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  • Title: The changing role of women in the development process.
    Author: United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Population Division.
    Journal: Afr Popul Newsl; 1988 Jun; (54):1-28. PubMed ID: 12315444.
    Abstract:
    Women are central to any solution to the development problem. Their role in agricultural production and in the informal sector in Africa has been recognized as a sustaining force for food and income. African countries recently visited by a UN Population Fund evaluation team had either incorporated women's issues into a development plan or established a special office for women's concerns, but all of this is taking place in the absence of an adequate data base. This ignorance has led to women's issues being ignored in policy making and planning. The UN's 1975 International Women's Year and Decade for Women helped to focus attention on women's issues as did the 1984 African governments' meeting in Arusha, Tanzania, the 2nd African Population Conference, and the Nairobi World Conference on Women. The strategies adopted by these meetings for the advancement of women include 1) promoting women's education and providing population education and information programs in fertility, mortality, and high risk pregnancies; 2) recognizing the vital role of women as health care providers within the family and increasing their health knowledge; 3) introducing programs to guarantee equal opportunity of employment for men and women; and 4) improving and protecting the legal rights and status of women. Although some efforts are being made in most countries, integrating women in the development process will take a long time and involve major social and attitude changes. Institutional and monitoring structures for the implementation of these strategies are non-existent. The next step might be for African policy makers to find a forum to define issues clearly and set attainable goals for the region based on the realities of the African region.
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