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Promotion of women entrepreneurship in Southern Africa
(1997-02)
The global concern on the status of women dates as far back as 1946 when the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women was established to monitor the situation of women and to promote women’s status. Since then, a ...
Women and income- generating economic activities
(1997-10)
It is really not easy to speak on the economic activities of women for most adult women (that is, women over 18) are married and therefore qualified housewives, and according to INS1 these are inactive persons or dependants, ...
An assessment of the structure, role and function of ARCC and how it may be strengthened
(1997-04)
The Economic Commission for Africa has four technical subsidiary bodies as part of its Intergovernmental machinery, namely: United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Africa, which is convened every three years; ...
Situation of women in the east African sub-region : with specific focus on: participation of women in decision making economic empowerment of women for poverty reduction women's legal and human rights, a synthesis paper
(1997-06)
The East African sub-region, like the rest of Africa, has severely affected by the economic decline and recession which characterised most of the 1980s and 1990s. Of the 12 countries which make up the East African sub-region ...
Coordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies and other bodies of the United Nation system : mainstreaming the gender perspective into all policies and programmes in the United Nations system
(1997-06)
The present report responds to Economic and Social Council decision
1996/310, in which the Council decided to devote the coordination segment of
its substantive session of 1997 to consideration of the cross-sectoral ...
Achieving good governance, Theme 2: the essential participation of women
(1998-05)
The empowerment and autonomy of women and the improvement of their social,
economic and political status are essential factors in the achievement of both
transparent and accountable government and administration, as well ...
Creating opportunities for Africa's new generation : theme 4
(1998-05)
In spite of concerted efforts over the past three decades, to increase girls’ and boys’ access to schooling and to reduce the disparities between them, there still exists a considerable degree of bias against girls in the ...
Achieving women and the information age : a rare opportunity : theme 3
(1998-05)
This is an opportune time and a crucial moment for women to have input and for
stakeholders to be sensitized to the gender dimension of ICT policy. Policy must take into
account the needs of women, as well as men, at all ...
Strategies for including a Gender Perspective in African Information and Communications Technologies(ICTs) Policy
(1998-03)
African policy makers face many economic, social and political challenges as they seek to improve material living standards and quality of life, and undertake their task of transformation in a context of complexity, rapid ...
Accès de la femme rurale africaine à la technologie appropriée
(1990)
Dans le cadre de son programme, le Centre Africain de recherche et de formation pour la femme (CAREF) de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique a été chargé d'effectuer une étude technique sur l'accès ...