Women in Zambia information

Women in Zambia
	Zambian women
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)	224 (2015)
Women in parliament	18% (2018)
Women over 25 with secondary education	39.2% (2010-2018)
Women in labour force	70.8% (2018)
Gender Inequality Index
Value	0.540 (2021)
Rank	138th out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index
Value	0.723 (2022)
Rank	62nd out of 146

The status of women in Zambia has improved in recent years.^[3]^[when?] Among other things, the maternal mortality rate has dropped^[4] and the National Assembly of Zambia has enacted multiple policies aimed at decreasing violence against women.^[5] However, progress is still needed. Most women have limited access to reproductive healthcare,^[4] and the total number of women infected with HIV in the country continues to rise.^[6] Moreover, violence against women in Zambia remains common. Child marriage rates in Zambia are some of the highest in the world,^[7] and women continue to experience high levels of physical and sexual violence.^[8]

Across nearly all gender-based indicators, there is a significant disparity between the quality of life of rural, less educated, and impoverished women and their urban counterparts.^{[citation needed]}

^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
^ GEISLER, GISELA (March 2001). "Beyond Inequalities: Women in Zambia by SARAH LONGWE, MERCY SIAME, NAKATIWA MULIKITA and ROY CLARKE Harare: SARDC, 1998. Pp. 104. £7.50/US$13.75 (pbk.). Beyond Inequalities: Women in Swaziland by ZAKHE HLANZE and LOBO MKABELA Harare: SARDC, 1998. Pp. 64. £7.50/US$13.75 (pbk.). SADC Gender Monitor, Issue 1: Monitoring Implementation of the Beijing Commitments by SADC Member States by BOOKIE M. KETHUSEGILE and ATHALIA MOLOKOMME. Gaborone and Harare: SADC and SARDC. Pp. 44, £5.95/US$9.95 (pbk.)". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 39 (1): 163–196. doi:10.1017/s0022278x01313575. ISSN 0022-278X.
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[1] "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

[2] "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

[3] GEISLER, GISELA (March 2001). "Beyond Inequalities: Women in Zambia by SARAH LONGWE, MERCY SIAME, NAKATIWA MULIKITA and ROY CLARKE Harare: SARDC, 1998. Pp. 104. £7.50/US$13.75 (pbk.). Beyond Inequalities: Women in Swaziland by ZAKHE HLANZE and LOBO MKABELA Harare: SARDC, 1998. Pp. 64. £7.50/US$13.75 (pbk.). SADC Gender Monitor, Issue 1: Monitoring Implementation of the Beijing Commitments by SADC Member States by BOOKIE M. KETHUSEGILE and ATHALIA MOLOKOMME. Gaborone and Harare: SADC and SARDC. Pp. 44, £5.95/US$9.95 (pbk.)". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 39 (1): 163–196. doi:10.1017/s0022278x01313575. ISSN 0022-278X.

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[5] "Zambia". Global Database on Violence against Women. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

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