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African Gender and Development Index Regional Synthesis Report Measuring Gender Equality and Women’S Empowerment in Africa African Gender and Development Index Regional Synthesis Report Measuring Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa African Gender and Development Index Regional Synthesis Report Measuring Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa To order copies of African Gender and Development Index Regional Synthesis Report: Measuring Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa, please contact: Publications Section Economic Commission for Africa Menelik II Avenue P.O. Box 3001 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: +251 11 544-9900 Fax: +251 11 551-4416 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.uneca.org © 2017 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa, Ethiopia All rights reserved First printing November 2017 Material in this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted. Acknowledgement is requested, together with a copy of the publication. Layout and design by Phoenix Design Aid, Denmark. Printed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by the ECA Printing and Publishing Unit. ISO 14001:2004 certified. Acknowledgements he publication Measuring Gender participated in an expert group meeting which Equality and Women’s Empowerment in was held from 29th to 31st January, 2013 TAfrica: African Gender and Development in Addis Ababa to review the draft version Index Regional Synthesis Report was prepared of the report. They are: Valencia Mogegeh under the dedicated support of Ms. Takyiwaa (Botswana), Claudia Rodrigues (Cabo Verde), Manuh, the Director, Social Development Cornelie Gabrielle Adou Ngapi (Republic Policy Division; and the leadership and of Congo), Fofana Yaya Fanta Kaba (Côte guidance of Thokozile Ruzvidzo, Coordinator d’Ivoire), Yacouba Doumbia (Côte d’Ivoire), of the African Centre for Gender (ACG) of Mangu wa Kanika (Democratic Republic of the United Nations Economic Commission Congo), Coukri Houssein Djibah (Djibouti), for Africa (UNECA). The report team was Lamin Nyabally (The Gambia), Collette coordinated by Keiso Matashane-Marite, Suda (Kenya), Shelton Kanyanda (Malawi), Social Affairs Officer. The main drafters of the Bintou Nimaga (Mali), Aminata Diouf Ndiaye report were Caroline Ngonze (social block), (Senegal), Essossinam Guetou (Togo), Victor Iris Macculi (economic block), and Keiso Mbumwae (Zambia), Cecilia Ncube (United Matashane-Marite (political block). Other Nations Population Fund), Florence Butegwa members of the report team who provided (UN Women), PernilleStender (Senior comments on draft versions of the report Advisor/Denmark), Jacques Charmes (Centre were: Ngone Diop, Elizabeth Eilor, Gonzaque Population et Développement/France), and Rosalie, Mamusa Siyunyi, Grace Puliyel, Selsah Saskia Wieringa (University of Amsterdam/ Pasali, and Elize Wang Soazic. Emebet Hassen, The Netherlands). Consultant provided statistical assistance to the report team which included checking the The report team gratefully appreciates the calculations of the Gender Status Index and support of the documents control team the African Women Progress Scoreboard, and including Henok Legesse, Charles Ndungu, generating tables and charts for the report. Teshome Yohannes and Ferdos Isa who The report is a synthesis of country reports on handled the lay out, design and printing of the African Gender and Development Index the report. The final report was ably edited by (AGDI) in the thirteen countries of phase II of Dr.Ankita Hoellen and Haben Iman. the AGDI – Botswana, Cabo Verde, Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic The following ECA staff provided useful of Congo, the Gambia, Malawi, Mali, Senegal, assistance to the report team: Tigist Eshetu, Togo and Zambia. Mekdes Faroni, Abraham Kassa, Hannan Mohamed, Almaz Neguissie and Berhanu ECA is grateful for the comments and Tesfaye. advice received from the participants who African Gender and Development Index Regional Synthesis Report iii Acronyms ACEM Association of Christian Educators in Malawi ACGS African Centre for Gender and Social Development ADDS Agence Djiboutienne de Développement Social AfDB African Development Bank AGDI African Gender and Development Index AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ALMP Active Labour Market Policy/Programme ARP Alternative Rite of Passage ART Antiretroviral Therapy ARV Antiretroviral ASWA Agriculture Sector Wide Approach AU African Union AUC African Union Commission AWD African Women’s Decade AWPS African Women’s Progress Scoreboard BAIS Botswana AIDS Impact Surveys BPA Beijing Platform for Action CBO Community Based Organization CFECM Caisses féminines d’épargne et de crédit mutuel CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CPR Contraceptive Prevalence Rate NCCHR National Consultative Commission of Human Rights DNHA Department of Nutrition and HIV and AIDS EFA Education for All EPI Expanded Programmes of Immunization FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FAP Financial Assistance Policy FDED Fonds de Développement Economique de Djibouti FGC Female Genital Cutting FGM Female Genital Mutilation FPE Free Primary Education FWL Federation of Women Lawyers GAWFA Gambia Women’s Finance Association GBV Gender Based Violence GEM Gender Empowerment Measure GEM Girls Education Movement GDP Gross Domestic Product GPBM Gender Protocol Barometer for Malawi GSI Gender Status Index GII Gender Inequality Index HDI Human Development Index HDR Human Development Report iv African Gender and Development Index Regional Synthesis Report HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus HRE Human Rights Education HRET Human Rights Education and Training ICPD International Conference on Population and Development ICT Information and Communications Technology ILO International Labour Organization IRC International Rescue Committee ITN Insecticide-Treated bed Nets JAB Joint Admissions Board JGSP Joint Gender Support Programme IMF International Monetary Fund KDHS Kenya Demographic and Health Survey KDS Kenya Demographic Survey MCH Maternal and Child Health MDG Millennium Development Goal MGDS Malawi Growth and Development Strategy MOSBSE Gambian Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education MPFEF Ministère de la Promotion de la Femme, de l'Enfant et de la Famille MTP Medium Term Plan MUCODEC Mutuelle Congolaise d’Epargne et Crédit NACC National AIDS Control Council NAWFA National Women’s Farmers Association NAP National Advisory Panel NASCOP National AIDS/STD Control Programme NASEP National Agricultural Sector Extension Policy NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NGO Non-Governmental Organization NHSSP National Health Sector Strategic Plan NPRS National Poverty Reduction Strategies PDL Poverty Datum Line PMTCT Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission PoA Programme of Action PPA Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PTCT Parent-to-Child Transmission RCH Reproductive and Child Health RECOFEM Projet de Renforcement des Capacités des Organisations Féminines RHU Reproductive Health Unit SADC Southern African Development Community SCOFI Scolarisation des Filles SDGEA Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa SFH Society for Family Health African Gender and Development Index Regional Synthesis Report v STI Sexually Transmitted Infection SSA Sub-Saharan Africa TBA Traditional Birth Attendants UN United Nations UNAIDS The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNDESA United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNFD United Nations Fund for Development UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNSC United Nations Security Council UNSD United Nations Statistics Division VAW Violence Against Women VCT Voluntary Counseling and Testing VISACA Village Savings and Credit Association WAD Women´s Affairs Department WANEP West African Network for the Elimination of small arms Proliferation WB World Bank WHO World Health Organization ZARAN Zambia Aids Law Research and Advocacy Network vi African Gender and Development Index Regional Synthesis Report African Gender and Development Index—Phase II Countries Cape Verde Mali Senegal Djibouti Côte The Gambia d’Ivoire Togo Democratic Congo Republic of Kenya Republic Congo Malawi Zambia Botswana African Gender and Development Index Regional Synthesis Report vii Table of Contents Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................iii Acronyms ......................................................................................................................................................iv CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Overview of the African Gender and Development Index................................................... 3 1.2 The African Gender and Development Index Process .......................................................... 4 1.3 The Socio- Economic Context .................................................................................................... 5 1.4 Structure of the Report .............................................................................................................. 11 CHAPTER TWO 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