An interview with Dr Jacinta Muteshi of Kenya's National Commission for Gender and Development, by Kathambi Kinoti.

AWID: What real impact has the United Nations and its processes had on women in Africa?

Jacinta Muteshi: The United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has delivered resources for a lot of our work. By resources I do not mean just financial resources but also technical assistance and capacity building. We need the work of UNIFEM, the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) and other such structures to continue. However they should be strengthened, their profiles raised and their resources increased.

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