since the Nairobi conference (July 1985) and the adoption of the Nairobi forward-looking strategies by the United Nations General Assembly the world and African region in particular has witnessed an unprecedented increase ...

This report comes in response to the insistent demand by machineries for the advancement of African women to be informed about socio-economic trends likely to have repercussions on the living conditions of African women. ...

This report reviews efforts that have been made since the World Conference as they relate to the changing socio-economic conditions of women in Africa. In this respect, various areas as they relate to the socio-economic ...

All international conventions have called for the promotion of efforts aiming at enhancing women’s capabilities considering them a major element in the process of development in all its aspects. The United Nations Charter ...

The Declaration and Plan of Action on the Establishment of a New Economic Order, and various other resolutions of the General Assembly and other United Nations bodies (General. Assembly resolution 3362 (S-VII) of 16 September ...

This is information sheet on the conference of the Africa regional coordinating committee for the integration of women in development Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11-13 April 1983.

The report discusses the situation of African women in the context of agricultural and industrial changes within the African Alternative Framework to Structural Adjustment Programmes (AAF-SAP). It highlights the impact of ...

The report outlines progress toward establishing the African Bank for Women (AWB/ABF) to promote women's economic empowerment and entrepreneurship in Africa. It highlights the need for improved access to finance, credit, ...