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 ...

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 ...

Delegates at the Second, Regional Conference on the Integration of Women in development, held in Lusaka, Zambia, 3-7 December 1979, interalia discussed the employment of women in the professional and decision-making positions ...

African countries shall devote a greater proportion of.their resources to the promotion of women in development in order to reduce dependence on external aid, and there was a need for co-ordination of efforts for the ...

The Arusha Forward-Looking Strategies for the Advancement of African Women beyond the United Nations Decade for Women are long-term plans for the advancement of African women, principally as agents in development, up to ...