Report of the ad hoc expert group meeting to consider modalities of setting up an african bank for women

In accordance with the ECA work programme for the biennium 1994-95 and the ECA Conference of Ministers resolution 736 (XXVII) which called for emphasis on economic empowerment of women through increased access to resources in the 1990s, an ad hoc expert group meeting to consider modalities of establishing an African Bank for Women was convened from 24 to 29 August 1994 in Kampala, Uganda, at the International Conference Centre. The meeting was organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in collaboration with the Ministry of Women in Development, Culture and Youth of Uganda. The main objectives of the meeting were to: devise a financial institution which would cater for specific financial needs of African women at all levels; define the most adequate mode of operation and recommend measures which would ensure its viability and sustainability as well as mobilization of financial resources.

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Format: Reports biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: 1994-08
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10855/4133
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