Publication: Gender Disparities and Poverty: A Background Paper for the Togo Poverty and Gender Assessment 2022
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2023-12-18
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2023-12-18
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Gender gaps in Togo cut across many dimensions. Inequality starts in childhood, when girls are disadvantaged in access to schooling because of prevalent social norms and gender roles. It continues into adolescence, when a larger share of girls starts dropping out of school, unable to continue education because of a number of factors, including child marriage, adolescent pregnancy, and time use patterns shaped by gender norms. In adolescence and adulthood, women face the constraints of limited education and economic opportunities, restrictive gender roles that leave women little time for participation in the labor force, financial inequities, high levels of acceptance of violence against women, health risks, and a lack of agency and decision-making capacity. High prevalence rates of child marriage and adolescent fertility not only increase health risks for women but also reduce the amount of time they have to fully participate in education and in economic opportunities. This background paper to the Poverty and Gender Assessment Togo (2022) highlights the importance of addressing gender disparities to achieve continued poverty reduction in Togo.
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“World Bank. 2023. Gender Disparities and Poverty: A Background Paper for the Togo Poverty and Gender Assessment 2022. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40754 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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