Africa: End Gender-Based Violence, 'Once and for All', UN Urges On International Day

Commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Wednesday, the United Nations has called on governments worldwide to redouble efforts and… Read more »

Africa: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

The UN Secretary-General's UNiTE by 2030 to End Violence against Women campaign is marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (25 November to 10 December 2020)… Read more »

Africa: Secretary-General's Remarks On Racism in the Workplace

Dear Colleagues, Read more »

Africa: Citing 'Weight of History', Senior UN Officials of African Descent Issue Call to 'Go Beyond and Do More' to End Racism

A group of more than twenty senior leaders in the UN, who report directly to Secretary-General António Guterres, and who are African or of African descent, have put their… Read more »

Africa: COVID-19 Aggravates Plight of Women in Africa

As governments divert resources to deal with the public health crisis, safety, security and access to justice services will no longer be readily available to victims of domestic… Read more »

Rwanda: 'Say No to Hate Speech and Xenophobia', Urges Guterres, Marking 26 Years Since Genocide in Rwanda

Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days, were systematically killed in Rwanda, 26 years ago, the UN chief underscored on Tuesday that "we… Read more »

Africa: Gender, Youth, Human Rights and Climate Change At the Heart of the 5th ATPC Steering Committee Meeting

The Fifth Steering Committee Meeting (SCM) of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) was hosted by the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat in Arusha, Tanzania from 19 to 20… Read more »

Africa: Secretary-General's Message On the International Day for Persons With Disabilities

When we secure the rights of people with disabilities, we move closer to achieving the central promise of the 2030 Agenda - to leave no one behind. Read more »

Africa: Launch of Joint Eca-Ohchr-Fes Publication On the Human Rights and Inclusion Dimensions of Digital Trade in Africa

At the 2019 Aid for Trade Global Review, ECA jointly launched a publication with the UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung… Read more »

Africa: Assessing Inclusion and Human Rights Implications of Digital Trade

Digital trade offers an innovative tool for industrial leapfrogging and income convergence, and human rights can provide firm ground for a consistent policy framework and… Read more »

Africa: ECA to Launch Campaign Targeting Violence Against Children and Adolescents With Disabilities

The Social Development Policy Division (SDPD) of the Economic Commission for Africa is co-organizing the launch of a global campaign for the "Good Treatment of Girls, Boys and… Read more »

Africa: Vera Songwe - 'Access to Clean and Safe Water Is a Human Right'

In her remarks during the opening of Africa Water Week in Addis Ababa on 7 May 2018, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) deplored the… Read more »

Africa: Unite to End Violence Against Women Campaign's Commemoration

16 DAYS ACTIVISM ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Read more »

Africa: New ECA Publications Put in Focus Human Rights Perspective of Cfta - Smart Trade & Industrial Policy in Africa

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) on Wednesday launched joint reports on transforming… Read more »

Ethiopia: UN Rights Chief 'Concerned' About a 'Series of Crucial Issues' in Ethiopia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, has expressed concern over certain human rights issues in Ethiopia, after meeting and discussing with… Read more »

Africa: ECA Counsels Respect of Human Rights in Free Trade Agreements

We need to put people ahead of economic aggregates and focus on human rights, especially for the vulnerable when negotiating Africa's Continental Free Trade Area said David Luke on… Read more »

Africa: African Governments Urged to Repeal Discriminatory Laws Against Women

The Africa Ministerial Pre-Consultative Meeting on the 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 61st) on the theme "Women's economic empowerment in the changing world of work"… Read more »

Africa: Idep Celebrates Human Rights Day By Organizing a Round Table On Migration

The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) joined the International Organization for Migrations (IOM) to organize a series of three round table discussions… Read more »

Africa: Experts Ponder Continental Free Trade Agreement's Human Rights Impacts

A side-event titled "A human rights perspective on the CFTA" was co-organised by the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the… Read more »

Africa: Xenophobia Abhorrent to Regional Integration

Xenophobia and regional economic integration are contradictory. Without the free flow of people, goods and services, there can never be regional integration or building a community… Read more »

Africa: Women, Rural Communities Most Affected By Human Exclusion

ECA- Lusaka 15 October 2015 - Women and rural communities have borne the most of human exclusion in southern Africa. This is according to African Social Development Index - ASDI… Read more »

Africa: African Migrants: Payback Time?

Since the beginning of this year a relentless flow of images from the Italian island of Lampedusa, the city of Calais where the Eurotunnel starts, Bodrum in Turkey, the eastern… Read more »

Africa: Experts to Consider Human Rights Impact Assessment of the Proposed Continental Free Trade Area in Africa

Experts have gathered in Addis Ababa for a two day meeting to undertake a human rights impact assessment of the proposed African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), focusing on… Read more »

Africa: UN and AU Commit to Advance Business and Human Rights Agenda in Africa

The first African Forum on Business and Human Rights concluded today with a strong call for action to make business a force for improving human rights in Africa. At the meeting,… Read more »

Africa: High Level Panel Discussion - 'Towards Eliminating Child Stunting for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Africa

WHAT: High-Level Panel Discussion "Towards Eliminating Child Stunting for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Africa". The event is open to media throughout. Read more »