Tag: Women in Trade
UN chief announces first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment
22 Jan 16 NewsUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday announced the first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment to provide leadership and mobilize co...
Greater inclusion of women and youth in work will spur human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
15 Dec 15 NewsReducing inequalities and the creation of work are critical for human development in the region, says the 2015 Human Development Report.
Significant gains have been made in human ...
On Africa Industrialization Day, Ban warns gender inequity, youth unemployment risk continent’s progress
23 Nov 15 NewsMarking the Africa Industrialization Day, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling for job creation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for women and youth to era...
‘Rural women are the backbone of sustainable livelihoods,’ Ban declares on International Day
16 Oct 15 NewsMarking the International Day of Rural Women, the United Nations today affirmed the role of women as significant and crucial for the progress of rural households, local and nationa...
Walking the talk on youth and women: Bringing inclusive agricultural markets to life
05 Oct 15 NewsHighlights from the Fifth African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), 29 September-2 October 2015, Lusaka, Zambia
More than 600 men, women and youth attended the AGRF 2015. Over 200 ca...
African Green Revolution Forum to elevate role of youth and women in agriculture
30 Sep 15 NewsLeaders target investments and polices for African farmers and enterprises to meet rising food demand in an urbanizing Africa
The rapid rise of urban food markets across sub-Sahar...
Despite challenges, Sub-Saharan Africa continues to remove barriers to women’s advancement: WBG report
11 Sep 15 NewsSub-Saharan Africa is a study in contrasts when it comes to women’s economic advancement, says the World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law 2016 report, released on 9 Sep...
AfDB unveils plan to empower African Women in Agriculture
28 Aug 15 NewsThe office of the Special Envoy on Gender (SEOG) and the Department for Agriculture and Agro-industry (OSAN) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a new report, “Econom...
Raising Voices for Women Cross Border Traders in West Africa Project
28 Aug 15 NewsThe “Raising Voices for Women Cross Border Traders in West Africa Project” seeks to map women’s organisations in the ECOWAS sub-region and their potential to support the capa...
Report calls for overhaul in mining laws to include women
28 Aug 15 NewsA new report on Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Africa has called for a policy overhaul in the mining sector for inclusive and active participation of women. The...
East Africa women business owners sharpen skills
21 Aug 15 News
Women entrepreneurs are meeting in Nairobi to explore strategies that would see them step up their participation in business across East Africa.
“This conference on women ...
The gender gap in extractive dependent countries
30 Jul 15 NewsCan we use the revenues generated from oil, gas and minerals to reduce the gender gap in countries with abundant natural resources?
We found a statistically significant negative c...
Investing in women is vital to ending poverty, boosting needed growth
15 Jul 15 NewsClosing persistent gender gaps is vital to boosting sustainable growth and ending poverty by 2030, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said Tuesday, calling for scaled-up effor...
AU Declaration on 2015 Year of Women’s Empowerment and Development Towards Africa’s Agenda 2063
25 Jun 15 NewsWe, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, having met at our Twenty Fifth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 14 to 1...
25th Assembly of the African Union Commits to Mainstreaming Women as the Continent begins to Implement Agenda 2063
19 Jun 15 NewsHeads of State and Government of the 54 member states of the African Union (AU) met in Johannesburg, South Africa from the 14th to 15th June. The Assembly meeting was the last in t...
High Level Panel on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment calls for financial inclusion of women in agri-business
15 Jun 15 News“Where a woman rules, streams run uphill”
Ethiopian Proverb
2015 is the African Union declared “Year of Women’s Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Age...
Gender is my Agenda Pre-Summit Conference: Statement of the Chairperson of the AU Commission
10 Jun 15 NewsStatement of the Chairperson of the AU Commission, delivered by HE Mrs Fatima Acyl, Commissioner of Trade and Industry, to the Gender Is My Agenda Pre-Summit Conference: 8-9 June 2...
Women’s empowerment at top of agenda as AfDB launches Gender Equality Index for Africa
26 May 15 NewsAre women and men on a level playing field? That was the question of debate on Monday, May 25 as the African Development Bank (AfDB) unveiled its first-ever Gender Equality Index f...
New report from UN Women unveils far-reaching alternative policy agenda to transform economies and make gender equality a reality
28 Apr 15 News“Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights” launches in seven cities
A major report from UN Women, released on 27 April 2015 in seven...
International Women’s Day 2015: Transition Support Department brainstorms on women’s empowerment and economies
04 Mar 15 NewsThis week the African Development Bank has organized a series of events at its headquarters in Abidjan leading up to International Women’s Day (IWD) 2015 on March 8. On Tuesday M...