Authors
Manhique,Marilia Da Graca Juvenalda, Muller,Miriam, Paczko Bozko Cecchini,Gabriela
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/10/16
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- They are Women in the Plural Gender, Inequality and Poverty in Cabo Verde : A Background Note for the Poverty Assessment
- Pages
- 32
- Product Line
- Advisory Services & Analytics
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- CV-Cabo Verde Poverty Assessment -- P179196
- Unit Owning
- EFI-AFR2-POV-Poverty and Equity (EAWPV)
- Version Type
- Final
- Volume No
- 1
Table of Contents
- Abbreviations 3
- Acknowledgements 3
- Introduction 4
- Background 6
- Country context 6
- Population and household structure 7
- Poverty and gender 9
- Poverty and gender differences by concelho 11
- Human capital and endowments 13
- Reproductive health 13
- Mental health 15
- Education 15
- Economic participation 18
- Labor force participation 19
- Quality of labor force participation: Wage gap, informality, and precarious work 21
- Entrepreneurship 22
- Asset ownership and financial inclusion 22
- Access to information and communication technology 22
- Gender disparities in the use of time 22
- Voice and agency 25
- Child marriage 25
- Intrahousehold decision-making 25
- Decision-making in the public sphere: High-level positions and political decision-making 26
- Gender-based violence 26
- Conclusions 28
- Appendix A. Original quotes from key informants 29
- References 30