AGDI gender outlook series: The Gambia

Abstract

The African Center for Gender (ACG) Gender Outlook #8 aims to benchmark the Gambia’s performance on the African Gender and Development Index (AGDI), highlight challenges and offer prioritized policy recommendations to accelerate progress towards gender equality. The AGDI is based on two components. The first is the Gender Status Index (GSI), a quantitative snapshot of 44 indicators that capture gender disparities in the social, economic and political arenas. The second component is the African Women’s Progress Scoreboard (AWPS), a qualitative self-evaluation of government performance in the implementation of more than 30 treaties, declarations, and resolutions affecting women’s rights and women’s empowerment in the social, economic and political arenas.