On gender equality in human development (access to education, health services etc.), Mauritius, Tunisia and South Africa are in the lead with scores of 98%, 94% and 92% respectively. Overall, gender quality in education has grown significantly in Africa since 2005 with the ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary school reaching 91% in 2012 and growing. Women representation in African cabinets has exceeded Europe with the overall proportion of women cabinet ministers in Africa reaching 20%, with South Africa (45%), Cape Verde (36%) and Lesotho (32%) in the forefront. Overall, each country in Africa has at least one woman in a ministerial position.
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