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Women and Employment in Africa: A Framework For Action

By Martha Alter Chen on January 01, 2008

Background Document commissioned by the Danish Foreign Ministry for the Second Conference of the Africa Commission in November 2008

In 2007, the Danish Prime Minister launched the Africa Commission “to breathe new life into the debate concerning how to meet the very great challenges in the African continent, with a specific focus on women and employment”. In August 2008, the Africa Commission held a one-day thematic conference on Women and Employment in Maputo, Mozambique. This report, commissioned by the Danish Foreign Ministry, is intended to build on the recommendations coming out of the Maputo conference and serve as a background document for the second conference of the Commission in Addis Ababa in November 2008.
The recommendations coming out of the Maputo conference, as summarized in the conference report, are grouped as follows: women’s occupation and workload; women’s entrepreneurship; agricultural and rural economies; labour intensive manufacturing; social protection; advancing women’s economic empowerment; and policy level. Many of the recommendations are for specific, concrete, targeted interventions.

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