The African woman today : an overview of the implementation of the Nairobi forward-looking strategies for the advancement of women

Abstract

The Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies were adopted in 1985 and provided guidelines for the advancement of women by the year 2000 and beyond. They were to achieve/accelerate the economic and Political emancipation of women at all levels; enhance the well-being of women through sustains improvements of the standards of living, poverty alleviation and the mainstreaming or gender perspective in all aspects of development assistance and development plans; attain the rull involvement and active participation of women in peace initiatives and in conflict resolution and peace management and strengthen and establish sustainable mechanism including information systems for the promotion of legal literacy, gender awareness and the advancement of women.