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 ...

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, ...

This paper focuses on the draft resolution on the implementation of the Lagos plan of action and the final act of Lagos at national sub regional and regional levels.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

La douzième réunion du Comité technique préparatoire plénier (TEPCOW) s'est tenue à Addis-Abeba (Ethiopie), du 29 avril au 7 mai 1991. La réunion a été ouverte par le Camarade Zewde Teklu, membre suppléant du Comité central ...

This report is submitted in accordance with the 1990-1991 work programme of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). It is the second of two reports to be submitted to the Africa Regional Coordinating ...