With its headquarters in the ECA, the Inter-Africa Committee, a nongovernmental organisation comprising members from 26 African countries, works towards the eradication of harmful traditional practices affecting the ...

A recent study carried out to assess the gender -responsiveness/ sensitivity in ECA programs and among its staff, included a needs assessment. One of the needs identified was that of gender training within the commission. ...

The April 1996 consultation among Africa's development partners convened by the ECA endorsed its role as a think tank for the continent's economic and social advancement. Participants agreed that by facilitating consensus- ...

The Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995 called the World's attention to twelve critical areas of concern which need to be seriously addressed for accelerating the advancement of women. These ...

This document focused on the Regional Plan of Action was formulated within the framework of the mid-decade review of the Implementation of the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action. That review was conducted through the ...

The principle of equal rights of men and women is affirmed in the charter of the United Nations (promulgated in 1946), as well as in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, which dates from 1948). This principle has ...

The Abuia Declaration on Participatory Development: The Rote of Women in the 1990s is the outcome of the fourth Regional Conference on the Integration of Women in Development and on the Implementation of the Arusha Strategies ...