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3.3 Case studies of male and female views on wife beating 663.4 Domestic violence legislative and judicial reforms in Ghana and South Africa 673.5 Case studies on how rape is being addressed in selected countries 693.6 Two cases of sexual harassment from Ghana and South Africa 713.7 Instances of challenges of trafficking prosecutions 743.8 Provisions of the ACRWC on child sexual exploitation 743.9 Case studies on child protection legislation 764.1 The role of education and economic growth in Africa 794.2 Affirmative action in education in Ethiopia 844.3 Why girls drop out of primary school in Uganda 864.4 The importance of women’s adult literacy 874.5 Reversing adult illiteracy- The Ghana experience 884.6 Special measures for school girls affected by pregnancy 894.7 Why more boys than girls drop out from school in South Africa 914.8 Human Rights Education in Africa 915.1 Access to comprehensive good quality health is a human right 975.2 The gender dimensions of the AIDS Pandemic in United Republic of Tanzania 1055.3 The importance of time-use statistics 1065.4 Reproductive rights and reproductive health 1075.5 HIV/AIDS initiatives in some countries 1115.6 ICPD links between STIs and women’s sexuality 1125.7 How some countries are addressing STIs 1145.8 ICPD and ICPD+5 benchmarks – maternal health 1155.9 Some insights into maternal health in Africa 1165.10 Some barriers to accessing maternal health in Egypt 1175.11 The extent of the health worker deficit in Africa 1185.12 ICPD and ICPD+5 benchmarks – Family planning 1195.13 The experiences of Cameroon in Family Planning 1216.1 Time Use and Africa’s development 1286.2 Case study of women in agriculture in Egypt 1336.3 Case study of some aspects of the income structure of Tunisia 1346.4 The underlying causes of inequitable access to resources in United Republic of Tanzania 136viAfrican Women’s Report 2009 Measuring Gender Inequalities in Africa
6.5 Experiences from South Africa and Burkina Faso in implementing ILO 100 1436.6 Maternity protection in Madagascar 1476.7 Principle of gender equality expressed in the ILO CoP 1486.8 United Republic of Tanzania and PRSP gender mainstreaming 1526.9 Gender mainstreaming in the PRSP of Ethiopia 1546.10 Mozambique’s support to women in ICT 1606.11 Case studies on land access interventions 1637.1 The challenges of implementing UNSCR 1325 in Uganda 1797.2 Women’s involvement in the Peace Process in Burundi 1807.3 The institutional machinery structure of Mozambique 1817.4 The experience of Ghana’s institutional arrangements 1827.5 South Africa’s experience in gender mainstreaming 1847.6 Article 4 of CEDAW on temporary special measures 185Figures1.1 Sub regional distribution of trial countries 171.2 Synergies between the AGDI (ICPD and BPfA), MDGs, PRSPs and NEPAD 342.1 Picture view of composite scores on women’s rights component (AWPS) 412.2 Prevalence of FGM/C in the AGDI trial countries 554.1 Overall Education GSI 814.2 The enrolment GSI 835.1 Overall Health GSI 1005.2 Child health sub-component GSI 1036.1 GSI of the economic block and its components 1276.2 Employment GSI Index 1316.3 Wages and income index 1326.4 Women’s Access to credit index 1376.5 Women’s high civil servants index 1376.6 Women’s administrative, scientific and technical index 1376.7 Composite scores on economic Block of the AWPS 1407.1 The public sector component for trial countries 1707.2 Comparative scores on the AWPS political block 177Table of Contentsvii
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Page 5 and 6: Table of ContentsList of AcronymsFo
Page 7: 8 Perspectives, Conclusions and Way
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The AGDI is MDGsensitive, affording
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ownership of rural/urban plots, hou
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“Promoting the role of women in s
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Commitment to Women’sRights2Intro
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Box 2.1CEDAW Committee’s response
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given to women’s rights in nation
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is the elimination of discriminatio
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parities between the enactment and
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Table 2.6CEDAW Article 16 implement
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Table 2.7African Women’s Protocol
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Figure 2.2Prevalence of FGM/C in th
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following recommendations to Africa
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Commitment to AddressingViolence Ag
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mation dissemination, justice deliv
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Box 3.1Examples of country BPfA pri
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“Based on the [Protocol] and Adde
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tive monitoring. Civil Society Orga
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not given full meaning due to the l
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sexual harassment. Despite this gov
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ized anti-trafficking police agency
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under the Children’s Act of 1998
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account, African Governments and pa
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Overview of the education GSI resul
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EnrolmentThe enrolment subcomponent
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strates that such a situation signa
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part of both sexes, however, there
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Box 4.5Reversing adult illiteracy-
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Adopting a moregeneral approach,Tun
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HRE hasattracted limitedattention c
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education is delegated to the natio
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The promotion of Human Rights Educa
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• Strengthening the health sector
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Figure 5.1Overall Health GSI4.03.5C
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Table 5.2Child health sub-component
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Complementarydata on somecountries
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Box 5.3The importance of time-use s
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Table 5.6Composite table of the hea
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Countries are alsomaking progress i
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STIs and actions through strategies
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Box 5.7How some countries are addre
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Box 5.9Some insights into maternal
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munity health), which render diffic
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In Ethiopia, the contraceptive prev
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Most countriesreport of extensivein
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• Integrate HIV/AIDS concerns int
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Table 6.1The GSI of the economic bl
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It is estimated that66 per cent off
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Table 6.3GSI on time use for Benin,
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through income from informal sector
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Box 6.3Case study of some aspects o
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Access to resourcesThis is explaine
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Table 6.7The GSI on levels of gende
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Figure 6.7Composite scores on econo
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It defines equal remuneration for w
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ILO Convention 111 on Discriminatio
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Lack of ratificationsnot withstandi
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place/enterprise agreements, and wo
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the World Bank and the Internationa
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Box 6.8United Republic of Tanzania
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Currently, thegovernment isalso see
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Grassroots farmerinterest groups,su
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The Beijing +5outcomes alsostress t
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Box 6.10Mozambique’s support to w
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Scores on financialand humanresourc
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policies, laws, pilot schemes invol
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Decision-makingin the public arenat
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Figure 7.1The public sector compone
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Higher court appointmentsCountry in
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Table 7.5Decision-making GSI in Civ
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Overview of the AWPS of the politic
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tion addresses the impact of war on
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at inculcating a culture of peace i
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Box 7.4The experience of Ghana’s
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work’. Madagascar has started pay
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Mozambique,South Africa,Tanzania an
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cal party, executive, ministerial,
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the gender disparity in basic human
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Women may notnecessarily bebetter o
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Figure 8.1Comparison of indices for
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Lack of co-operation/capacity of go
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Recommended actions to improve the
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Tremendous progress has been made i
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ReferencesTechnical and Research Pu
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Puechgirbal, N. 2004. Involving Wom
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World Health Organisation WHO. 2008
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Websiteshttp://www.mcc.gov/countrie
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Egypt:1.2.3.4.5.Primary enrolment:
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4.Primary school completed: UN Offi
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2.3.4.Wages in civil service and in
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Appendix Two: Graphs on the Child H
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BeninBurkina FasoCameroonEgyptEthio
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Table A.3Overall AWPS ScoresBeninBu
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Appendix Four: The General Status o
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ate of incidence that they will not
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government Plans of Action, such as
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Scoring:0 - no research needs ident
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Appendix Six: Case Studies of Reser
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