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 ...

Since the Nairobi Conference (July 1935) and the adoption of the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies by the United Nations General Assembly, the world and the African region in Particular has witnessed an unprecedented ...

The Africa Regional Co-ordinating Committee (ARCC) for the Integration of Women in Development held its Tenth meeting at the ECA headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 23-25 March 1989. Seven out of 15 member countries ...

In Africa, agriculture is the most important sector in national economies. About 80 per cent of the active population works in agriculture. Further, apart from few exceptions, agriculture makes up more than 50 percent of ...

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 present document contains the information on the Implementation in Africa of the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination Against Women, held at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 13 - 20 April 1937.

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 ...

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 ...

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 was opened by the outgoing President of ARCC. In her introductory note, she congratulated the new States members of ARCC on their election as members of the committees of their respective subregions. The meeting ...