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region: West Africa

Liberia

Liberia signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified it in December, 2007.  2015: Decent Work Act which commits to decent work. The Act aclso “ensures that women and men are equal before the law in terms of employment and the increase of minimum wage is not discriminatory across gender”. 2016: Equal Representation and Participation Act: “The 1986 Elections Law was amended in September 2014, so as to include gender quotas. Notably, Section 4.5 provides that “[1c] A list of candidates submitted to the Commission for an election should endeavour no less than 30% of the candidates on the list

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Guinea

Guinea signed the Maputo Protocol in December, 2003 and ratified it in April, 2012.  2017: National Gender Policy review Gender Strategy of Public Administration; Adoption of Law L028 on the general status of civil servants which provides for equal opportunities for men and women in public employment; Implementation of the Project to rejuvenate and feminize the Guinean administration. 2019: Parity law on elections lists, Art 2 (“Parity applies to any list of candidates for national and local elections, as well as for the holding of elective offices in public institutions”) 2020: New Constitution Art 9 “The Republic affirms that parity between men and

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Guinea-Bissau

Guinea Bissau signed the Maputo Protocol in March, 2005 and ratified it in June, 2008.  2010: The National ActionPlan (NAP) was enacted for the time period of 2010-2011. Data from 2016 does not show amore recent form of a NAP in GBV.  Federal Law to Prevent, Fight and Suppress Female Genital Mutilation–Law No. 14/2011-Passed in 2011 In August 2018, a proposed parity law was presented to the National Assembly, with the goal being it would increase women’s prepresentation in public institutions and government. In November, the parliament members approved it with amendments, making parity set to 36%. As of 2017,

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Ghana

Ghana signed the Maputo Protocol in October, 2003 and ratified it in June, 2007.  2013: the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection created to replace MOWAC (M of Women and Children) Ghana launched the updated National Gender Policy and the Strategic Plan in 2015 and 2016 respectively. This was done to mainstream gender-responsiveness for inclusive development to ensure that the rights, interests and special needs of women and girls are integrated into policy formulation and implementation. Strengthen the Capacity of Gender Focal Persons, Planning and Desk officers of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on Gender-responsive budgeting and gender mainstreaming

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