This paper focuses on the summary notes and guide questions for working group discussions. On the theme of developing African economies: The role of women.

The initiators of this seminar, including the Government which pioneered it have had the opportunity to explain the reasons for the organization of this gathering whose central theme is "Equity and Economic Empowerment of ...

Through continuous and sustained combination of several approaches over time we will no doubt be able to put together a number of preconditions for the economic empowerment of women. In view of the foregoing, the issue of ...

The Minister of Social Affairs and the Promotion of Women from Togo, Ms Tembé Ashira AISAH-ASSIH, officially opened the discussion forum. She stressed the need for particular attention to women living in rural areas, as ...

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 ...

We, women entrepreneurs and women in business from Cameroon, Côte d.Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, USA, ...

Globalization is defined as a process through which finance, investment, production and marketing are increasingly dominated by firms whose vision and actions are not confined by national borders or national interests. ...

The main purpose of this paper is to review the traditional socio-economic functions of the African woman both in the family and the community and the changes they have undergone in the context of the socio-economic ...

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 ...

This paper presents A Study of the economic empowerment of women and their role in the socio-economic development of Africa held in August 1996, at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.