UPR Sexual Rights Database

National Report:
Pg 14) In progress: Strengthening of the legal framework; increase in the number of women in elected office; bringing laws into line with the provisions of international legal instruments concerning the rights of women and children; Quota Act of 5 November 2014;

Pg 19) -The principle of equality among citizens is enshrined in the Constitution;
- The proportion of women in public posts rose from 30.66 per cent in 2011 to 33.50 per cent in 2013.
- Labour law: the principle of equal access to public and private employment is established in the General Civil Service Regulations and the Labour Code. Any act of discrimination in this respect leads to cancellation of the appointment, without prejudice to any disciplinary, or even criminal, penalties, as the case may be.

Pg 22) Regarding appointed positions: the President of the Constitutional Court and the President of the High Court of Justice are women; as for the Government, 7 out of 31 ministers are women;
- Gender has been integrated in 52 community development plans.

Pg 24) Measures taken include:
- Adoption of the 2011-2015 Health Development Plan;
- Infrastructure development;
- Increase in nursing staff numbers;
- Resumption of mobile surgery in 2014;
- Establishment of an ad hoc committee to ensure that women's health care continues to be free of charge;
- Implementation of reforms to improve the quality and ease of access of health care and health services for women and children in rural areas:
- Mobile consultation campaigns;
- Construction of 15 Integrated Health Centres, 10 health huts and 38 maternity clinics between 2011 and 2015;
- Recruitment of 536 doctors, pharmacists, surgeons and dentists, 1874 paramedics, 10 national UNV midwives, 10 international UNV doctors and 2290 other health workers by contract from 2011 to 2015;
- 4 mobile surgery missions carried out resulting in 693 operations, 2028 surgical consultations and 970 gynaecological consultations;
- 7 Mother and Child Health Centres put into service in the country's Regions.

Para 36) Regarding the rights of specific groups, laudable efforts have been made in respect of women's participation in politics, with the modification of the Quota Act (which raised the percentage of women in elected office from 10 per cent to 15 per cent) and, in economic terms, with the implementation of several socioeconomic projects aimed at increasing women's monetary income.

UN Compilation:
Para 40) The Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights welcomed the introduction of quotas for women in elected office and in the public service. The country team nevertheless regretted that the act on quotas was only weakly implemented.

Stakeholder Summary:
Para 41) CODDHD said that inequality between men and women persisted in Niger in the sphere of political and administrative decision-making. Only 14 per cent of national deputies and 2 per cent of mayors were women and there was no female governor of a region or prefect. CODDHD noted that, according to a study carried out in 2013, despite the revision of the Quota Act, the representation of women on the decision-making bodies of political parties remained low.