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A manual on gender and gender mainstreaming
(1997-01)
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 external debt crisis and its impact on African women
(1993-05)
This study was commissioned by the African Training and Research Centre for Women of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The study's main objectives included: an analysis of the debt crisis in and ...
Archives speeches and writings for 1998: fighting the culture of discrimination
(1998)
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 ...
Mainstreaming gender issues in the Member States of the West African Subregional Development Centre
(1997-09)
This section is an attempt to monitor the important macroeconomic policy changes that have taken place since 1994. The year 1994 is chosen to correspond with the activities of the ECA over the two work programme biennia. ...
Follow-up to the platforms for action on peace
(1997-04)
As African countries liberated themselves from the yoke of colonialism, its people were buoyed by the hope that they could now turn their attention to the urgent issues of development. All too quickly, their hopes were ...
Gender mainstreaming at ECA: Review of the past, present and future
(1997-01)
The seventh meeting of the Coordinating Committee on African Statistical Development (CASD) took place at the Headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on 21 and 22 May 1997.The meeting was attended by the ...
Influencing policy on information technology to meet women's needs in Africa
(1996-04)
This brief paper introduces a discussion on some of the conceptual issues which determine whether or not African women can improve their access to and control of information and communication technologies. Recommendations ...
Violence against women in Africa
(1993-03)
The available research on violence against women1 concludes that this problem is a reality in African societies and families and that it is spreading. it is necessary to underline that research of the issue in African ...
Women's rights within the family in Kenya
(1997)
In response to the need for operationalizing these actions, various organizations have embarked on studies to deepen their understanding of the grassroots perception of empowerment and equity. The African Centre for Women ...
Gender and cartography
(1996-10)
This paper on gender and cartography attempts to accomplish a number of goals - it explores the UN's rote in promoting gender equality ; touches on social cartography ; attempts to explain what gender issues are and why ...