October 2004

Seventh African Regional Conference on Women
Decade Review of the implementation of the
Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action, 6-14 October 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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

NGO Forum at the Regional Conference on Beijing+10, October 6-7, 2004
Opening speech by Mme Joséphine Ouedraogo
Work Programme [PDF File ]

NEPAD Appoints an Advisor on Gender and Civil Society Organizations

THE AFRICAN GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT INDEX (AGDI)

An Expert Group Meeting Convenes to Review ECA’s Gender-aware Macroeconomic Model
Opening Statement by Josephine Ouedraogo, Director of the African Centre for Gender and Development, Economic Commission for Africa
Draft Programe of work

August 2004

Launch of a special ACGD website on the Seventh African Regional Conference on Women (Beijing + 10)

The African Women NGOs Consultative Meeting on Beijing+ 10,
22-23 July 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Meeting's Report
Group Report

Involving African Women NGOs
Agenda
Work Programme

ACGD Launches Phase II of the Operationalization of ECAs Enterprise Development Facilities for Women Entrepreneurs, 13 July, 2004

:: Power Point Presentation
Aida Opoku-Mensah
Team Leader, Promoting ICT4D, DISD
:: Report of ECA's workshop on the operationalization of Enterprise Development Facilities for Women Entrepreneurs (EDFs)

Report of Sub-regional Decade Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in Eastern Africa
Kigali, Rwanda 2-4 June 2004

Report of the Sub-regional Decade Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in Southern Africa
Lusaka, Zambia 26 – 29 April 2004

SUB-REGIONAL MEETING ON THE DECADE REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BEIJING PLATFORM OF ACTION
WEST AFRICA
13 – 15 April 2004
Abuja, Nigeria
SYNTHESIS REPORT

10th December 2003

WOUGNET Presented With World Summit Award
WSIS 2003, Geneva

16-17 September 2003

Meeting of the Bureau of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD)

Aide-Mémoire
Draft Programme of Work
Draft Provisional Agenda
Information Note

Tuesday 22 April 2003

New full text documents in the publication section

A Conceptual and Analytical Framework for Gender Mainstreaming in National Accounts and National Budget - Words need numbers to influence them, M.Alfred A.R.Latigo, Policy Analysis and Advocacy Programme, African Centre for Gender & Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, December 2002 [ PDF format only ]

New document from the African Women Committee for Peace and Development (AWCPD)

AWCPD Presentation, Conference on "Regional Consultation on Enhancing Women's Participation in Peace Building", 23-25 April 2001, Addis Ababa-Ethiopia

Monday 21 April 2003

New full text documents in the publication section

L'expérience et la vision du CAGED sur le développement des sociétés africaines, Mme Souad Abdennebi/Abderrahim, Conseillère régionale pour la promotion des droits des femmes, Colloque international sur " Genre, éducation, développement et progrès des sociétés africaines " organisé par le CIEFFA à Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso 6-7-8 mars 2003 [ French version only - Other formats in French ]

A Background Paper on Engendering Budgetary Policy and Processes - No Gender Equity No Poverty Reduction, Background Paper Series, M.Alfred A.R.Latigo, Centre Africain pour le Genre et le Développement, Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique, Décembre 2001 [ PDF format only ]

Compendium of Best Practices on Gender Mainstreaming - Engendering National Budgets: The Case of Tanzania, Centre Africain pour le Genre et le Développement, Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique, Décembre 2001 [ PDF format only ] [ECA/ACGD/ENB.TAN/2002]

[French version only - Available formats : ]

History Bears Witness

Appalling Facts and Figures On Violence Against Women

Special Women's Day Edition of ECA Now, the Weekly Newsletter of the Economic Commission for Africa, Vol. 1, No. 8, 10 march 2003 [ PDF format only]

2002

First Batch of African Women Graduate from ECA Cisco Networking Academy, Press Release # 02/2002, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 janvier 2002

2000

ECA launches new CD-ROM on Status of Africa's Women, Press Release # 06/2000, United Nations Headquaters, New York, U.S.A., 3 June 2000

1999

Plans unveiled to speed implementation of Dakar/ Beijing platforms, Press Release # 93/1999, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 26 November 1999
Dakar And Beijing Opened Up Possibilities But The Road Ahead Is Long, Press Release # 92/1999, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 November 1999
Leading Gender Experts to Review Africa's Progress Since Beijing, Press Release # 91/1999, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 November 1999

1998

ECA to Stage Major International Conference on Gender, Press Release # 38/1998, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), International Conference on African Women and Economic Development: "Investing in our Future", 28 April - 1 May 1998, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20 January 1998

1997

Leadership Training: Consultative Symposium on Strengthening Capacity for Gender Initiatives and Sub-regional Cooperation, Press Release # 37/1997, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Symposium on Capacity for Gender Initiatives and Sub-regional Co-operation, Arusha, Tanzania, November 1997, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 November 1997



West Africa Sub-regional Review of Government Implementation of the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action, Press Release # 36/1997, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Symposium on Capacity for Gender Initiatives and Sub-regional Co-operation, Dakar, Senegal, 25-27 November 1997, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 November 1997



Gender and Law Conference produces National Action Plans, Press Release # 32/1997, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Gender and Law: Eastern Africa Speaks, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-25 October 1997, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 29 October 1997



East African Experts to Meet on Legal Impediments to Women's Advancement, Press Release # 29/1997, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Conference of East African Experts on Legal Impediments to Women's Advancement, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-25 October 1997, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16 October 1997



Experts to Meet on Adolescent Girls and their Rights, Press Release # 27/1997, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Experts Group Meeting on Adolescent Girls, 13-17 October 1997, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10 October 1997



ECA Fleshes out Issues, Strategies and Actors to Develop Gender Networking Systems, Press Release # 22/1997, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Meeting on Women & Economic Empowerment & Decision-making through the Promotion of Women's Human & Legal Rights. 16-18 June 1997, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 1997



Expert Group Meeting on Gender Networking Zeroes in on Economic Empowerment, Legal and Human Rights, Press Release # 20/1997, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Expert Group Meeting on Gender Networking Africa, 16-18 June 1997, Addis Ababa, 16 June 1997 [



Expert Group Meeting on Gender Networking: ECA Delivers on its Undertaking To Put Gender at the Top of the Priority List, Press Release # 18/1997, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Meeting on Women & Economic Empowerment & Decision-making through the Promotion of Women's Human & Legal Rights, 16-18 June 1997, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14 June 1997



ECA Gender Policy Under The Spotlight This Week, Press Release # 09/1997, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), 18th Meeting of the Africa Regional Coordinating Committee for the Integration of Women in Development (ARCC), 24-28 April 1997, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 April 1997