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
Liberia				159
Libya			73	65	75	68
Madagascar			135	147	95				ECONOMIC
Malawi	Yes		157	159	113	132	89	90
Mali			173	166	128	136	97	74	MARITAL
Mauritania			150	149	116	122	111	99
Mauritius			60	59	49	57	62	61
Morocco	Yes		117	126	93	106	85	84	VIOLENCE
Mozambique	Yes		167	169	123	138	61	59
Namibia	Yes		108	115		97	52
Niger	Yes		174	173	127	143		102
Nigeria	Yes		141	146	100	120	108		VIOLENCE
Rwanda			156	164
Sao Tome Principe			133	123
Senegal	Yes	Yes	152	153	111	127	88
Seychelles			62	66
Sierra Leone			173	174	129
Somalia			166
South Af rica			95	107		84		18
Sudan	Yes		144	142	109	117	102	97	MARITAL
Swaziland	Yes		124	113	83	96	59	69
Tanzania, United Republic of	Yes		147	156	104	126			MARITAL
Togo			140	143	101	118	110	100
Tunisia	Yes		75	102	59	87		75
Uganda	Yes		158	158	110	137
Zambia	Yes		136	151	97	125	86	82
Zimbabwe			127	130			43	58

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