Africans back gender equality, but gaps persist: Governments urged to do more

Change, while real, is often slow and uneven; gaps persist even as both men and women make gains in educational attainment, in access to technology and information, and in the workplace. [...] Women’s equality: The challenge The fight for women’s equality takes place on many fronts: in homes, communities, and schools; in markets, workplaces, and businesses; and in the halls of Parliament and government offices. [...] It requires shifting expectations – among boys and girls, men and women – about women’s role in the home, in society, in business, and in government. [...] If support for equality in principle is winning the day, equality in practice is still elusive, and advocates of gender equality will need to redouble their efforts if the shared goals of Agenda 2063 and the SDGs are to become shared realities. [...] Institute of Peace, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Open Society Foundations - Africa, Luminate, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Mastercard Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the European Union Commission, the World Bank Group, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Uganda, the.