Report on the activities of the ECA women in development programme during the period April 1992 to April 1993

Abstract

The report is presented to the Africa Regional Committee for the, Integration of Women in Development (ARCC) in conformity with the ECA 1992-1993 work-programme whereby an annual report on ted to the advancement of women must be submitted to ARCC f^ ™''~" -**H ^-*W harmonization of the promotion of women in the region. In this connexion, the report relates activities undertaken by the African Training and Research Centre for Women (ATRCW), the ECA focal point on women issues as well as those carried out by other substantive divisions and services of ECA. The paper reports first on follow-up to the resolutions and decision of the ECA Conference of ministers. It thereafter gives an account of efforts made by ECA for the advancement of African women in the region including collaboration with other organizations involved in gender activities. In its last part, the report gives a brief on the orientation of the ECA programme of advancement of women during the biennium 1994- 1995 as well as an outline of planned activities.