COUNTRIES	Has National Plan of Action	Has Ratified the Optional Protocol	HDI Rank*		GDI Rank*		GEM Rank*		Has Discriminatory Laws in the Following Areas (Source: Equality Now)	A N D D E M A N D I N G A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y
			1995	1999	1995	1999	1995	1999
Algeria	Yes		85	109	84	93	87	92	MARRIAGE
Angola	Yes		164	160	118		83
Benin			155	155	114	123	84
Botswana	Yes		74	122	55	102	38
Burkina Faso	Yes		169	171	126	141	82	77
Burundi			165	170	121	140		70	ECONOMIC
Cameroon			127	134	70	110	68	87
Cape Verde			123	106	85	90	51	62
Central African Republic			149	165	106	137	106	94
Chad			162	162	122	135
Comoros			139	139	98	114	113
Congo, Dem. Republic of			143		102		107
Congo, Rep. of	Yes		122	135		111	104
Cote d'lvoire			145	154	107	130	112
Djibouti			154	157	112		115
Egypt	Yes		107	120	92	103	96	86
Equatorial Guinea			142	131			92	89
Eritrea	Yes			167				50
Ethiopia	Yes		171	172	124	42	105		VIOLENCE
Gabon			114	124
Gambia			161	163	119	133	74	93
Ghana	Yes		129	133	97	109	76
Guinea	Yes		168	167	125	134
Guinea-Bissau			163	168	120	139	72
Kenya	Yes		130	136	88	113			PERSONAL
Lesotho			131	127	89	105	69	55	ECONOMIC

Number 1 is the top ranking, so the lower the number, the better the country's ranking