National machinery for the integration of women in Development in African countires

Abstract

This working paper reflects the information received from the 26 countries which responded to the questionnaire. That information indicates that various forms of national machinery exist in African countries including a Ministry responsible for women’s Affairs national commission with and without a bureau generating as its secretariat a women’s wing of a national political party and a non-governmental national council. A few countries have three or four institutions, each categorized as national machinery which work side by side with the same objective of the promotion of the advancement of women.