Voices and voicing gender goals for Africa - maintaining the momentum of Beijing, Margaret Grieco. The gender goals of African women - recommendations from the voices from African women network, Voices from African Women Workshop. Part 1 Gender development in Ghana - the Beijing factor: impact and opportunities - the benefits of Beijing, Dr Naana Agyemang-Mensah; getting the Beijing message into the field, Dr Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings; gender goals of the immediate past, Dr Mary Grant; an overview of Ghanaian gender activity, Dr Naana Agyemang-Mensah; enterprising women - the business of building women's economic networks - the Ghanaian Assocoation of Women Entrepreneurs Contribution, Lucia Quakye; leading the legal battle - gender rights in Ghana, Mrs Rebecca Osei-Boateng; keeping connected and moving forward - the importance of new technology, professor Nana Araba Apt and Dr Naana Agyemang-Mensah. Part 2 Voices from African women - experts on our own development, particiapnts in our future: the political empowerment of women - constaints to their participation and strategies to increase it, Honourable Miria Matembe; grassroots women's inititives to overcome poverty - a report of Eastern Africa Networking Experience, Winifred Chege; problems encountered in promoting women's access to microfinance in Ghana and West Africa, Lorraine Osei-Mensah; filling the policy gaps in women's economic empowerment in Africa, Beth Mungo; urban and community development - text to accompany a video on women's networking in urban Cameroon, Dr Pauline Biyong; agricultural opportunities and constraints in rural Nigeria - a gender perpsective, Esther Susuyu Mbanyiman; education and the girl child- evidence from Ghana, Professor Nana Araba Apt; gender and access to education, Right Honourable Madame Diallo Hadja Aicha Bah. Part 3 Connecting up with the resources - a guide to donor funding: on-line development resources - accessing donor's gender capabilities, Margaret Grieco and Professor Nana Araba Apt; new technology, new horizons - the prospect of more client-focused development banking, Margaret Griece and Stephen Denning.
