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Having gone through a grueling phase of slavery and exploitation, what is eating away the life of the Togo Women among the Togo People are diseases like HIV and malnutrition. The average life expectancy of women in Togo is 56 years, according to a UN survey.
The Togo Population is reported to be 4,410,000a
The estimate of Togo Women population between the age of 15-49, in 1995 is said to be 924,000. In the year 2000, the population of Togo Women of the same age group grew up to be 1086000.
The socio-economic scenario in Togo presents a sorry picture of the living condition of women in Togo. Lack of formal education and employment have landed the Togo Women to occupations like prostitution. And with this, there has been a considerable increase in the population of HIV infected children and women in the last decade.
Togo Women, inspite of their numerous campaigns for women's rights are yet to arrive at a distinctive position in the Togo Government and society. Recent government policies have made the participation of Togo women in police, businesses and institutions possible, although there are discrepancies still going on the rights of Togo Women.
The atrocities carried over on the women in the Francophone colonies of Togoland, have been portrayed even in the numerous women's poetry written during the war of independence. Love for the country as well as a sisterly love and sympathy for the fellow women sufferers have been vividly portrayed in these poems, creating a new genre of revolutionary poetry.
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