Ivory Coast’s Women Reject Equality in Household Debate

Eugenie Kramoh says she’s angry at Ivory Coast’s government for passing a law last year that improved her legal and financial status and made the country eligible for more donor funds.

“I doubt they were thinking about the well-being of women when they voted the law,” the 52-year-old married house cleaner and Abidjan resident said as she was hailing a taxi to buy groceries at a supermarket. “It’s difficult enough to get married and this will make it only more difficult.”