The SIGI 2021 Regional Report for Africa was prepared by the OECD Development Centre under the guidance of Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Director of the OECD Development Centre and Bathylle Missika, Head of the Network, Partnerships and Gender Division. The Gender team was led by Hyeshin Park, Economist and Gender Programme Co-ordinator, and the report was drafted by Pierre de Boisséson, Estelle Loiseau, Alejandra Meneses and Gabrielle Naumann-Woleske; Carolin Beck and Giacomo Gattorno provided statistical support. The production of the report was co-ordinated by Alejandra Meneses, Policy Analyst with the Gender Programme. The report was edited by David McDonald. Thanks are owed to the OECD Development Centre’s Publication and Communications team: Aida Buendia, Delphine Grandrieux, Elizabeth Nash, Laura Parry-Davies, Irit Perry and Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte.
The OECD Development Centre is grateful for the strong and long-standing support of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). This publication benefited from the financial support of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) to the OECD.
Under the umbrella of the SIGI Africa Project, nine workshops and high-level policy dialogues were organised in West, Southern and East Africa, with the support of the Austria Development Cooperation and in partnership with the African Development Bank Group and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. For West Africa, workshops and high-level policy dialogues were also organised in co-operation with the OECD’s Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat. The inputs and comments from numerous policy makers, development practitioners and representatives of regional organisations, civil society groups, research organisations, think thanks, gender experts, advocates and foundations were extremely valuable.
The report also benefited from the insights and comments of colleagues from the OECD Development Centre and other OECD Directorates. In particular, we would like to highlight the support of Laurent Bossard, Charlotte Goemans, Alessandro Goglio, Pinar Guven, Elizabeth Holbourne, Tarani Meeta, Arthur Minsat, Bathylle Missika, Lorenzo Pavone and Ayumi Yuasa.
The OECD Development Centre would like to extend its gratitude to the members of the SIGI Technical Group: Fareda Banda, Shailaja Chandra, Jacques Charmes, Andrea Den Boer, Geske Dijkstra, Caroline Harper, Stefan Klasen, Inaki Permanyer and Amber Peterman. Particular thanks go to Professor Eduardo Zambrano of California Polytechnic State University for revising the methodological framework in partnership with the OECD Development Centre’s Gender Team.
Finally, the OECD Development Centre would like to thank colleagues within and outside the OECD who provided comments on the revised conceptual and methodological frameworks and the SIGI country notes. The Centre also thanks the country profile authors and validators, as well as the SIGI National Focal Points. The full list of these individuals and institutions can be found at www.genderindex.org.