NewAfricanWoman Issue 35 - Flipbook - Page 42
Women’s Rights
Factoids
Did you know?
Africa currently
‘boasts” of
just one
elected female
president
– Liberia’s Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf
– in an entire
continent of 54
countries, more
than 50 years
after political
independence.
80
Years
At the current
pace of change
it will take
approximately
80 years to
achieve gender
parity in
workplaces.
(Source: World Economic forum)
Annual cost of
gender gap
$105 million
Tanzania
$67 million
Uganda
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the latest
Demographic
and Health
Surveys, 26% of
all households
Africa-wide
are headed by
women.
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Left: Source: The cost of the gender
gap in agricultural productivity
26%
Based on
63.7
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An analysis of
the top 200
businesses in
Africa reveals
that only 2.5%
of the CEOs for
these companies
are women.
(Source: Africa Advisory Group)
Top 10 countries by % of
female parliamentarians
Rwanda
Bolivia
Andorra
Cuba
Seychelles
Sweden
Senegal
Finland
Ecuador
South Africa
2.5%
(Source: The Guardian)
(Source: World Bank)