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Africa: Why We Need More African Women in Parliaments
UNECA, 30 April 2015
An African woman has been married for 13 years and for every day of those 13 years she worked hard with her husband to cultivate a small piece of land he owned growing vegetables… Read more »
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Addis Ababa)
Why We Need More African Women in Parliaments
Over the past twenty years, parliaments around the world have recorded an increasing women presence; Africa has been no exception. By 2012, 11 African countries were among the world top 36 houses of parliament that reached the 30% threshold. A threshold considered necessary for women to have an impact on decision-making.
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Africa: Experts to Review Study On Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
UNECA, 20 April 2015
Experts will gather in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 5-7 May 2015 to review research undertaken on women in artisanal and small-scale mining in Africa. Read more »
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Africa: Africa's Women Must "Grow Beyond the Micro"
UNECA, 28 March 2015
Women are tired of being put in the context of 'micro this' and 'micro that. This stark reminder of the resolve of delegates at the recently held Women in Parliaments Global Forum… Read more »
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Africa: Africa Now the Land of Opportunity, Experts Say
UNECA, 27 March 2015
Addis Ababa, 26 March 2015 (AUC-ECA) - Africa must change the global narrative on its social and economic wellbeing, owing to its consistently positive performance in terms of… Read more »
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Africa: Subsidize the Agricultural Sector, ECA
UNECA, 10 March 2015
Africa's Agricultural transformation cannot take place without the State. Speaking during the official remarks of a two day expert group meeting on Agro-industry development for… Read more »
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Africa: The LPI Gender Strategy - A Learning Tool for Empowering Women
UNECA, 6 February 2015
The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) organized by the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) on 4 and 5 February 2015 in Entebbe, Uganda, was successful in reviewing and validating the Gender… Read more »
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Africa: Experts to Validate the Gender Strategy for the Land Policy Initiative
UNECA, 5 February 2015
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) organizes on 4 and 5 February 2015, in Entebbe, Uganda, an Experts' Group Meeting (EGM) to revise and validate the draft Gender Strategy of the… Read more »
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North Africa: Unequal Access to Funding Aggravates Rural Women's Vulnerability in North Africa
UNECA, 30 January 2015
Rural poverty is the main feature of poverty in North Africa and prevails mostly among women. Though rural women are key to the survival and management of the household, accessing… Read more »
