Progress report on programme evaluation (biennium 1994-1995)

Abstract

The main activities of the subprogramme were focused on the preparations for and follow-up to the regional and global conferences on women. The activities culminated in the preparation and adoption of the "African Platform for Action for the Advancement of Women". The Platform, which constituted Africa's Common Position for the fourth World Conference on Women,'deafly spelt out the specific actions to be taken by governments, NGOs, IGOs as well as iiiternationai institutions to build the capacity of African women to cope with the challenges of the twenty-first century, The Platform Was endorsed by the ECA Conference of Ministers and the African Heads of State and Government as blue-print for all efforts aimed at advancing African women.