02260nam a22002297a 4500 AUA.1 20180425194130.0 150122t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789211251128 JTL HQ1787 .E36 2009 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. 47961 African women's report 2009 : measuring gender inequality in Africa : experiences and lessons from the African Gender and Development Index / United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia : Economic Commission for Africa, 2009. xxiv, 234 p. ; 24 cm. This publication is based on the results of piloting the African Gender and Development Index (AGDI) in 12 African countries across the five subregions of the continent. Making a case for countries to invest in sex disaggregated data collection, the outcomes provide an indication of the general situation of women across the continent. The result of the AGDI trials demonstrate that countries have shown commitment to international, regional and subregional treaties affecting women through overwhelming ratification. The report confirms existing MDG status reports which indicate remarkable progress being made with respect to MDG2 on universal Access to Basic Education. With the aid of systematic collection of sex aggregated data, the report calls for enhanced commitment towards accelerated implementation of gender equality as outlined in frameworks such as the ICPD+15, Beijing+15, the Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the African Women's Protocol.--Publisher's description. Introduction -- Commitment to women's rights -- Commitment to addressing violence against women -- Commitment to access and quality education -- Commitment to access and quality health care -- Access to economic opportunities and resources -- African women's agency and decision-making -- Perspectives, conclusions and way forward. Women's rights Africa 47962 Women in development Africa 47963 Sex role Government policy Africa 47964 lcc BOOK HQ 1787 .E36 2009 13659 13659 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2015-01-22 Bought by JTL 10.00 AUA016744 1 HQ 1787 .E36 2009 AUA016744 2018-07-19 00:00:00 2018-07-12 10.00 2015-01-22 BOOK