8 March 2005, International Women's Day
Major Gains and Challenges for Women in Africa
By Houda Mejri, ECA/ACGD, 08 March 2005

Reflections: African Women Post Beijing
Audio Webcast

7th African Regional Conference on Women
Outcome and the Way Forward
Résultats et Perspectives

Beijing +10 in the Media

Beijing+10 and ADF Meetings Close, "Big Table" Opens, ECA Media Advisory 16 October 2004

Closing Statement by Honorable Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Chairperson of the Conference and Namibia’s Minister of Women Affairs and Child Welfare, 14 October 2004

Closing Statement by Wariaru Mbugua, Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women, United Nations, 14 October 2004

Closing Statement by Marie Angélique SAVANE, Chairperson of the NEPAD Peer Review Mechanism, 14 October 2004 [Available only in french]

Recommendations of the 12 Thematic Group Sessions
Recommandations des 12 groupes thématiques
[Documents thématiques ]

 

Introducing the General Debate
Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa, Presentation by Ms. Joséphine Ouedraogo, ACGD Director, 13 October, 2004 [La présentation en Français]

Opening statement by K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at the 7th African Regional Conference on Women, 12 October 2004

The African Gender and Development Index Report
Presentation by Ms. Josephine Ouedraogo, Director, African Centre for Gender and Development, Economic Commission for Africa, Tuesday 12 October 2004 [En Français]
Brochure

African Ministers Expected to Renew Pledge for the Advancement of Women
ECA Press Release 22/2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Over 43 African ministers in charge of gender affairs gather in Addis Ababa this week for the Seventh African Regional Conference on Women (Beijing+10).

ACGD: Opening of Beijing+10 Pre-ministerial Meeting
8-10 Octobre 2004
 ::  Opening speech by Joséphine Ouedraogo, ACGD Director [Available only in french]

 :: Statement of Dr. Farkhonda Hassan, Chair of ECA’s Committee on Women and Development

 

The African Women’s Peace Torch
The Lighting Ceremony, 8th October 2004
    :: Photo Gallery

 

NGO Forum at the Regional Conference on Beijing+10, October 6-7, 2004
   :: Synthesis from the NGO forum [PDF]
  :: Opening speech by Joséphine Ouedraogo, ACGD Director
[Available only in french]
   :: Work Programme [PDF File ]

Draft Agenda of the Conference of Ministers
  [En Français]
Draft Agenda for All meetings
  [En Français]

African Women's NGOs Take Stock Ten Years After Beijing Conference
ECA Press Release 21/04, Addis Ababa, 04 October 2004.
More than three hundred representatives of non- governmental organizations gather in Addis Ababa this week to take stock of progress in African women's lives since the Beijing summit on women's affairs ten years ago.

The African Women NGOs
Consultative Meeting on Beijing+ 10
22-23 July 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Meeting's Report | Group Report

Information Note
Decade Review of the Implementation of The Beijing Platform for Action in Africa (Beijing + 10), 22 July, 2004

Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa, 8 July, 2004

ECA/SADC Decade Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (Beijing +10)- 26-29 April, 2004, Lusaka, Zambia

Consolidate Progress Achieved by Women to Better Meet Development Challenges
Interview with Josephine Ouedraogo, Director of ECA’s African Center for Gender and Development (ACGD), Addis Ababa, 7 April 2004

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Past Conference

Sixth African Regional Conference on Women to Assess Progress in the Implementation of the Beijing and African Platforms for Action, 22 to 27 November 1999, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia