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Violence against women: the case of Africa
(1991)
The available research on violence against women allows to conclude that this problem is reality in African societies and families and that it is spreading. However, it is necessary to underline that the research of the ...
Report of a group meeting of women researchers in the informal sector and agro industries
(1991-11)
The African Training and Research Centre for Women (ATRCW) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has been implementing a project entitled "Increasing women's Productive Activities in the informal Sector and Agro-Industries ...
Mission report on the Expert Group Meeting on violence against women, 11- 15 November 1991, Vienna
(1991-11)
The Expert Group Meeting on Violence Against Women has been organised in accordance with the Economic and Social Council Resolution 1991/18 on "Violence Against Women in All its Forms" which requested the Secretary-General, ...
UNPAAERD report on the engagement of African women as agents of development at all levels
(1991-03)
The report provides sectoral analyses of current and planned activities undertaken by the UN agencies to improve the situation of African women in respect of Para 47 and 52 of the Mid Term Review, document #A/43/664, the ...
Barrier to access of rural women to land, livestock, other productive assets, extension services and credit in selected African countries
(1991-12)
Women in the rural areas of Africa carry the heaviest burden in terms of agricultural production, especially food production for the increasing population of the continent. There has been a traditional division of labour ...
Barriers to access of rural women to land, livestock, other productive assets, extension services and credit in selected African countries
(1991-11)
Women's access to and control of land is an important, even crucial issue because of its relation to and implications for food production and food security in the region. Women in rural Africa often do not own the land ...
Final report on project increasing women's access to credit through training in management and credit technique
(1991)
African Training and Research Center for Women (ATRCW) initiated this project in order to assist rural and urban poor women to benefit from entrepreneurship development and access to credit facilities in Africa. The ...
Business Management in the Informal Sector: A Case Study of Market Women
(1991-04)
This report presents the major findings of a study of the business management practices, inadequacy, and needs of Ugandan women market traders among 489 Ugandan women aged 15 years and above in the towns of Kampala.
Roster of African women experts
(1991)
This volume is the second edition of the Roster of African Women Experts. In comparison with the first issue this one has a wider geographical and subject scope as well as a bigger number of experts (508). We included into ...
Changing socio-economic condition of women in Africa in the context of the Nairobi forward-looking strategies for the advancement of women :sectoral analysis of political participation, education employment and law
(1991-03)
This paper is focuses on the changing socio-economic conditions of women in Africa in the context of the Nairobi forward looking strategies for the advancement of women: sectoral analysis of political participation, ...