Rwanda is Africa's
top-performing advocate of
gender equality, followed by the
Seychelles, Mozambique, South
Africa and Botswana.
This is reported in the 2013
Ibrahim Index of African
Governance
, released in London on Monday.
Rwanda's score on the index, on
a range of one to 100, is 90.2,
well above the average score for
52 African countries of 53.8. The
Seychelles scored 83.8,
Mozambique 78.2, South Africa
77.5 and Botswana 72.7.
The worst performing country in
Africa - as in most indicators
measured in the survey - is
Somalia (with a score of 20.5),
followed by Cote d'Ivoire (31.0),
Chad (31.7), the Comoros (31.9)
and Niger (36.9). Nigeria is 12th
from the bottom of the list (41.8).
Assessed by region, the countries
of southern Africa are the best at
promoting gender equality and
those of central Africa the worst.
A nation's performance on
gender issues is judged by seven
indicators: gender equality;
gender balance in primary and
secondary education; women's
participation in the labour force;
equal representation in rural
areas; the number of women in
parliament; women's economic
and political rights; and laws on
violence against women.
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