What is the typical status of women in Sub-Saharan Africa? Are there any signs of improvement?

What will be an ideal response?


While women contribute to the agricultural productivity and play a key role in the informal economy. Practices such as polygamy, "bride price," and the denial of property inheritance are forms of discrimination. as is female circumcision. Education and greater access to reproductive freedom would help improve the status of women. There are signs of improvement, as women are becoming a greater percentage of the labor force, and are increasing representation in national parliaments across the continent. Liberia elected the first female head-of-state on the continent in 2006, followed by Malawi in 2012.

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