In Djibouti, according to the National Gender Policy in 2011-2021, women are more affected by extreme and relative poverty and more affected by inactivity than men; women are more numerous than men in the informal sector.

Africa. Globally, some progress on women’s rights has been achieved. In Djibouti, 6.5% of women aged 20–24 years old who were married or in a union before age 18. The adolescent birth rate is 21 per 1,000 women aged 15–19 as of 2011, up from 0.11 per 1,000 in 2010.

2025年2月6日 · Breaking the cycle. Hawa’a works together with Elle&Elles, a UNFPA network which supports and trains female leaders advocating for women's health and rights.. She travels from Djibouti City to remote villages to raise awareness, including among boys, who can play a crucial role in shifting societal attitudes. She also persuaded her own family members to adopt her message: abandon female ...

2024年2月8日 · The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Djibouti, with Committee Experts commending the State for extensive legislative and judicial reforms, and asking about the impact of military bases on women, and about female genital mutilation.

In Djibouti, 60.5 percent of women are illiterate. Furthermore, only 19 percent of women are employed as compared to 81percent of men, increasing the number of Djiboutian women that suffer from the

2024年4月25日 · Djibouti has one the highest rates of female genital mutilation in the world, with more than 70 per cent of women aged between 15 and 49 put through the practice – although thanks to advocacy and legal initiatives, this has dropped in recent years from 93 per cent.

COUNTRY GENDER PROFILE – DJIBOUTI GENDER, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND POVERTY July 2020 Gender, Women and Civil Society Department Country Economics Department East Africa Business Development and Business Delivery Office

2024年11月19日 · Djibouti, Jibuti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Somalia in the south, Ethiopia in the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the east. Across the Gulf of Aden is Yemen. The country has a total area of 23,200 km2 (8,958 sq mi).[1]

Djiboutian women are making slow but sure progress in participating in public life, and although they are still under-represented, their presence is growing in the structures of political decision-making, and they are increasingly visible in local and regional government.

Vulnerable employment among women is 62.4% and among men is 46% in Djibouti for 2022. The rate of vulnerable employment is higher for men and women in Djibouti compared to the average rate in Middle East & North Africa. World Bank, World Development Indicators database.