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The note maps gender inequalities, status and trends, and the drivers behind outcomes by combining quantitative evidence with qualitative insights from key informant interviews across civil society, academia, government, and the development community. It highlights progress in education, prenatal care, and reproductive health, while detailing remaining gaps across poverty, labor participation, agency, and violence.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nAbbreviations  \nBMI body mass index  \nCVEsc Cabo Verde Escudo  \nGBV gender-based violence  \nICIEG Instituto Cabo-verdiano para Igualdade e Equidade de Género  \n(Cabo Verdean Institute for Gender Equality and Equity) ICT information and communication technology  \nIDRF Inquérito às Despesas e Receitas Familiares (Household Budget and Expenditures Survey) IDSR Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde Reprodutiva (Demographic and Reproductive Health Survey) IMC Inquérito Multi-objectivo Contínuo (Continuous Multipurpose Survey)  \nINE Instituto Nacional de Estatística (National Institute of Statistics)  \nITCV Instituto do Turismo de Cabo Verde (Tourism Institute of Cabo Verde) LFP labor force participation  \nNEET not in employment, education, or training  \nRGPH Recenseamento Geral da População e Habitação (General Census of Population and Housing) STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics  \nAcknowledgements  \nThis report was authored by Marilia Magalhaes, Miriam Muller and Gabriela Paczko Bozko Cecchini. The authors gratefully acknowledge contributions from Luiz Berticelli, Rita Damasceno Costa, Eduardo Malasquez Carbonel, Gabriela Inchauste and Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa and administrative support by Vania Jurena Gama Lopes, Pedro Carlos Soares and Santosh Kumar Sahoo. The team worked under the guidance of Johan Mistiaen. The team benefitted greatly from excellent peer review comments received from Daniel Kirkwood and Emily Elaine Gardner. Finally, and most importantly, our deepest gratitude to the key informants who shared their time, expertise, and reflections with us.  \nContents  \nAbbreviations ................................................................... 4  \nAcknowledgements............................................................... 4  \nIntroduction  .............................................................................. 6  \nBackground  ............................................................................. 10  \nCountry context ................................................................ 11  \nPopulation and household structure .................................................. 13  \nPoverty and gender .............................................................. 17  \nPoverty and gender differences by concelho ............................................. 21  \nHuman capital and endowments  ........................................................ 24  \nReproductive health ............................................................. 25  \nMental health .................................................................. 28  \nEducation .................................................................... 28  \nEconomic participation  .................................................................. 35  \nLabor force participation .......................................................... 36  \nQuality of labor force participation: Wage gap, informality, and precarious work ...................... 40  \nEntrepreneurship ............................................................... 42  \nAsset ownership and financial inclusion ................................................ 42  \nAccess to information and communication technology ...................................... 42  \nGender disparities in the use of time .................................................. 43  \nVoice and agency  .......................................................................48  \nChild marriage ................................................................. 49  \nIntrahousehold decision-making ..................................................... 49  \nDecision-making in the public sphere: High-level positions and political decision-making ............... 50  \nGender-based violence ........................................................... 51  \nConclusions  ........................................................","cbCaiuvgOxwCjhAg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuvgOxwCjhAg","pdf",8221952,2,1,32,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n# Background\n## Country context\n## Population and household structure\n## Poverty and gender\n## Human capital and endowments\n## Reproductive health\n## Mental health\n## Education\n## Economic participation\n## Voice and agency\n## Gender-based violence\n# Conclusions\n# Appendix A\n## Original quotes from key informants\n# References","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of this background note for Cabo Verde?\",\"answer\":\"It supports an upcoming Poverty Assessment by summarizing gender inequalities, their status and trends, and the drivers behind observed outcomes in Cabo Verde.\"},{\"question\":\"Which data sources are used in the report?\",\"answer\":\"The report reviews literature and uses recent survey data from INE, including RGPH 2021, IMC, IDSR, and IDRF, plus qualitative interviews with key informants.\"},{\"question\":\"What improvements in gender-related outcomes does the report emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights major gains such as near elimination of illiteracy, essentially universal access to prenatal care, and strong improvements in sexual and reproductive health outcomes.\"}]","They are Women in the Plural - 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