Algeria signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified it on November 2016.    The 2016 constitutional amendment: principle of equality between citizens and non-discrimination based on sex. The amendment promotes equality between men and women in the labormarket. Action Plan for the period 2014-2019: prioritized women’s economic integration. 2012 national committee and local committees for the empowerment of rural women: to improve social and economic conditions. 2016: creation of the Women and Children Committee in the National Council of HumanRights. Act No. 15-19 of 2015 amending the Penal code: articles criminalizing sexual violence (articles 333 bis (2) (3)),