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 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, ...

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 ...

African Training and Research Center for Women (ATRCW) initiated this project in order to assist rural and urban poor women to benefit from entrepreneurship development and access to credit facilities in Africa. The ...

Women's access to and control of land is an important, even crucial issue because of its relation to and implications for food production and food security in the region. Women in rural Africa often do not own the land ...

The report provides sectoral analyses of current and planned activities undertaken by the UN agencies to improve the situation of African women in respect of Para 47 and 52 of the Mid Term Review, document #A/43/664, the ...