On March 24 in Cona-cris, Stat View, in collaboration with Afrobarometer, presented the results of its surveys for the year 2022. The studies focused on the living conditions of Guineans and the rights of Guinean women.
Stat View general manager Aliou Barry said many Guineans “experience a high level of poverty and bemoan the economic situation in the country.” Guineans would not appreciate the government’s efforts in managing the economy, in improving living conditions, in creating jobs, in reducing the gap between rich and poor and in price stability.
“Four out of ten Guineans live in high poverty. The majority of citizens regularly lacked cash income (88%), medical care (65%), drinking water (62%) and food (53%). Around 7 in 10 Guineans say the country’s economic situation (72%), as well as their own living conditions (67%) are poor. The majority (55%) of respondents believe that economic conditions in the country have worsened compared to 2021. Only half (48%) of them are optimistic that economic conditions will be better in a 12-month period,” explains Aliou Barry.
The majority of Guineans (69%) disapprove of the responses provided by the government in the management of the economy. 83% are in favor of improving the living conditions of the poor, 89% are in favor of job creation, 90% are in favor of reducing the gap between rich and poor, 93% are in favor of price stability.
Gender equality
57% of Guineans support the principles of equality with regard to access to employment, 61% for equal access to land and 70% in favor of political eligibility. However, only 39% of respondents indicate that women and men have the same chances of owning and inheriting land.
“Men have benefited from secondary and post-secondary education more than women. Unequal access to education, lack of women in positions of influence and inequality of opportunity or salary in the workplace are the first three important gender issues for Guineans,” says Aliou Barry. .
46% of Guineans judge the government’s performance in the promotion of women to be good, 53% find it bad. They are 72% for gender equality.
“The demand for gender equality is overwhelming in Guinea, but the supply remains mixed. If a woman running in an election would gain in reputation according to the majority of Guineans, many believe that they could face criticism or harassment”. Women would have fewer assets than men. “They have less autonomy in managing their own income than men and benefit less from secondary and post-secondary education levels than men”. For Aliou Barry, unequal access to education remains the major gender-related challenge.
Yaya Doumbouya