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Analysts believe that women's inability to accumulate wealth has allowed for gender inequality to persist on the continent. According to the World Bank, 37% of women in Sub-Sahara Africa have a bank account, compared to 48% of men. [52] These percentages are even lower for women in North Africa where two-thirds of the population remains unbanked.
The status of women in Africa is varied across nations and regions. For example, Rwanda is the only country in the world where women hold more than half the seats in parliament — 51.9% as of July 2019, [12] [13] but Morocco only has one female minister in its cabinet. [13]
The rate of new HIV infections among women ages 15–24 was four-times higher than that of men in the same demographic. Women are also less likely to have access to treatment than men. 73% of adult men living with HIV are on treatment, compared to 58% of adult women. [14] Under the penal code of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) abortion ...
Umoja, a village in the grasslands of East Africa, is only for women. As The Guardian reports , the village was founded as a safe haven for female survivors of trauma, where the women can support ...
Nationalist and independence movements throughout Africa have been predominantly led by men; however, women also held important roles. Women's roles in African independence movements were diverse and varied by each country. Many women believed that their liberation was directly linked to the liberation of their countries. [1]
Civilized [editorializing] Grebo culture revolves around a dual-sex system, there are prestigious positions with political functions for women and men. Neither men or women represent each other and both groups are recognized and hold legitimate status. This system allows for women to rise in the hierarchy without being dominated by men, giving ...
Throughout history, doctors have considered women’s bodies atypical and men’s bodies the “norm,” despite women accounting for nearly half the global population and outnumbering men in the ...
The history of the evolution of the traits of women in Kenya can be divided into Women within Swahili culture, Women in British Kenya, and Kenyan Women post-Independence. [3] The condition and status of the female population in Kenya has faced many changes over the past century. Kenya was a British colony from 1888 until 1963. [4]