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Gender Issues/Empowering Women
African Centre for Gender and Development  (ACGD)
Division Chief:
Ms. Josephine Ouédraogo

"The African Centre for Gender and Development (ACGD) is a division within the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Established in 1975, ACGD is the sole regional Women in Development (WID) structure within the United Nations System in Africa. It services national, regional and sub-regional bodies involved in development issues related to gender and the advancement of women

To know more about ACGD, we invite you to visit our Internet site. You will get thorough information regarding its programs and activities, and access its recent publications in full text. Our site will also provide you with focused data on gender issues around the world and detailed information on the twelve critical areas of the Beijing platform of action for the advancement of women issued in 1995."

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