Cote Dlvoire, July 9 -- Two years after achieving Level 1 Assess of the EDGE certification process, the African Development Bank has attained Level 2, in further recognition of its commitment to monitoring, benchmarking, and achieving gender parity in its workforce. These rapid developments reflect the Bank's ongoing and sustained efforts to prioritize gender.EDGE is the world's leading certification that measures gender equity in the workplace. The Bank began the EDGE certification process in 2022. In 2019, 83% of the executive workforce at the African Development Bank was men. By 2023, when the Bank was certified at EDGE Level 1, the ratio of women in senior leadership had increased from 17% to 25%, and the gender ratio within the Young P...