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Table 1 African Union Policy Categories 1963-2010 (in descending order)

From: Positioning women's and children's health in African union policy-making: a policy analysis

Policy categories

1963-1970

1971-1980

1981-1990

1991-2000

2001-2010

Total

Peace and security

32

42%

38

43%

43

36%

35

24%

73

16%

221

25%

Political affairs

10

13%

7

8%

15

13%

27

19%

93

20%

152

17%

African Union governance

24

32%

10

11%

19

16%

8

6%

67

15%

128

14%

Social affairs

2

3%

8

9%

10

8%

21

15%

61

13%

102

12%

Economic affairs

2

3%

4

5%

22

18%

25

17%

48

11%

101

11%

Cross-cutting policies

3

4%

10

11%

4

3%

10

7%

48

11%

75

8%

Rural economy, agriculture

0

0%

2

2%

2

2%

5

3%

30

7%

39

4%

Human resources, science, technology

3

4%

3

3%

2

2%

6

4%

17

4%

31

4%

Trade and industry

0

0%

2

2%

2

2%

6

4%

15

3%

25

3%

Infrastructure and energy

0

0%

4

5%

1

1%

0

0%

5

1%

10

1%

Total

76

100%

88

100%

120

100%

143

100%

457

100%

884

100%