The paper explores the gender inequality and
examines its impact on early childhood development,
healthand education in the Democratic Republic of
Congo(DRC). It aims at contributing to the understanding
of this serious problem and its long-term effects. It is based
on the qualitative method and the deductive approach
including semi-structured interviews with a target
population of ten Congolese migrants in Egypt. Results
revealed that gender inequality has a significant negative
impact on early childhood development in all life aspects in
the DRC. The paper found out that the Congolese girl
child is negatively affected by gender issues that include
female genital mutilation (FGM) and early marriage that
present a significant health risk for girls. As parents prefer
to educate the boy child, girls don't attend schools and
even if they do attend schools, they are forced by their
parents to drop out early and not to continue their
education. Campaigns and programs should be deployed
in all the country's institutions to raise the public
awareness about the serious effects of the gender
inequality issue and empowering the role of women
starting from the early childhood development
Keywords : Gender Inequality, Early Childhood Development, Health, Education, Democratic Republic Of Congo