UN / SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA GENDER INEQUALITY

The UN Development Programme said that gender inequality is costing Sub-Saharan Africa on average (USD) 95 billion a year, jeopardizing the continent’s efforts for inclusive human development and economic growth. FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:52
• Production Date: 29 August 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
• Subject Topical: GENDER EQUALITY
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA
• MAMS Id: 1698482
• Parent Id: 1698482
• Alternate Title: unifeed160829b

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STORY: UN / SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA GENDER INEQUALITY
TRT: 00:51
SOURCE: FILE
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LANGUAGES: NATS

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Storyline

Gender inequality is costing Sub-Saharan Africa on average (USD) 95 billion a year, peaking at $105 billion in 2014– or six percent of the region’s GDP – jeopardizing the continent’s efforts for inclusive human development and economic growth, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

UNDP noted that deeply-rooted structural obstacles such as unequal distribution of resources, power and wealth, combined with social institutions and norms that sustain inequality are holding African women, and the rest of the continent, back.

UNDP estimated that a one percent increase in gender inequality reduces a country’s Human Development Index by 0.75 percent.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable and have a decent standard of living.