Quality statistics needed in ensuring gender equality in Africa: UNECA official

ADDIS ABABA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The impact of recent global shocks on Africa's financing landscape has significantly affected the momentum toward gender equality and women's empowerment in Africa, a senior official of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has said.

The statement was made by Oliver Chinganya, director of the African Center for Statistics at the UNECA, on Monday while addressin