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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As part of the effort by the 7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD) to assess where Africa stands on women’s empowerment, a session was held this week on the African Women’s Decade (AWD) to impress ...

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 ...

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 ...

African women leaders and gender specialists from government departments will meet in Dakar, Senegal from 25to 27 November 1997. The West African sub-regional Preparatory Meeting will be convened by the African Centre for ...

The country calls for the establishment of small and medium scale industries, as well as technical and vocational training for women and girls. The country has already drafted a law to strengthen women, most of whom have ...

Ministers of Justice, gender focal points from U.N. agencies including civil society representatives from Eastern Africa are scheduled to hold a 3-day conference here next week to deliberate issues that impede the advancement ...