A number of African countries adopted and formulated structural adjustment policies with the assumption that the effects would be gender-neutral.  An analysis of the trends and results of the policies shows that the impact of market liberalisation has had different results on men and women. African women have been the hardest hit by economic policies and market liberalisation as these policies have further entrenched gender inequality. The joint report by the African Labour and Research Network (ALRN) examines society and gender, gender and employment distribution, trends in liberalisation of the economy and the labour market, child labour, and labour legislation per country. Countries in the publication include Namibia, South Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana and Nigeria.