legal systems
The current legal systems are inadequate in ensuring the African woman's complete
protection and socio-economic protection.
Gender Based Violence
Women are in constant fear of experiencing gender-based violence and sexual
harassment but often do.
Harmful cultural practices
These outdated practices include child
marriage, wife inheritance, female genital mutilation, and patriarchal systems that
uphold the subjugation of women.
Economic exclusion
Women in Africa remain excluded from economic access to economic capital such as
employment with an even higher disparity when compared to women in rural areas.
Inequality
Gender inequality was ingrained by the patriarchal ordering of society, under which
political, economic, legal, and social standards are either set by or fixed in the interests
of men.