Reforms to Enhance Gender Equality in the Democratic Republic of Congo

• Tác giả: Julia Constanze Braunmiller
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 916.75 Geography of and travel in Africa
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2022
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 296236
• Chủ đề: 1. ECONOMIC CASE FOR GENDER EQUALITY; 2. FEMALE REPRESENTATION; 3. LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON MARRIED WOMEN; 4. PARITY LAW; 5. WOMEN'S ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION

Tóm tắt

 This brief examines two successful gender equality reforms in the Democratic Republic of Congo : the introduction of the Law on Parity in 2015 and an amendment to the Family Code in 2016. These two examples highlight three success factors: gender champions across local civil society groups
  government and international actors making the economic case for reforming discriminatory provisions
  and international obligations that allowed the reforms to pass. These legal reforms have had demonstrably positive effects on the lives of Congolese women and society. Yet, challenges remain for the Democratic Republic of Congo to achieve full gender equality in law and practice.