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The Specialised Technical Committees are bodies in the African Union responsible to the Executive Council. They include: The Specialised Technical Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The Specialised Technical Committee on Rural Economy and Agricultural Matters. The Specialised Technical Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs.
[16] [23] All national women's organizations of the members of the Organisation of African Unity, until its demise in 2002, were members of the Pan-African Women's Organization. [ 19 ] [ 24 ] The Organisation of African Unity was founded in 1963 and from that date PAWO had observer status with the organization.
Youth in Africa constituted 19% of the global youth population in 2015, numbering 226 million. [1] The United Nations defines youth as people aged 15 to 24 years. [2] By 2030, it is predicted that the number of youths in Africa will have increased by 42%. [1]
The ITUC Regional Organisation for Africa (ITUC-Africa) is a regional organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation, representing trade unions from countries in Africa. There are 56 national trade union federations affiliated to ITUC-Africa, from 45 countries, and representing a total of 15 million workers.
FEMNET has worked with the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the World Conference against Racism and the African Union (AU). Areas of focus with the AU have included the protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights , the Economic, Social and Cultural Council and the New ...
The African Union (AU) is a union of all 55 African states. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The most important decisions of the AU are made by the Assembly of the African Union, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its member states.
The Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in Africa group together individual countries in subregions for the purposes of achieving greater economic integration. They are described as the "building blocks" of the African Union and are also central to the strategy for implementing the African Development Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD).
In her study about Amazigh women's social and cultural roles in the Ait Kabbash tribe in southern Morocco, art historian Cynthia Becker wrote: [10] In fact, women in North Africa and more specifically, Amazigh women, have always been active agents who influence both the domestic and the public sphere.