Economic Commission for Africa ...