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region: West Africa

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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Nigeria

Nigeria signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified it on December, 2004.  31 May 2018: President “signed into law a bill amending the 1999 Constitution. “implementation of which will lower the minnimum age requirements for competing for and holding key elected offices both at federal and state levels [….]. This enables the emergence of more young women as aspirants to public office and as party candidates in the 2019 general election”. 2013 (2006): National Gender Policy was approved and then revised in 2013. Since the country has ratified 9 out of the 13 major global human rights frameworks, e.g. The

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Mauritania

Mauritania did not sign the Maputo Protocol but did ratify it on September 2005. 2020 draft law on combating violence against women and girls by the government Strategy on the Promotion of Women: economic empowerment one of the main priorities National Strategy on developing the private sector 2015-2019: included aspects on reducing disparities between women and men in the private sector National Gender Institutionalization Strategy: to achieve equity with a view to enabling women to enjoy all of their rights 2010-2012 action plan to substantially reducing the proportion of populations who do not have easy access to a health structure

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Mali

Mali signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified in January, 2005.  2017: Law 2017-21 ensures equal rights and treatment of all citizens, with regards to access to employment and education. Specifically, Article 4 details the different types of discrimination, highlighting discrimination on the basis of disabilities and HIV/AIDS. Moreover, women have the right to 14 weeks of fully paid maternity leave, financed by the government’s social security programme. 2020-2029: Plan Décennal de Développement pour l’autonomisation de la femme, de l’enfant et de la famille (|PDDAFEF 2020-2029). Its aim is to contribute to the emergence of Mali by 2030 through

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