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Leadership and Empowerment Program for Women in Africa
Project / Program Summary

I. Basic data

Sector(s): Gender Leadership
Title: Leadership and empowerment programme for women in Africa
Donor country / organizations involved: World Bank
Beneficiary countries / regions: Africa
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions: Ministries of Social Affairs
Starting Date: January 1997
Ending Date: December 1999
Project / Program budget: US$735,000
Finance / Type of cooperation: grant

II. Project / program description

  1. Objectives
    To support ECA's leadership and empowerment fund for African Women.
  2. Activities / contents
    • One International Conference on African Women and Economic Development:
      Investing in our Future
    • Setting-up Information System at the ACW
    • Central African Sub-Regional Meeting
    • Sub-Regional Workshops on Gender related legal and Human Rights issues
    • Need Assessment Survey on Women in decision-making position.
  3. Expected outcomes / impacts
    • One International Conference on African Women.
  4. Features in line with the Agenda for Action
    This programme aims to establish the Leadership Fund for African Women to promote capacity building in the area of social development and enhance South South Cooperation.

III. Contact point:

U.N.E.C.A., Att. Director PPFED
P.O. Box: 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: (251-1)517200 X. 33244/511296 (Direct Line)
Fax: (251-1)510276
E-mail:
Internet:

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