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Gender Inequality in West African Social Institutions

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  • Nejma Bouchama

    (OECD Development Centre)

  • Gaëlle Ferrant

    (OECD Development Centre)

  • Léa Fuiret

    (OECD Development Centre)

  • Alejandra Meneses

    (OECD Development Centre)

  • Annelise Thim

    (OECD Development Centre)

Abstract

Discriminatory social institutions – formal and informal laws, social norms and practices – restrict women’s rights and empowerment opportunities across 17 West African countries. New laws and measures to protect and promote women’s economic, political and human rights have been accompanied by impressive reductions in gender gaps. However, discriminatory social institutions still constitute significant impediments to women’s access to land assets and restrict women’s physical integrity and decision-making power in both private and public spheres. This holds back women’s education and economic empowerment, thereby decreasing countries’ potential growth. The data and analysis based on the OECD Development Centre’s Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) aims to provide policy makers with the necessary tools and evidence to design more effective gender-responsive policies. Putting social institutions at the core of policy responses may open new and sustainable vistas to promote gender equality in national and regional development agendas.

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  • Nejma Bouchama & Gaëlle Ferrant & Léa Fuiret & Alejandra Meneses & Annelise Thim, 2018. "Gender Inequality in West African Social Institutions," West African Papers 13, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:swacaa:13-en
    DOI: 10.1787/fe5ea0ca-en
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    1. Animashaun, Jubril O. & Emediegwu, Lotanna E., 2023. "Rural-to-Urban Migration (RUM) and Women’s Work in Nigerian Households," 2023 Annual Meeting, July 23-25, Washington D.C. 335503, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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    Keywords

    gender inequality; social institutions; West Africa; women;
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • K38 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Human Rights Law; Gender Law; Animal Rights Law
    • N37 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Africa; Oceania

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