Central Africa
Gender and Education for a Culture of Peace in Central Africa
Situations of armed conflict and periods of post-conflict reconstruction in Central Africa pose specific challenges to achieving gender equality and the protection of women’s rights. Exclusion of and discrimination against the latter in power circles as well as in the allocation of resources and levels of income, have been identified as factors that continue to stoke a culture of violence. To achieve a lasting culture of peace, it is important to involve women in mechanisms for preventing and pre-empting crises.
Congo takes stock of calls for dynamic industrial policies
Brazzaville, 12 June 2014 (ECA) – “The Economic Report on Africa 2014 will help the Congolese Government to achieve the objectives it has laid out for the country’s drive towards industrialisation for the benefit of its people” said Mr Bruno Jean Richard Itoua, Congo’s Minister of Scientific Research and Innovation, today. Mr Itoua was speaking at the launch, in Brazzaville, of the Report, jointly published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union (AU).
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Contact
UN Economic Commission for Africa
Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa
P.O. Box 14935, Yaounde, Cameroon
Tel: (237) 222-23-14-61 / 222-22-08-61
Fax: (237) 222-23-31-85
Media Relations Contact
Mr. Abel Akara Ticha
Communication Officer
Tel: (237) 222-50-43-48
About the office
The Subregional Office for Central Africa (SRO-CA) is located in Yaoundé (Cameroon). It is headed by a Director who reports to the Executive Secretary. Its main objective is to contribute to achieving economic diversification and structural transformation for inclusive and sustainable development in an integrated Central Africa subregion with focus on economic diversification policy and reforms.
High Level Committee on the Post 2015 Development Agenda concludes in Ndjamena
Capitalising on statistics – yet another ECA focus
Capitalising on statistics – yet another ECA focus
Yaounde, 29 May 2014 (ECA) - The comparative advantage of the Economic Commission for Africa in disseminating statistics lies in its capacity to tell the story behind the numbers and its ability to capitalise on such data to plead the case for Africa’s transformation. This was the principal remark made by experts in data collection, dissemination and communication from ECA’s Sub-regional Office for Central Africa, during a recent UN workshop on the dissemination and communication of statistics, held in Niamey – Niger.