Latest items for Gambia
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
2
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
2
Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"32.3 births per 1000 population"
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"32.3 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 8, 2023, 10:37 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '23.1%.'"
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '23.1%.'"
Aug. 28, 2023, 9:29 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4
"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '12.3%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '7.9%.'"
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4
"Part time employment, female (% of total female employment) is '12.3%.'" "Part time employment, male (% of total male employment) is '7.9%.'"
Aug. 11, 2023, 11:36 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"A man and a woman have the right to inherit, in equitable shared, their parents' properties, subject to personal law" (21). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to daughters inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"A man and a woman have the right to inherit, in equitable shared, their parents' properties, subject to personal law" (21). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to daughters inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Aug. 11, 2023, 11:35 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"A widow has the right to an equitable share in the inheritance of the property of her husband, subject to personal law. A widow has the right to continue to live in the matrimonial home, subject to personal law. In case of remarriage, a widow shall retain the right to live in her previous matrimonial home if it belongs to her or if she has inherited it" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to widow inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-2
"A widow has the right to an equitable share in the inheritance of the property of her husband, subject to personal law. A widow has the right to continue to live in the matrimonial home, subject to personal law. In case of remarriage, a widow shall retain the right to live in her previous matrimonial home if it belongs to her or if she has inherited it" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to widow inheritance are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER...more
Aug. 11, 2023, 11:25 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"Every woman shall enjoy equitable rights as men in case of separation, divorce or annulment of marriage, subject to personal law...In the case of separation, divorce or annulment of marriage, a man and a woman have the right to an equitable sharing of the joint property derived from the marriage" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to division of property are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
"Every woman shall enjoy equitable rights as men in case of separation, divorce or annulment of marriage, subject to personal law...In the case of separation, divorce or annulment of marriage, a man and a woman have the right to an equitable sharing of the joint property derived from the marriage" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to division of property are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Aug. 11, 2023, 11:22 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Every woman, whether by means of inheritance or otherwise, has the right to acquire and own, movable and immovable property, and to administer, manage and dispose of, the property freely without restrictions" (10). "A woman has the right to acquire her own property and to administer and manage it freely" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to women's property ownership are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Every woman, whether by means of inheritance or otherwise, has the right to acquire and own, movable and immovable property, and to administer, manage and dispose of, the property freely without restrictions" (10). "A woman has the right to acquire her own property and to administer and manage it freely" (20). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2010) relating to women's property ownership are still current as of December 2022 and no changes have been made, as verified by consulting The Women, Business, and the Law database for 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Central African Rep, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
4.0
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2
4.0
May 15, 2023, 2:33 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses do not have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Women’s Act 2010, Art. 44(2).
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), female and male surviving spouses do not have equal rights to inherit assets. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Women’s Act 2010, Art. 44(2).
May 15, 2023, 2:33 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters do not have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Women’s Act 2010, Art. 45 (2).
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), sons and daughters do not have equal rights to inherit assets from their parents. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Women’s Act 2010, Art. 45 (2).
May 15, 2023, 2:33 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: LO-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law does not prohibit discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Women’s Act 2010, Art. 7(2)(a)(b) and (3). According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can register a business in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According...more
Variables: LO-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law does not prohibit discrimination in access to credit based on gender. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can sign a contract in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: Women’s Act 2010, Art. 7(2)(a)(b) and (3). According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), a woman can register a business in the same way as a man. The WBL database cites the following as the source: no source provided. According...more
April 17, 2023, 11:12 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
"The law in The Gambia does not impose any restrictions on contracting or dissolving a Muslim marriage by proxy. Although the state may issue some rules on the subject, Islamic law primarily regulates the contracting and dissolution of Islamic marriages. The Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act of 1941 states in section 4 that all Islamic marriages 'celebrated or given according to the rites and observances of the Muslim religion customary and usual among the community or sect in which the marriage … takes place shall be valid….'" (ERD- CODER COMMENT: Because this law exists that allows for customary marriages under Islamic law in The Gambia we can infer that 1st...more
Variables: MARR-LAW-7
"The law in The Gambia does not impose any restrictions on contracting or dissolving a Muslim marriage by proxy. Although the state may issue some rules on the subject, Islamic law primarily regulates the contracting and dissolution of Islamic marriages. The Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act of 1941 states in section 4 that all Islamic marriages 'celebrated or given according to the rites and observances of the Muslim religion customary and usual among the community or sect in which the marriage … takes place shall be valid….'" (ERD- CODER COMMENT: Because this law exists that allows for customary marriages under Islamic law in The Gambia we can infer that 1st...more
April 17, 2023, 7:17 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"Cross-cousin marriages are very frequent, especially in Mandinka, Fula and Serahule groups, with the aim of continuing kinship networks and maintaining the proximity of offspring and investing in one's own family" (28). The largest ethnic populations of Gambia, Mandinika and Filani, prefer cousin marriage; this indicates consanguineous prevalence of over 15% in the population (VC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
"Cross-cousin marriages are very frequent, especially in Mandinka, Fula and Serahule groups, with the aim of continuing kinship networks and maintaining the proximity of offspring and investing in one's own family" (28). The largest ethnic populations of Gambia, Mandinika and Filani, prefer cousin marriage; this indicates consanguineous prevalence of over 15% in the population (VC - CODER COMMENT).
April 17, 2023, 7:03 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
The Fulani ethnicity constitutes a large majority of the Gambian population, at about 20% of the state overall (VC - CODER COMMENT). "The Fulani are a broad ethnic category of nomadic and seminomadic pastoralists and agropastoralists living in the semiarid Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. The Fulani are patrilineal, patrilocal, and moderately polygynous, with arranged first marriages accompanied by the payment of bridewealth, ideally in the form of cattle. Consanguineous marriage is frequent, with first or second cousin marriage preferred" (para 1).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8
The Fulani ethnicity constitutes a large majority of the Gambian population, at about 20% of the state overall (VC - CODER COMMENT). "The Fulani are a broad ethnic category of nomadic and seminomadic pastoralists and agropastoralists living in the semiarid Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. The Fulani are patrilineal, patrilocal, and moderately polygynous, with arranged first marriages accompanied by the payment of bridewealth, ideally in the form of cattle. Consanguineous marriage is frequent, with first or second cousin marriage preferred" (para 1).
Jan. 12, 2023, 2 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1, ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"A respondent who had previously conducted research on sex work explained that during his research he came across several female sex workers who were infertile. Following divorce, these women were pushed into prostitution, because their families had refused to take them back into the compound, leaving them with no place to live nor resources to rely on" (para 27).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1, ATDW-PRACTICE-1
"A respondent who had previously conducted research on sex work explained that during his research he came across several female sex workers who were infertile. Following divorce, these women were pushed into prostitution, because their families had refused to take them back into the compound, leaving them with no place to live nor resources to rely on" (para 27).
Jan. 12, 2023, 1:20 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
"In The Gambia, men, as household heads, are expected to make decisions regarding family income and use assets for the benefit of the family, without any form of consultation with family members, even when those decisions affect women’s lives. Whereas, women may have their own assets but must consult with their husbands first; not doing so may include physical violence or divorce" (para 2). "Male governance is engrained in all forms of decision-making. A 2019 qualitative study on gender and intrahousehold allocation in The Gambia showed that 58% of respondents—men and women—prefer husbands to receive cash transfers" (para 3).
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, ATFPA-PRACTICE-2
"In The Gambia, men, as household heads, are expected to make decisions regarding family income and use assets for the benefit of the family, without any form of consultation with family members, even when those decisions affect women’s lives. Whereas, women may have their own assets but must consult with their husbands first; not doing so may include physical violence or divorce" (para 2). "Male governance is engrained in all forms of decision-making. A 2019 qualitative study on gender and intrahousehold allocation in The Gambia showed that 58% of respondents—men and women—prefer husbands to receive cash transfers" (para 3).
Jan. 12, 2023, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
"[The Committee notes with concern] Section 33 (5) of the 1997 Constitution, which permits discrimination against women in matters of adoption, marriage, divorce, burial and devolution of property on death, and section 45 of the Women’s Act, which subjects its provisions on inheritance to customary and religious laws, resulting in mainly discriminatory outcomes for women" (13).
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
"[The Committee notes with concern] Section 33 (5) of the 1997 Constitution, which permits discrimination against women in matters of adoption, marriage, divorce, burial and devolution of property on death, and section 45 of the Women’s Act, which subjects its provisions on inheritance to customary and religious laws, resulting in mainly discriminatory outcomes for women" (13).
Jan. 12, 2023, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAD-PRACTICE-1
"[The Committee recommends that the state party]...Encourage religious (qadi) and common law courts, law enforcement officers and imams to respect, in their decisions and actions, the State party’s commitments deriving from its ratification of the Convention to ensure that Muslim women and girls enjoy equal rights in all aspects of family life, including in marriage, divorce, inheritance, marital property, adoption, burial and devolution of property on death, including through the Faith for Rights initiative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights" (3).
Variables: IAD-PRACTICE-1
"[The Committee recommends that the state party]...Encourage religious (qadi) and common law courts, law enforcement officers and imams to respect, in their decisions and actions, the State party’s commitments deriving from its ratification of the Convention to ensure that Muslim women and girls enjoy equal rights in all aspects of family life, including in marriage, divorce, inheritance, marital property, adoption, burial and devolution of property on death, including through the Faith for Rights initiative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights" (3).
Jan. 12, 2023, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1
"[The Committee recommends that the state party]...Encourage religious (qadi) and common law courts, law enforcement officers and imams to respect, in their decisions and actions, the State party’s commitments deriving from its ratification of the Convention to ensure that Muslim women and girls enjoy equal rights in all aspects of family life, including in marriage, divorce, inheritance, marital property, adoption, burial and devolution of property on death, including through the Faith for Rights initiative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights" (3). "Address attitudes and assumptions relating to customary and religious laws that impede rural women’s equal access to land ownership or control, and implement...more
Variables: IAW-PRACTICE-1
"[The Committee recommends that the state party]...Encourage religious (qadi) and common law courts, law enforcement officers and imams to respect, in their decisions and actions, the State party’s commitments deriving from its ratification of the Convention to ensure that Muslim women and girls enjoy equal rights in all aspects of family life, including in marriage, divorce, inheritance, marital property, adoption, burial and devolution of property on death, including through the Faith for Rights initiative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights" (3). "Address attitudes and assumptions relating to customary and religious laws that impede rural women’s equal access to land ownership or control, and implement...more
Jan. 12, 2023, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"In line with general recommendation No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women, the Committee recommends that the State party, in view of the importance of the agricultural sector for its economic development and food and nutrition security...Address attitudes and assumptions relating to customary and religious laws that impede rural women’s equal access to land ownership or control, and implement the provisions of the Women’s Act recognizing women’s right to inherit, acquire and administer property, in line with the State party’s commitment to achieve the African Union goal of allocating 30 per cent of land to women by 2025 and in line with the good practices of countries with...more
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"In line with general recommendation No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women, the Committee recommends that the State party, in view of the importance of the agricultural sector for its economic development and food and nutrition security...Address attitudes and assumptions relating to customary and religious laws that impede rural women’s equal access to land ownership or control, and implement the provisions of the Women’s Act recognizing women’s right to inherit, acquire and administer property, in line with the State party’s commitment to achieve the African Union goal of allocating 30 per cent of land to women by 2025 and in line with the good practices of countries with...more
Jan. 12, 2023, 12:46 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"[The Committee recommends that the state party]...Encourage religious (qadi) and common law courts, law enforcement officers and imams to respect, in their decisions and actions, the State party’s commitments deriving from its ratification of the Convention to ensure that Muslim women and girls enjoy equal rights in all aspects of family life, including in marriage, divorce, inheritance, marital property, adoption, burial and devolution of property on death, including through the Faith for Rights initiative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights" (3). "In line with general recommendation No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women, the Committee recommends that the State party, in view...more
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"[The Committee recommends that the state party]...Encourage religious (qadi) and common law courts, law enforcement officers and imams to respect, in their decisions and actions, the State party’s commitments deriving from its ratification of the Convention to ensure that Muslim women and girls enjoy equal rights in all aspects of family life, including in marriage, divorce, inheritance, marital property, adoption, burial and devolution of property on death, including through the Faith for Rights initiative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights" (3). "In line with general recommendation No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women, the Committee recommends that the State party, in view...more
Jan. 11, 2023, 4:34 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: LO-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-1
"The law prohibits discrimination in employment, access to credit, owning and managing a business, or in housing or education. Nevertheless, the law does not provide for the same legal status and rights for women regarding adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, and inheritance of property. During the year there were no reports the government failed to enforce the law effectively" (11).
Variables: LO-LAW-1, IAW-LAW-1
"The law prohibits discrimination in employment, access to credit, owning and managing a business, or in housing or education. Nevertheless, the law does not provide for the same legal status and rights for women regarding adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, and inheritance of property. During the year there were no reports the government failed to enforce the law effectively" (11).
Jan. 11, 2023, 9:37 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"Under the customary practice, instead of owning the land they cultivate, women borrow it from their husbands. The women who own property cannot receive more than one-third of the estate, as Sharia Law permits. This is a challenge because most banks will not grant credit unless the applicant owns land which puts women in a difficult situation" (para 2).
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"Under the customary practice, instead of owning the land they cultivate, women borrow it from their husbands. The women who own property cannot receive more than one-third of the estate, as Sharia Law permits. This is a challenge because most banks will not grant credit unless the applicant owns land which puts women in a difficult situation" (para 2).
Jan. 11, 2023, 9:21 a.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"In rural areas of The Gambia, land ownership is almost exclusively reserved for men. Because women have neither the financial capacity nor opportunity to purchase land, it is extremely difficult for them to build viable and successful businesses. This in turn has a knock-on impact on food security, health and education, further perpetuating the cycle of poverty" (para 1)
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1
"In rural areas of The Gambia, land ownership is almost exclusively reserved for men. Because women have neither the financial capacity nor opportunity to purchase land, it is extremely difficult for them to build viable and successful businesses. This in turn has a knock-on impact on food security, health and education, further perpetuating the cycle of poverty" (para 1)
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:47 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Luxembourg, Mali, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suriname, Ukraine
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-5
1.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-5
1.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:45 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: CONST-SCALE-1
0.0
Variables: CONST-SCALE-1
0.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:44 p.m.
Countries: Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Kenya, Kosovo, Laos, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Maldives, Moldova, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Variables: ATC-SCALE-2
0.0
Variables: ATC-SCALE-2
0.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Barbados, Bhutan, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, Congo, D R Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Gambia, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Suriname, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ATC-SCALE-1
1.0
Variables: ATC-SCALE-1
1.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 6:04 p.m.
Countries: Gambia
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"The Gender Policy 2010 -2020 is designed therefore to act as reference material and direct all levels of planning, resource allocation and implementation of development projects with a gender perspective. The priority areas for the policy are: Gender and Education, Gender and Health, Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods Development, Gender and Governance, Gender and Human Rights, Poverty Reduction and Economic Empowerment" (4).
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"The Gender Policy 2010 -2020 is designed therefore to act as reference material and direct all levels of planning, resource allocation and implementation of development projects with a gender perspective. The priority areas for the policy are: Gender and Education, Gender and Health, Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods Development, Gender and Governance, Gender and Human Rights, Poverty Reduction and Economic Empowerment" (4).