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No. 50, March 2017 MAPS & FACTS This map is without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. We encourage the use of our maps. Please include the Club’s copyright, inform or contact us for specific requests: [email protected] www.oecd.org/swac/maps Club SAHEL AND WEST AFRICA Secretariat Club SAHEL AND WEST AFRICA Secretariat WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT: SENEGAL RANKS 7 TH WORLDWIDE BUT WEST AFRICAN WOMEN REMAIN UNDER-REPRESENTED I n 2006, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the first female head of state in Africa. Since then, many national and regional gender policies in West Africa have sought to achieve gender equality, increase women’s participation in decision-making and expand women’s economic opportunities. However, women in West Africa - as in many other parts of the world - remain largely underrepre- sented in the political sphere. When we look at the national percentages, women occupy only 421 seats in West African parliaments, representing 16.1% of all lawmakers. In West Africa, 12 out of the 17 countries have averages that are below the world average of 23.3%. Senegal is a notable exception. With women making up 42.7% of its parliament, it ranks as number seven, just behind Sweden. Rwanda is the world leader when it comes to women’s representation and 63% of its lawmakers are women. Women occupy on average less than 20% of ministerial posts, and, of those, they are mostly clustered in PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT Senegal 42.7 Mauritania 25.2 Cabo Verde 23.6 Guinea 21.9 Togo 17.6 Niger 17.0 Guinea-Bissau 13.7 Chad 12.8 Ghana 12.7 Sierra Leone 12.4 Liberia 12.3 Côte d’Ivoire 11.5 Burkina Faso 11.0 Gambia 9.4 Mali 8.8 Benin 7.2 Nigeria 5.6 Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), January 2017 Mali Niger Nigeria Benin Togo Ghana Burkina Faso Senegal Gambia Cabo Verde Côte d’Ivoire Guinea Liberia Sierra Leone Guinea- Bissau Chad Mauritania (68) (144) (145) (75) (x) (162) (134) (167) (116) (180) (139) (172) (112) (140) (152) (150) (83) > 40% Worldwide Rank 2017 (7) 20-40% 10 >20% 5 >10% the ministries covering women’s affairs and social issues. Men also outnumber women within ministerial administra- tions. While women generally occupy secretarial, accounting, human resources and other administrative positions, men hold most of the technical and managerial positions. To encourage more women to participate in politics, the region adopted the ECOWAS Gender and Elections Strategic Framework (GESF) and Action Plan in December 2016. This was followed in February 2017, by a series of recommen- dations to update the “Supplementary Act relating to Equality of Rights between Men and Women for Sustainable Development in the ECOWAS Region.” In terms of top leadership positions, the Commission of the African Union is setting a good example. Its newly elected commission maintains the proper gender balance - four out of the eight elected commissioners are women. The previous commission was chaired by Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the first woman to lead the continent-wide organisation.
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n°32March 2016Maps & facts ClubSAHEL AND
WEST AFRICA
No 45, November 2016
www.oecd.org/swac/maps ClubSAHEL AND
WEST AFRICASecretariat
These maps are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. We encourage the use of our maps! Please include the Club’s copyright, inform or contact us for specific requests: [email protected]
Eight million pEoplE in northErn nigEria facing acutE food insEcurity
T he October 2016 analysis of the Cadre harmonisé1 expands its
coverage to include for the first time 16 out of 36 states, almost half of Nigeria. In these states, some eight million people are currently facing acute food insecurity (phases 3-5, October-December 2016). Due to the Boko Haram insurgency and massive population displacement, the three northeastern states, Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, have
1 West African tool to analyse and identify areas and amount of people at risk of food and nutrition insecurity.
reached extremely high levels of food insecurity (Maps & Facts no 44). While humanitarian access is improving, the situation remains particularly worrisome in the state of Borno, where nearly 60% of the population (3.3 million people) are still facing acute food insecurity (phases 3-5), including 55 000 people threatened by famine (phase 5). If no appro-priate measures are being taken, the current food and nutrition situation
is likely to get worse during the next lean season in June-August 2017. By then, the Cadre harmonisé projec-tions indicate that the number of severely food insecure people in the 16 analysed states could reach 8 to 10 million people. Analytical tools, data collection methods and training for local administrations need to be further developed in order to fine-tune and expand the analysis of the Cadre harmonisé to all parts of Nigeria.
Source: Cadre harmonisé, national analysis, October 2016. © Agrhymet/CILSS
FCT
Adamawa
BornoYobe
GombeBauchi
Taraba
Jigawa
Kano
Kaduna
KatsinaZamfara
Plateau
Niger
Kebbi
Sokoto
Oyo
Ogun
Lagos
OsunEkiti
Kwara
KogiBenue
Nassarawa
Cross River
Ebonyi
ImoAbia
OndoEdo
Delta
Bayelsa Rivers AkwaIbom
Anambra
Enugu
Lake Chad
FCT
Adamawa
BornoYobe
GombeBauchi
Taraba
Jigawa
Kano
Kaduna
Katsina
Zamfara
Plateau
Niger
Kebbi
Sokoto
Oyo
Ogun
Lagos
OsunEkiti
Kwara
KogiBenue
Nassarawa
Cross River
Ebonyi
ImoAbia
OndoEdo
Delta
Bayelsa Rivers AkwaIbom
Anambra
Enugu
Lake Chad
Phases of food insecurity
June-August 2017October-December 2016
Phase 1: Minimal Phase 2: Stressed Phase 3: Crisis Phase 4: Emergency Phase 5: Famine Not analysed
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Women In PARLIAmenT: SenegAL RAnkS 7TH WoRLdWIde BUT WeST AfRIcAn Women RemAIn UndeR-RePReSenTed
In 2006, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the first female head of
state in Africa. Since then, many national and regional gender policies in West Africa have sought to achieve gender equality, increase women’s participation in decision-making and expand women’s economic opportunities. However, women in West Africa - as in many other parts of the world - remain largely underrepre-sented in the political sphere. When we look at the national percentages, women occupy only 421 seats in West African parliaments, representing 16.1% of all lawmakers. In West Africa, 12 out of the 17 countries have averages that are below the world average of 23.3%. Senegal is a notable exception. With women making up 42.7% of its parliament, it ranks as number seven, just behind Sweden. Rwanda is the world leader when it comes to women’s representation and 63% of its lawmakers are women. Women occupy on average less than 20% of ministerial posts, and, of those, they are mostly clustered in
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT
Senegal 42.7 Mauritania 25.2Cabo Verde 23.6Guinea 21.9Togo 17.6 Niger 17.0 Guinea-Bissau 13.7Chad 12.8Ghana 12.7Sierra Leone 12.4Liberia 12.3 Côte d’Ivoire 11.5Burkina Faso 11.0Gambia 9.4Mali 8.8Benin 7.2Nigeria 5.6
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), January 2017
MaliNiger
NigeriaBenin
Togo
Ghana
Burkina Faso
Senegal
Gambia
Cabo Verde
Côte d’Ivoire
Guinea
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Guinea-Bissau
Chad
Mauritania (68)
(144)
(145)
(75)
(x)
(162)
(134)
(167)(116)
(180)
(139)
(172)
(112)(140)
(152)
(150)
(83)
> 40%
Worldwide Rank 2017
(7)
20-40%
10 >20%
5 >10%
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), January 2017 the ministries covering women’s affairs and social issues. Men also outnumber women within ministerial administra-tions. While women generally occupy secretarial, accounting, human resources and other administrative positions, men hold most of the technical and managerial positions. To encourage more women to participate in politics, the region adopted the ECOWAS Gender and Elections Strategic Framework (GESF) and Action Plan in December 2016. This was followed in February 2017, by a series of recommen-dations to update the “Supplementary Act relating to Equality of Rights between Men and Women for Sustainable Development in the ECOWAS Region.” In terms of top leadership positions, the Commission of the African Union is setting a good example. Its newly elected commission maintains the proper gender balance - four out of the eight elected commissioners are women. The previous commission was chaired by Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the first woman to lead the continent-wide organisation.
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Eight million pEoplE in northErn nigEria facing acutE food insEcurity
T he October 2016 analysis of the Cadre harmonisé1 expands its
coverage to include for the first time 16 out of 36 states, almost half of Nigeria. In these states, some eight million people are currently facing acute food insecurity (phases 3-5, October-December 2016). Due to the Boko Haram insurgency and massive population displacement, the three northeastern states, Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, have
1 West African tool to analyse and identify areas and amount of people at risk of food and nutrition insecurity.
reached extremely high levels of food insecurity (Maps & Facts no 44). While humanitarian access is improving, the situation remains particularly worrisome in the state of Borno, where nearly 60% of the population (3.3 million people) are still facing acute food insecurity (phases 3-5), including 55 000 people threatened by famine (phase 5). If no appro-priate measures are being taken, the current food and nutrition situation
is likely to get worse during the next lean season in June-August 2017. By then, the Cadre harmonisé projec-tions indicate that the number of severely food insecure people in the 16 analysed states could reach 8 to 10 million people. Analytical tools, data collection methods and training for local administrations need to be further developed in order to fine-tune and expand the analysis of the Cadre harmonisé to all parts of Nigeria.
Source: Cadre harmonisé, national analysis, October 2016. © Agrhymet/CILSS
FCT
Adamawa
BornoYobe
GombeBauchi
Taraba
Jigawa
Kano
Kaduna
KatsinaZamfara
Plateau
Niger
Kebbi
Sokoto
Oyo
Ogun
Lagos
OsunEkiti
Kwara
KogiBenue
Nassarawa
Cross River
Ebonyi
ImoAbia
OndoEdo
Delta
Bayelsa Rivers AkwaIbom
Anambra
Enugu
Lake Chad
FCT
Adamawa
BornoYobe
GombeBauchi
Taraba
Jigawa
Kano
Kaduna
Katsina
Zamfara
Plateau
Niger
Kebbi
Sokoto
Oyo
Ogun
Lagos
OsunEkiti
Kwara
KogiBenue
Nassarawa
Cross River
Ebonyi
ImoAbia
OndoEdo
Delta
Bayelsa Rivers AkwaIbom
Anambra
Enugu
Lake Chad
Phases of food insecurity
June-August 2017October-December 2016
Phase 1: Minimal Phase 2: Stressed Phase 3: Crisis Phase 4: Emergency Phase 5: Famine Not analysed
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femmeS dAnS LeS PARLemenTS : Le SénégAL Se cLASSe AU 7e RAng mondIAL mAIS LeS femmeS oUeST-AfRIcAIneS ReSTenT SoUS-RePRéSenTéeS
En 2006, la présidente du Libéria, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, devint la première
femme chef d’État en Afrique. Depuis lors, de nombreuses politiques natio-nales et régionales en Afrique de l’Ouest consacrées à la question du genre cherchent à atteindre l’égalité des sexes, à augmenter la participation des femmes à la prise de décision et à étendre leurs opportunités économiques. Les femmes en Afrique de l’Ouest restent cependant - comme dans de nombreuses régions du monde - largement sous-représentées dans la vie politique. Si l’on regarde le pourcentage des femmes dans les parlements nationaux, 12 pays ouest-africains sur 17 ont un pourcentage inférieur à la moyenne mondiale de 23.3 %. Sur la totalité des parlements, 421 sièges (16.1%) sont occupés par des femmes. Le Sénégal fait figure d’exception. Avec 42.7 % de femmes députées, il se classe juste derrière la Suède. Le Rwanda occupe la première place mondiale avec 63 % de femmes siégeant au parlement. Les femmes occupent en moyenne moins de 20 % des postes ministériels, la plupart d’entre eux
POURCENTAGE DES FEMMES DANS LES PARLEMENTS
Sénégal 42.7 Mauritanie 25.2Cabo Verde 23.6Guinée 21.9Togo 17.6 Niger 17.0 Guinée-Bissau 13.7Tchad 12.8Ghana 12.7Sierra Leone 12.4Libéria 12.3 Côte d’Ivoire 11.5Burkina Faso 11.0Gambie 9.4Mali 8.8Bénin 7.2Nigéria 5.6
Source : Union interparlementaire (UIP), janvier 2017
MaliNiger
NigériaBénin
Togo
Ghana
Burkina Faso
Sénégal
Gambie
Cabo Verde
Côte d’Ivoire
Guinée
Libéria
Sierra Leone
Guinée-Bissau
Tchad
Mauritanie (68)
(144)
(145)
(75)
(x)
(162)
(134)
(167)(116)
(180)
(139)
(172)
(112)(140)
(152)
(150)
(83)
> 40 %
Classement mondial 2017
(7)
20-40 %
10 >20 %
5 >10 %
Source : Union interparlementaire (UIP), janvier 2017étant liés aux affaires sociales et aux droits des femmes. Les hommes sont également plus nombreux dans les administrations ministé-rielles. Si les femmes occupent souvent des fonctions liées au secrétariat, la comptabilité, les ressources humaines ou d’autres tâches administratives, les hommes détiennent la plupart du temps les postes techniques ou à responsabilités. Afin d’encourager une plus forte participation politique des femmes, la région a adopté en décembre 2016 le Cadre stratégique de la CEDEAO sur le genre et les élections ainsi qu’un plan d’action. Elle a établi en février 2017 une série de recomman-dations pour actualiser l’ « Acte additionnel sur l‘égalité des droits entre les femmes et les hommes pour le développement durable dans l’espace CEDEAO ». En termes d’accès aux postes de direction de haut niveau, la Commission de l’Union africaine montre l’exemple. Sa nouvelle commission respecte pleinement le principe de parité. Quatre des huit commissaires sont des femmes et la commission précédente était présidée par Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, première femme à diriger cette organisation continentale.
