region: West Africa

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso signed the Maputo Protocol in February 2004 and ratified it in June, 2006.  2015: the adoption in 2015 and the implementation of the integrated program for the empowerment of woman, one of whose objectives is to ensure the effective participation of women in decision spheres. 2017: the second operational action plan of the National Gender Policy (PNG) adopted in May 2017. This plan covers the period 2017-2019 with an overall cost of 6,909,200,000 FCFA. Priority actions of this PAO-PNG have, among other things:– the development of legal texts in favor of the equal representation of menand women in

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Benin

Benin signed the Maputo Protocol in February 2004 and ratified in September, 2015.  National Gender Promotion Policy and its 2010-2015 Action Plan Within the framework of the implementation of the National Gender Promotion Policy (PNPG) in Benin, several actions have been carried out with a view to the short-term reduction and the long-term eradication of the disparities between the two components of the Beninese society in the legal, economic, social and educational fields. We can especially remember:– strengthening the institutionalization of gender at all levels as well as the effective application of national and international conventions and texts favorable to

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