00:00African women are making progress across the spectrum. Whether it's in the
00:05socio-economic space or in public representation, there's been an
00:10improvement. According to recent data, women in Africa have shown a slight
00:15improvement in gender equality, achieving a score of 50% across economic, social
00:21and public representation areas compared to 48% in 2019. But why is this the case?
00:29Traditional gender roles are changing across various cultures. Women are getting
00:35more educated, more employed and more money. But women are still missing from
00:41most leadership roles in politics and in business. Plus, the gap between what men
00:48and women earn has gotten worse, dropping from 61% in 2019 to 58% in 2023. This
00:57gap has led to a shift in traditional roles across the continent and social
01:03media is helping more young African men and women revolutionize what gender roles
01:09actually mean. This has certainly shifted opinions on masculinity, feminism and gender
01:16roles. And this has created an impact even in social relationships. Young people today
01:23have completely different expectations from their partners. Men should be earning more,
01:29but also a woman can earn more. It's not limited to a relationship. I feel like a man should
01:35be able to lead. And personally, if you don't make more than me, I don't think that's leading.
01:41The question really is not who's earning more. Should the lady earn more, the man earn more. The
01:47question is, is there the respect? Most of people use it to, like, most women use it like they have a lot of
01:55powers than men when they have a lot than men. Yeah. So I guess men should earn more.
02:01If you both earn much more, it's much better. Yeah, for life. When you have a family, I think you
02:08should earn more in terms of men, because you have, you call all the responsibilities compared to ladies.
02:15I think the way you relate with your partner, it doesn't matter. If you may be earning more,
02:20he may be earning more at some point of his life. So it's the way you relate with your partner.
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