In Cote d'Ivoire, for example, the share of firms with female representation in ownership is above 60% (AfDB, 2015). Together with the Beijing Platform for Action +20, these instruments provide the policy framework, priority areas and review mechanisms that inform gender-related national policies and strategies. By 2014, seven countries had adopted such a policy or strategy: Cabo Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo (UN Women, 2014).