Editing Sierra Leone (section)

===Gender equality===

Although women account for about 50 percent of the population in Sierra Leone, only 28 percent are household heads.<ref name="Alimatu Vandi-2015">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statistics.sl/images/StatisticsSL/Documents/Census/2015/sl_2015_phc_thematic_report_on_gender.pdf|title=Sierra Leone 2015 Population and Housing Census Thematic Report on Gender |author1=Fatou Taqi |author2=Marian Vinnie-Wilson |author3=Alimatu Vandi |date=2015}}</ref> As in the rest of the countries, education is a key factor in succeeding in aspects such as a well-paid job and covering the needs of a house. Rural areas are the most common to lack access to education having only male-headed four percent ahead of females with basic education and 1.2 percent more at the post-graduate level.<ref name="Alimatu Vandi-2015" />

In Sierra Leone, normally, men are automatically positioned as household heads; and their status does not change if their marital status changes over time.<ref name="Alimatu Vandi-2015" /> However, a female household does change depending on their marital status. A woman can be the head of the house only if she remains single for the rest of her life. But if a woman gets married, she will not be entitled to be the head of the house anymore.<ref name="Alimatu Vandi-2015" /> Females can take over the household head if they become widowed or divorced.<ref name="Alimatu Vandi-2015" />

In the labour field, it is expected that the household will financially provide for the needs of the family. However, females face gender discrimination making them the target of lower incomes and financial struggles.<ref name="Alimatu Vandi-2015" /> In numbers, females present a lower percentage (6.3) versus males (15.2) when it comes to being paid employees.<ref name="Alimatu Vandi-2015" /> Women face discrimination when it comes to obtaining financial, social, and cultural help to start a business.<ref name="Harkness-2016"/>