Namibia

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Overview

• CEDAW: ratified on 23 November 1992 without reservations
• Optional Protocol to CEDAW: ratified on 26 May 2000
• National CEDAW report (2013)
• Maputo Protocol: ratified on 11 August 2004
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325): no National Action Plan
• Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare
• National Gender Policy (2010-2020)
• Five Year Strategic Plan 2010-2014
• National Plan of Action on Gender-Based Violence (2012-2016)

Social Institutions

The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) measures gender-based discrimination in social norms, practices and laws across 160 countries. The SIGI comprises country profiles, a classification of countries and a database; it serves as a research, policy and advocacy tool for the development community and policy makers. The SIGI covers five dimensions of discriminatory social institutions, spanning major socio-economic areas that affect women’s lives: discriminatory family code, restricted physical integrity, son bias, restricted resources and assets, and restricted civil liberties. The SIGI’s variables quantify discriminatory social institutions such as unequal inheritance rights, early marriage, violence against women, and unequal land and property rights.

In the Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014 Edition , Namibia has low levels of discrimination against women in social institutions. It has lower discrimination in son bias and higher discrimination in restricted access to resources and assets. Read the full country profile and access the data here: http://www.genderindex.org/country/namibia

Key Gender StatisticsWorld Bank (2015), World Development Indicators (database), http://data.worldbank.org/products/wdi (accessed16 July 2015).

Education

• In 2012, the ratio of female to male primary school enrolment was 103%.
• There is no recent data available on secondary enrolment rates.
• There is no recent data available on literacy rates.
• In 2010, women and men had on average 6 years of schooling.Barro R. and J.W. Lee (2014), Educational Attainment Dataset, v.2.0, http://www.barrolee.com/.

Health

• In 2013, there were 81 maternal deaths, representing 130 deaths for 100 000 births.
• In 2013, the adolescent fertility rate was 52 births per 1 000 adolescent girls.
• There is no recent data available on the percentage of women with an unmet need for family planning.

Employment

• In 2013, 56% of the female working-age population was part of the labour force, while 65% of the male working-age population was part of the labour force.
• In 2013, women represented 49% of the total labour force.
• In 2013, 8% of women in the labour force were in vulnerable employment compared to 8% of men in the labour force.
• In 2012, 27% of women in the labour force were in agricultural employment compared to 28% of men in the labour force.

References

See Also

• The Gender and Land Rights Database
• Women, Business and the Law, 2012
• CEDAW

External Links

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI)
• Gender and Land Rights Database
• Women, Business and the Law: Creating economic opportunity for women
• OECD Development Centre (2015), African Economic Outlook, Country Profiles
• MDG Report 2014: Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals
• Make Every Woman Count (2014), African Women’s Decade 2010-2020, 2014 Annual Review