African Population Conference November 18-22, Entebbe, Uganda

Researchers affiliated with Counting Women's Work and the National Transfer Accounts projects will be presenting research at the 8th annual conference of the Union of African Population Scientists in Entebbe, Uganda. Some of the presentations are listed below, from the preliminary program. Please see the conference website for final details: http://8apc2019.org/home/

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Session: Monday, November 18 / Lundi, 18 Novembre 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Theatre Hall - Ground Floor, First DD and Prospects for the Second DD in Africa • Vieillissement et deuxième dividende démographique

Paper: Déficit du cycle de vie et capture du dividende démographique en Afrique Subsaharienne : Nécessité d’une autonomisation des femmes sénégalaises • Lesfran Sam Wanilo Agbahoungba, LAREG (Université de Parakou) & CREG (Sénégal); Latif Dramani*, CREG-CREFAT; Edem Akpo, CREG-CREFAT

Session: Tuesday, November 19 / Mardi, 19 Novembre 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM, Kyoga Hall - Ground Floor, Role of Gender in Accelerating the Demographic Dividend • Rôle du genre dans l'accélération du dividende démographique

Paper: Capital humain et Capture du dividende démographique au Sénégal : Une approche genre • Edmée Marthe Y. Ndoye*, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar; Latif Dramani, CREG-CREFAT

Paper: Adding Unpaid Care Work into the Analysis of Demographic Dividends • Gretchen Donehower*, University of California, Berkeley

Session: Tuesday, November 19 / Mardi, 19 Novembre 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Kuku Hall - First Floor, African Models for The Demographic Dividend – Practical Interventions, Lessons and Policy Options • Modèles africains pour le dividende démographique - Interventions pratiques, leçons et options politiques

Paper: Understanding the Demographic Dividend in Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia: A Prospect or Missed Opportunity? • Stephen O. Kwankye*, University of Ghana; Eric Arthur, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST); Faustina Frempong-Ainguah, Regional Institute for Population Studies/University of Ghana; Eugenia Amporfu, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi

Session: Wednesday, November 20 / Mercredi, 20 Novembre 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Executive Room - Ground FloorGender Dividend • Le dividende du genre

Paper: Demographic Dynamics, Gender Dividends and the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Nigeria • Olanrewaju Olaniyan*, University of Ibadan; Noah Olasehinde, University of Ibadan; Osaretin Adonri, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); Andat Dasogot, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Session: Thursday, November 21 / Jeudi, 21 Novembre 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Executive Room - Ground Floor, Education, Employment and Transformation of Gender Relations • Education, Emploi et Transformation Des Rapports De Genre Au Sein Des Ménages

Paper: Travaux domestiques et inégalités genre dans l’éducation dans les pays en développement d’Afrique Subsaharienne: cas du Sénégal • Lesfran Sam Wanilo Agbahoungba*, LAREG (Université de Parakou) & CREG (Sénégal); Latif Dramani, CREG-CREFAT; Edem Akpo, CREG-CREFAT

Session: Friday, November 22 / Vendredi, 22 Novembre 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Elgon Hall - Ground Floor, The Use of Demographic Intelligence to Influence Development Policies • L'utilisation de l'intelligence démographique pour influencer les politiques de développement

Paper: National Transfer and Demographic Dividend: Application in West and Central Africa • Latif Dramani*, CREG-CREFAT; Edouard Talnan, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Paper: Demographic Dividend Monitoring in West and Central Africa • Edem Akpo*, CREG-CREFAT

Africa Training Workshop

The first CWW training session took place from 12 to 16 May 2014 at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. This training workshop brought together the various African country teams participating in the Counting Women's Work research, namely Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and South Africa.

Programme

Download the programme here. The slide decks from that training are posted below.

Lecture Slides:

01 Orientation

02 NTA by Sex

03 NTTA Production in Time Units

04 Imputing Wages to NTTA Production

05 NTTA Consumption

06 Communicating Results to Policymakers and Exercise

Saldru Seminar

Part of this workshop included a presentation as part of the SALDRU seminar series.  SALDRU is the South African Labor and Development Research Unit, a part of the Department of Economics at the University of Cape Town.  The slides from that presentation are available below.

NTA and CWW

Africa Launch Event

Many important economic and policy questions focus on gender. Are families and governments investing equally in girls and boys? How do men and women contribute to the economy? What policies are needed to address gender discrimination in the home and the workplace?

The Counting Women’s Work (CWW) project, a world-wide research project designed to address these and other issues, was launched on May 15, 2014 at an event in Cape Town, South Africa. The project is part of the National Transfer Accounts research network, which has revealed how we produce, consume, share and save by age in countries around the world. Video of the event appears below.

The CWW project was formed to add gender to our understanding of the generational economy and to address a major flaw in economic accounting: national accounts include only market production, omitting unpaid household and care work often done by women and girls. The CWW project has therefore developed methodology to estimate economic flows for unpaid household and care work allowing us to conceptualise and estimate transfers of time as well as money.

Beginning in 2014, CWW has brought together researchers from countries around the world, including at least 6 African countries, to compile comprehensive estimates of the generational economy disaggregated by gender, including the value of unpaid time. Country-specific and comparative results will be extremely useful in formulating and evaluating policies aimed at reducing inequalities typically suffered by women and girls.

The Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town hosted African country research teams from Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and South Africa at the launch of the Counting Women’s Work research in Africa.

Download event flyer here.