Report: Discrimination drives gender inequality in Africa

FILE - A woman serves dishes at her food stall that she owns on the edge of a bus terminal in Kampala, Uganda. Experts say much work remains to be done to ensure that African women have equal economic opportunities and are free from discrimination.

Despite progress in policy and legislation intended to end gender inequality in most African countries, the continent is still far from achieving gender equality, according to recent research by the polling organization Gallup.