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I. Quick Guide: Poverty in Africa
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Women's
organisations have pushed the Commission on Africa to recognise that the fight
against poverty in Africa relies on women’s leadership, their access to services
and to equal rights in society.
- Analysis of the Africa Commission Report, Gender and Development Network
(GADN), 2005
This follow-up to the United Kingdom (UK) Gender and Development
Network's (GADN) submission to the Commission for Africa consultation process
reviews and critiques the extent to which gender concerns are reflected in the
final report of the Commission.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/gad_africacom2.htm
- Seventh African Regional Conference on Women (Beijing + 10) Decade Review
of the Implementation of the Dakar and Beijing Platforms for Action: Outcome and
the Way Forward, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), 2004
The purpose of
this ministerial statement is to renew commitment to gender equality, equity and
empowerment of women and to suggest concrete steps to address the gaps between
commitment and implementation.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/eca_africab10.htm
- West African NGOs Report on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for
Action, Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF), 2004
This report
summarises the outcomes of a consultation organised by the Economic Commission
for Africa (ECA) through the African Centre for Gender and Development,
contributing to the decade evaluation of the Beijing Platform for Action
(BPfA).
http://www.siyanda.org/static/wildaf_westafrica.htm
- Worldwide Joint Submission to the Commission for Africa, Gender and
Development Network (GADN) and WOMANKIND, 2004
This short report is a
submission to the consultation process of the UK's Commission for Africa.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/womankind_africacom.htm
- Experts Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming of Poverty Reduction Strategy
Papers (PRSPs) in Selected African Countries: Proceedings, United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) Southern Africa, Sub-regional Resource Facility
(SURF) and the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Regional Office for
Southern Africa, 2003.This Experts meeting explored conceptual issues around
gender and poverty, how to engender Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)
and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the extent to which
gender-sensitive budget initiatives are integrated into these.
http://www.siyanda.org/static/surf_prsps.htm
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