See also: Agriculture, Education, Health, Population, Poverty
Gender Violence: UN launches global campaign to end abuse — April 2008
Taking on violence against women in Africa — July 2007
African gays and lesbians combat bias — April 2007
Education key to women’s progress — April 2007
Congolese women confront legacy of rape — January 2007
Call for protection of migrant women — October 2006
African women are ready to lead — July 2006
Redistributing assets to women — July 2006
Rwandan women: AIDS therapy beyond drugs — April 2006
Tapping women's entrepeneurship in Ghana — April 2006
Liberian woman breaks the ‘glass ceiling’ — January 2006
Genital Cutting: Legislators call for end to harmful practice — January 2006
Women: Africa ’s ignored combatants — October 2005
African women battle for equality — July 2005
UN takes tough line against peacekeeper abuses — April 2005
Sierra Leone:
Women speak out against
sexual violence, an 'invisible war crime'— January 2005
Women: the face of
AIDS in Africa — October 2004
[Box 1: African women:
a long battle for equality ]
[Box 1: Bringing
women out of their shells ]
Stephen Lewis speaks out:
Africa's youth on
the edge of the chasm— October 2004
Women break into African politics — April 2004
Changing tradition to safeguard
women — May 2003
International action against female genital mutilation
African women struggle foraseat
at the peace table — February 2003
[Box 1: Are women better
peacemakers?]
[Box 2: Casamance women
march for peace]
Annan urges increasing women in UN peace operations — February 2003
Gender budgets' seek more equity — April 2002
Making trade work for poor women — December 2001
Liberating girls from 'trokosi' — December 2001
Women central to peace-building — January 2001
Mixed progress for African women — July 2000
Nigerian women target gender violence — July 2000
Burundi: Women strengthen peace talks — July 2000
African women prepare for Beijing+5 — April 2000
A prize for women farmers — December 1999
Campaign to target female genital mutilation — December 1999
How to combat women's poverty? — September 1999
Making development gender sensitive — June 1999
Local initiative attacks poverty — June 1999
African women demand greater peace role — June 1999
Women aim to transform Mozambique — April 1999
Annan calls for more science education for more females — April 1999
Empowering the poor at the local level — November 1998
[Box 1: Poverty eradication lags, says UNDP]
*Special Report on ECA conference* — August 1998
Moving women to centre-stage
[Box 1: Ministers to mobilize political will]
ECA broadens its partnerships
Themes on progress on gender
[Box 1: Continental peace-making role for women]
African Centre for Women aims for strategic
impact
Stronger NGOs needed for grassroots work
Forward movement for women in Uganda
From Liberia to the African stage
Women farmers, the 'invisible' producers — October 1997
[Box 1: Women gain more land rights in Mozambique