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Life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa is 46 years - WEF report
The overall life expectancy at birth is 46 years across many countries in the region.
This week, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published its annual Gender Gap Report, and revealed that healthy life expectancy of both men and women is still low across many countries in the region.
The report revealed that only two countries in the region;Cape Verde and Mauritius where men are expected to live more than 60 years from birth, while in some countries, life expectancy is lower than 50.
While in Lesotho healthy life expectancy is 42.3 for men and 46.4 for women. Improving health conditions for all, in addition to narrowing gender gaps in health, remains a priority for the region.
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The World Economic Forum reports it would take more than 135 years to reach global gender parity. South Africa ranks 18th, a downward curve in gender equality.
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Focus on women business owners in Indonesia to unlock growth
Tue, 16 March 2021
As Indonesia continues to confront the economic and health consequences of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the nation can do more to leverage a critical untapped resource – the power of women business owners.
While gender-disaggregated data for small businesses is still to be fully collected, the World Bank has estimated that some 43 per cent of entrepreneurs in Indonesia are women. And according to a 2016 joint report of the International Finance Corporation and USAID, women own almost half of the nation’s small and medium enterprises.