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Polygamy and female genital mutilation are still common in most of the countries especially in the rural parts of the country. In addition to these problems, African women, especially in the North African, face a set of obstacles that prevent them from enjoying the full range of legal, economic, civil, and political rights (Simonen, 2009). There is a low number of female students enrolled in academic institutions in African countries as compared with their male counterparts. One of the contributing factors of this situation is the high rate of poverty. The female population is compromised since most societies will prefer to educate the boy child as opposed to the girl child (Simonen, 2009).
However, women in sub-Sahara Africa are being empowered through national gender policies and specific legislations that have been drafted to ensure that female population is represented in government. These gender policies advocate for gender equality and the empowerment of women to increase the number of opportunities for health, employment, and their social, economic