This paper focuses on the second meeting of the Africa Regional co-ordinating Committee for the Integration of Women in development was held at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 12 to 14 March 1981 at the headquarters of the ...

Since the Nairobi Conference (July 1935) and the adoption of the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies by the United Nations General Assembly, the world and the African region in Particular has witnessed an unprecedented ...

In Africa, agriculture is the most important sector in national economies. About 80 per cent of the active population works in agriculture. Further, apart from few exceptions, agriculture makes up more than 50 percent of ...

The paper deals the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies, adopted in 1985, made concrete recommendations as to which policy and programme measures are needed to promote women's self-reliance and full integration in the ...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the progress that has been achieved, identify innovatory experience and provide a frame for discussion on where to go next. Particular attention will be given to the benefits accruing ...

While these concrete proposals still remain valid bases for action, the worsening economic and social conditions in Africa continue to place severe limitations on available resources and affect women most heavily. This ...

This report is the third of the series of progress reports prepared with a view to apprising the Conference of Ministers responsible for economic development and planning of the implementation of the programme of work and ...

The meeting had a role to play in the process of reviewing the problems and applauding the successes of the Decade. Some of the obstacles that still remained in women’s path in the Region included the exclusion of many of ...

The meeting was opened by the outgoing President of ARCC. In her introductory note, she congratulated the new States members of ARCC on their election as members of the committees of their respective subregions. The meeting ...

When the international community declared the period 1976-1985 as the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace., it represented the culmination of a series of events which Were instrumental in ...