Being a Women in Cote d'Ivoire

In Africa, women are subjected to discriminatory practices that keep them in a vulnerable situation. Their limited access to land, in a continent where the majority of the population depends on agriculture, reduces their access to credit and their capacity to undertake sustainable economic activities to generate income. They hold only 18 percent of agricultural lands and are not better off in administrations. In Cote d'Ivoire, the woman remains marginalized, with a status that is increasingly weakened today by the socio-political situation. Data from the National Statistics Institute highlight their extreme poverty: 75 percent of rural women are living below the poverty line. And they are often deprived of basic social services. Some socio-cultural factors perpetuate traditions that are harmful to girls and women. This report is the culmination of the process initiated by the World Bank as part of the establishment of its program of strengthening the role of women in Ivorian society. It reports summary proposals from the various consultations held both nationally and regionally. Designed in a participatory and decentralized approach, these consultations have made it possible to gather factual and contextual data on the four (04) themes selected for the workshops, as well as proposals that, if translated into actions, would help develop an action plan. This is, and it must be stressed, a study that has the merit of giving the floor directly to hundreds of Ivorian women from all socio-professional categories to develop themselves a roadmap based on their own daily experiences.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Abidjan 2013-06
Subjects:	ACCESS FOR WOMEN, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO LAND, ADULT WOMEN, ADVOCACY, AGRICULTURE, ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS, ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, CITIES, CONTRACEPTION, CROPS, CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, CULTURAL FACTORS, CULTURES, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES, DOCTORS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, ENHANCEMENT OF WOMEN, ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN, EQUAL ACCESS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN, EQUIPMENT, ETHNICITY, FAMILIES, FEMALE, FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, FEMALE MORTALITY, FORCED MARRIAGE, FORMS OF VIOLENCE, FORMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, GENDER, GENDER ANALYSIS, GENDER APPROACH, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DIMENSION, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER GAPS, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER ISSUE, GENDER ISSUES, GENDER SENSITIVE, GENDER-BASED DISCRIMINATION, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, GIRLS, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUSBANDS, INEQUALITIES, INHERITANCE, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, JUDGES, LAWS, LEGISLATION, MARRIAGE LAW, MEDIA, MINISTRY OF FAMILY, MUTILATIONS, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PEACE, PND, POWER, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCTIVITY, PROTECTION OF WOMEN, RAPE, RELIGION, RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, REPRODUCTION, ROLE OF WOMEN, RURAL AREAS, RURAL WOMEN, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, SID, SOCIAL WELFARE, SOCIETY, UNDP, UNESCO, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, VIOLENCES, WILL, WOMAN, WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP, WOMEN IN POLITICS, WOMEN LAWYERS, WOMEN LEADERS, WOMEN VICTIMS, WOMEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE, WOMEN'S HEALTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18029990/being-women-cote-divoire-empowerment-challenges-abidjan-country-office-gender-consultations-report-summary https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23696
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