Report of a group meeting of women researchers in the informal sector and agro industries

Abstract

The African Training and Research Centre for Women (ATRCW) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has been implementing a project entitled "Increasing women's Productive Activities in the informal Sector and Agro-Industries in the Eastern and Southern Subregion." The main objective of the project was to establish the extent of women's participation in the informal and agro industries sector through research studies and make recommendations. The project was implemented in two phases. Phase one involved initial feasibility studies on: (i) women in the informal sector conducted in Kenya, Mauritius, Swaziland and Zambia and (ii) women in agro-industries conducted in Botswana, Lesotho, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.