The proposed program of work and priorities of the Economic Commission for Africa for the biennium 1994-1995 has been prepared within the framework of the revised Medium-term Plan for the period 1992-1997 adopted by the ...

This report is divided into two parts. Part I presents the progress report on the international conferences/summits, namely the international Conference on Population and Development; the World Summit for Social Development; ...

This paper focuses on the second meeting of the Africa Regional co-ordinating Committee for the Integration of Women in development was held at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 12 to 14 March 1981 at the headquarters of the ...

The theme of the conference, "Meeting the challenges of African Development in the Twenty-first Century. The role of the Economic Commission for Africa", was of great significance to the future of the Continent and to all ...

The present document contains summaries of the discussions, resolutions, decisions and recommendations of the subsidiary organs of the Commission, which have held meetings since the last session held in May 1999.

The paper deals the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies, adopted in 1985, made concrete recommendations as to which policy and programme measures are needed to promote women's self-reliance and full integration in the ...

The main activities of the subprogramme were focused on the preparations for and follow-up to the regional and global conferences on women. The activities culminated in the preparation and adoption of the "African Platform ...

While these concrete proposals still remain valid bases for action, the worsening economic and social conditions in Africa continue to place severe limitations on available resources and affect women most heavily. This ...

The meeting had a role to play in the process of reviewing the problems and applauding the successes of the Decade. Some of the obstacles that still remained in women’s path in the Region included the exclusion of many of ...

When the international community declared the period 1976-1985 as the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace., it represented the culmination of a series of events which Were instrumental in ...