Gender and trade

This document presents a report on Regional Organizations, Gender Equality and the Political Empowerment of Women. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), the Community of Democracies and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) presented this report as an instrument to inform policymakers and relevant actors on what is the current situation of gender equality, what has been done in terms of the political empowerment of women, and what is expected from the global community in order to successfully advance Sustainable Development Goal 5 to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls by 2030

This document presents The key messages from the report on the Sustainable Development Goals for the North Africa subregion. The key messages from the report can be summarized as follows: Sustainable development priorities, Crosscutting issues, Conclusions and recommendations.

This document presents the summary report on the Sustainable Development Goals for the North Africa subregion. The report was prepared within the framework of the Africa consultations on the post-2015 development agenda and the post Rio+20 follow-up processes. The report highlights the importance of themes not covered by the Millennium Development Goals at the subregional level and which are crucial to the achievement of the sustainable development goals, such as governance, corruption, climate change, green economy, employment and regional disparities. It identifies 4 global goals, 36 targets and 54 indicators. These are compared with programming priorities and matrices defined through a consultative approach in other subregions. The report identifies a certain number of risks which could undermine attainment of the goals and makes recommendations to prevent the failure of such an exercise. These recommendations include: (i) strengthening national data production and analysis systems; (ii) capacity-building to ensure greater ownership of the sustainable development goals and the systemic approach underpinning them; (iii) conduct of training and information campaigns on the green economy (sustainable development approach, principles, tools and benefits); (iv) mobilization of financial means, including internally; and (v) stakeholder coordination.

This document presents a Report on the Sustainable Development Goals for the North Africa subregion. The report was prepared within the framework of the Africa consultations on the post-2015 development agenda and the post Rio+20 follow-up processes. The report highlights the importance of themes not covered by the Millennium Development Goals at the subregional level and which are crucial to the achievement of the sustainable development goals, such as governance, corruption, climate change, green economy, employment and regional disparities. It identifies 4 global goals, 36 targets and 54 indicators. These are compared with programming priorities and matrices defined through a consultative approach in other subregions. The report identifies a certain number of risks which could undermine attainment of the goals and makes recommendations to prevent the failure of such an exercise. These recommendations include: (i) strengthening national data production and analysis systems; (ii) capacity-building to ensure greater ownership of the sustainable development goals and the systemic approach underpinning them; (iii) conduct of training and information campaigns on the green economy (sustainable development approach, principles, tools and benefits); (iv) mobilization of financial means, including internally; and (v) stakeholder coordination.

This document presents a technical note on African Gender and Development Index (AGDI). The AGDI was introduced by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in 2004 to measure gaps between the status of African men and women and assess the progress made by African governments in implementing gender policies. The ECA African Centre for Gender (ACG) prepared this note to ensure common understanding of the process by participating countries and assist them in implementing it effectively. It served as the main background document for the AGDI phase 4 methodology workshop held in June 2016 in Addis Ababa. The note is based on the AGDI Manual1 and an unpublished manuscript on the AGDI prepared by ACG2. Section II of the note discusses the importance of gender statistics and measuring progress towards gender equality. The third section discusses the objectives and composition of the process leading to the calculation of the AGDI, using examples from AGDI country reports. Section IV looks at the AGDI process. The issues discussed in this section include: the role of national gender machineries and national advisory panels in driving the AGDI process at the national level; ECA support to AGDI countries, including organization of the AGDI methodology workshop; and the administrative and financial processes involved in the AGDI process.