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Chapter 1 : Introducing the Africa Gender Index
- The Africa Gender Index
- Overall findings
- Key of findings by sector
Chapter 2 : Better education and health for women and girls
- Becoming educated and skilled
- Innovative programmes to encourage girl participation in schools
- Health and fertility
- Safety from violence, including sexual violence
- Equipping young women for the job market
Chapter 3 : Young women and jobs
- Finding jobs and earning wages
- Household work and care of relatives
- Investing in jobs
- Scaling up successful initiatives to create jobs for young women and men
Chapter 4 : Women and agriculture
- Land ownership and inheritance rights
- Access to credit
- Access to inputs and technologies
- Ensuring women participate in the modernisation of African agriculture
Chapter 5 : Women and Climate change and energy
- Climate change impacts
- Adapting to climate change
- Energy
- Clean cooking solutions
Chapter 6 : Representation and Empowerment
- Parliament and government
- Equality under the law
- Professional and managerial roles
- Leaders in the private sector
- Women’s organisations
Chapter 7: Conclusion – next steps
- Lessons from top performers
- Five thematic areas: gender gaps and lessons for empowering women and promoting
- gender equality
- Women’s education and health
- Young women and jobs
- Agriculture and women
- Climate change and energy
- Representation and empowerment