West Africa’s food and nutrition security stakeholders gathered from 16-18 April 2018 at the OECD headquarters in Paris. They took stock of the food and nutrition situation and discussed the critical pastoral situation. 

A new study quantifies and describes the current structure of employment in the West African food economy, the region's largest employer, and looks at the emerging spatial and territorial implications linked to the transformations that are reshaping this sector.

A new report looks at how formal and informal laws, social norms and practices restrict the access of women and girls to equal rights, justice, employment opportunities and resources across 17 West African countries.

The SWAC Secretariat hosted a webinar building upon the SWAC West African Paper “Wars and Conflicts in the Sahara-Sahel”.

In honour of International Women’s Day, the OECD Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat hosted an event in Paris on: "Why women and girls matter in West Africa: A closer look at inequalities and social institutions."

The latest paper in the OECD/SWAC West African Papers series looks at the prospects and challenges for stability in Chad. 

This report in the West African Papers series looks at the security situation in Niger and asks what the future holds for the country’s stability.