In the 1970s, Ivory Coast was considered the economic leader of West Africa, but since the 1990s, poverty and conflict have increased, at times affecting women disproportionately. The interplay of all these experiences has transformed the social roles of women in Ivorian society.

The Ivorian population is estimated at 29,389,150 with a rate of 52.2% men and 47.8% women, according to the latest General Census of Population and Housing (RGPH 2021), 75.6% of the population is under 35 years old.

Women do about 70% of the work on Ivory Coast cacao farms and receive only about 20% of the income, according to the African Development Bank. Rosine Bekoin is in the minority as a female...

Jul 19, 2022 · The bill to make polygyny legal in the West African state has sparked a debate online and offline over women’s rights.

"Women in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)" published on by Oxford University Press. In the first two decades after independence, Ivoirian leadership had to confront the illusion of the miracle of economic development.

Aug 13, 2024 · For several weeks, testimonies of women who were victims of assault or rape have been on the rise. A women's rights group, the Ivorian Women's Defence League, is now calling for a change in...

Aug 31, 2017 · Ivorian women earn on average half as much as men, the World Bank says, largely because they are less educated, spend several hours a day cooking and caring for children, and lack access to...

Aug 13, 2024 · In the village of Fapaha in the north of Ivory Coast, women have formed a cooperative to grow vegetables and sell their produce on the market, allowing them to raise money for their families...

Houphouët-Boigny's political style and longevity shaped Ivoirian elites into a wealthy, male, educated social stratum. By the late 1980s, women were beginning to emerge within this group, as education and acculturation enabled them to challenge the established order.

Oct 24, 2022 · Quest for freedom for the woman and the equality between women and men in Côte d’Ivoire began after independence. There was thus the creation of the Association of Ivorian Women (AFI) to prepare women to hold every position of decision both in …