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African women's decade must be owned by Africans
(2011-05)
As part of the effort by the 7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD) to assess where Africa stands on women’s empowerment, a session was held this week on the African Women’s Decade (AWD) to impress ...
African women's NGOS take stock ten years after Beijing conference
(2004-10)
African Women's NGO Forum on Beijing +10, kicking off a week of activities and meetings associated with the Seventh African Regional Conference on Women hosted by the Economic Commission for Africa. The Forum will particularly ...
Decade of African women should not be a decade of words: 7th Session of the CWD reviews Banjul Declaration and discusses new strategies
(2011-05)
The 7th Session of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD) opened Under the theme “Closing Gaps, Maximizing Opportunities: Beyond Beijing + 15”, participants have convened to discuss progress made, challenges faced ...
The LPI gender strategy: a learning tool for empowering women
(2015-02)
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) organized by the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) on 4 and 5 February 2015 in Entebbe, Uganda, was successful in reviewing and validating the Gender Strategy of the organization. The meeting ...
La Conférence sur le développement équitable et inclusif en matière de genre débutera à Addis-Abéba
(2013-11)
Le Comité femmes et développement a débuté une conférence sur le thème, l'Afrique dans l'ère après-2015: le développement équitable et inclusif en matière de genre à Addis-Abéba, aujourd'hui au Centre de conférences des ...
West Africa sub-regional review of Government implementation of the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for action
(1997-11)
African women leaders and gender specialists from government departments will meet in Dakar, Senegal from 25to 27 November 1997. The West African sub-regional Preparatory Meeting will be convened by the African Centre for ...
The African regional conference is coming to a close
(1994-11)
The country calls for the establishment of small and medium scale industries, as well as technical and vocational training for women and girls. The country has already drafted a law to strengthen women, most of whom have ...
East African experts to meet on legal impediments to women's advancement
(1997-10)
Ministers of Justice, gender focal points from U.N. agencies including civil society representatives from Eastern Africa are scheduled to hold a 3-day conference here next week to deliberate issues that impede the advancement ...
African ministers expected to renew pledge for the advancement of women
(2004-10)
The Conference will take stock of developments in the lives of African women since the Beijing summit on women's affairs ten years ago. In that context, it will focus on highlighting achievements, constraints and challenges ...
ECA to stage major international conference on gender
(1988-05)
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is to stage an international conference aimed at promoting the pivotal role of women in Africa's economic development. The Conference, entitled "African Women and Economic Development: ...