News & Events
08/03/2012 - I look forward to the day when I will no longer be referred to as the first and only female president in Africa. The women of Africa are empowering themselves and taking on leadership roles in all facets of society, and I am happy to serve as a role model and trailblazer for those who will come after me. As for balancing family life and my responsibilities as President, let me say that by the time I became President in 2006, my sons were all grown men, pursuing successful professional careers and with families of their own.
07/03/2012 - The African Development Bank will be celebrating International Women’s Day on Thursday, 8 March. It is an event that is now more than 100 years old. International Women’s Day first began in 1911 when women were fighting for basic rights such as the right to vote, to hold public office and even to hold down a job.
Categories: Gender, Human and Social Development, Health, Education, Youth
01/12/2011 - This year’s global theme for the commemoration of World AIDS Day “Getting to Zero – Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS related deaths” has a deeper meaning for Africa, a continent which unfortunately still bears the largest burden of the pandemic.
11/10/2011 - The World Bank, in collaboration with the African Development Bank, held a seminar to disseminate the World Bank flagship Report on World Development 2012: Gender Equality and Development, and to hold consultation on another report on Gender Equality in Africa, particularly in the region of North Africa and Middle East.
07/10/2011 - We offer our hearty congratulations to President Johnson Sirleaf, Ms. Gbowee and Ms. Karman and encourage them to keep up their fine work.
Categories: Liberia, Gender, President's Corner
10/06/2011 - Financial institutions and regulators should think of African women as an emerging market and should include them in the reshaping of the post-crisis financial system.
22/03/2011 - Today, H.E. Sufian Ahmed, Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Ethiopia, will lead the opening ceremony of a workshop on “Mainstreaming Gender Equality in the Infrastructure Sectors in Africa.” The Workshop will take place at the Hilton Hotel from March 22 to 24, 2011. The Workshop focuses on four key infrastructure sectors which are essential for growth and economic development: energy, irrigation, water and sanitation, and transport.
Categories: Gender
- From: 22/03/2011
- To: 24/03/2011
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Increasing women’s access to infrastructure services (energy, transport, water and irrigation), is crucial for women’s economic empowerment and well-being. In 2007 the Multilateral Development Banks Working Group on Gender agreed to jointly enhance the efforts to mainstream a gender perspective into their respective operations in these sectors. To this end it initiated regional workshops to build the capacity of sector experts in the client countries and respective institutions.
09/03/2011 - « La BAD accorde à présent la priorité au développement des compétences et des capacités de haut niveau surtout dans les domaines scientifiques et technologiques, afin de permettre aux pays africains d’atteindre progressivement l’économie du savoir, d’accroître leur compétitivité, de promouvoir ainsi la croissance et de lutter contre la pauvreté, en mettant un accent particulier sur la participation des femmes. » a souligné Agnès Soucat, à l’occasion de la célébration du centenaire de la Journée internationale des femmes.
Categories: Gender
08/03/2011 - The AfDB Women’s Network launched a new Scholarship Fund for women’s education on Tuesday in Tunis. This initiative was to mark the 100th anniversary of the International Women's Day, organized this year on the theme, “Equal Access to education, Training, Science and Technology: Pathway to Decent Work for Women”. The Bank also held discussions with women who are exemplary in their field of expertise. Tunisia, host country to the AfDB’s Temporary Relocation Agency, maintains an impressive 56% female students enrolled in science subjects.
Categories: Gender
