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Female genital mutilation (FGM), while not widespread, exists among some populations in northern parts of the country; the prevalence of FGM is estimated at about 5% of women in the country.
FGM is now illegal: the law imposes a penalty of two to five years of prison and a fine of 200,000 Congolese francs on any person who violates the "physical or functional integrity" of the genital organs.
Although the Mobutu regime paid lip service to the important role of women in society, and although women enjoy some legal rights (e.g., the right to own property and the right to participate in the economic and political sectors), custom and legal constraints still limit their opportunities.
The inferiority of women has always been embedded in the indigenous social system and reemphasized in the colonial era.
Moreover, educational opportunities for girls remained constricted compared with those for boys.
By the 1990s, women had made strides in the professional world, and a growing number of women now work in the professions, government service, the military, and the universities.
The state promoted expansion of cash crop hectarage for export, particularly of coffee and quinine, has reduced the amount and quality of land available for peasant household food-crop production.
Higher-priced and nutritionally superior food crops such as sorghum are frequently sold by producers who eat only their cheaper, less nutritious food crops such as cassava.
“There were food taboos which restrict women from eating certain foods (usually the most desirable) since ‘they are not the equals of men.’ Women may not eat in the presence of other men, and they are often allowed only their husband's leftovers.” Opportunities for wage labor jobs and professional positions remained rare even after independence.
For example, in Kisangani there were no women in law, medicine, or government in 1979, nineteen years after independence.
But they remain underrepresented in the formal work force, especially in higher-level jobs, and generally earn less than their male counterparts in the same jobs.
In addition, certain laws clearly state that women are legally subservient to men.
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