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region: West Africa

Togo

Togo signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified it in Ocotber, 2005.  2012: The Persons and Family Code allows for wives, daughters and sons to have equal inheritance rights but still allows for the application of customary law which can be discriminatory against women. The National Policy on Equity and Gender Equality of 2011 was updated in 2019. The policy aims to “make Togo an emerging country, without discrimination, where men and women will have the same opportunities to participate in its development and enjoy the benefits of its growth “. 2015: Action plan for resolution 1325 on the

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified it in July, 2015.  2013-2018: The Agenda for Prosperity, which is a Poverty Reduction Strategy “made provisions for a standalone pillar on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in the National Development Plan”. 2017: National Land Policy, estblished to promote GEWE by increasing women’s access to land and ownership. 2017-2020: National Strategy for Financial Inclusion, aims “to make financial services available, accessible anf affordable for all Sierra Leoneans and MSMEs, and support inclusive and resilient private-sector led growth” . 2010-2013: National Gender Strategic Plan (mid term review in 2012). 2019-2023: National Gender Plan

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Senegal

Senegal signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified it in December, 2004.  2012: Article 7 of the Constitution. Article 7 of the Constitution adopted in 2001, and amended in 2012, includes the following provisions: The human person is sacred. It is inviolable. The State has the obligation to respect it and to protect it. Every individual has the right to life, to liberty, to security, to the free development of his personality, to corporeal integrity, notably to protection against all physical mutilations. 2017: The “Anchor Borrowers Programme”; launched by Nigeria’s Central Bank it aims to facilitate interface betweeb smallholder

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Niger

Niger did not ratify the Maputo Protocol but signed it on July, 2004.  2012: Labour Code amended to prohibit ground of discrimination and increase penalities for such acts in the workplace. Moreover, Article 178 of the Labour Code ensures that pregnant women are entitled to 14 weeks paid co-financed by the employer and government, and cannot be fired as a result of their pregnancy. 2014: Quota Act amended and raises quotas from 10% to 15%. Source (p. 177): The total budget for implementing the National Action Plan is $2.2m (Mali CFA 1,276,000,000. The 2009-2019 Ten-Year Plan includes measures to combat

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