Facts in Q&A format

In the five-year period from 2015 to 2020, a total of 13,815 women over the age of 18 were murdered, according to the South African Police Service. That’s an average of 2,763 murders a year, or about seven women a day. ​​Compared with other countries where stats are available, South A...

As of 2021, some 20% of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years have undergone female genital mutilation, according to Unicef data. ...

According to the most recent data from the World Bank, in 2020 there were just over 27 million (27,052,773) women in Kenya. ...

In 2020, Nigeria’s female population was roughly 102 million (101,669,950) or 49.32%. ...

Child marriage is prevalent in Nigeria, with 43% of girls married before the age of 18. ...

An estimated 2.6 out of every 100,000 women and girls were killed in Kenya in 2016. This internationally comparable rate for deaths from interpersonal violence was similar to the global average of 2.6. More: Five facts: Femicide in South Africa ...

According to a report released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Marriages and Divorces, 2019, the median age is 32 among first-time brides in civil marriages, up from 31 the year before and 30 in 2015. First-time grooms are getting older too – from 34 in 2015 to 35 in 2019. ...

Statistics South Africa’s Inequality Trends in South Africa report, which was released in 2019, found that women earned on average 30% less than men in the same jobs. The report reveals that males are more likely to be employed and have relatively better-paying jobs compared to females. ...

According to 2016 data, 26% of South African women who had ever had a partner had experienced physical, sexual and/or emotional violence. Physical violence was the most common form of violence experienced by these women, at 21%. This was followed by emotional violence (17%) and sexual violence (6%)....