Despite the progress made in women’s education in Jordan and the decrease of the gender gap in education, women´s labour force participation rate is still very low. Indeed, a big gender gap in labour force still persists and women´s skills and qualifications are not utilised to ...
This report provides an overview of the transposition of EU gender equality law in the 28 Member States, in addition to Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. It is composed of reports from experts, of Member States, EEA Countries, Croatia, Former Yu...
This is a training handbook, a guide for newly elected female parliamentarians in Algeria. The main objectives of this guide are to: enhance the capacity of women in the Parliament to promote gender equality in the political sphere and in the development of non-discriminatory laws; provide them w...
This report proposes an agenda for key policy actors, in order to make human rights for women a lived reality. It focuses on the economic and social dimensions of gender equality, such as the right of all women to a good job, adequate pension in older age, health care and safe water without any k...
This report emphasizes the importance of gender equality in the world of work, for both men and women. The report looks closely at existing constraints as well as policies and practices regarding women participation in the world of work, which show promise in closing the gaps. The report advocate...
This paper examines Arab women‘s economic participation, in the transition period in the MENA region, following the Arab uprisings. It aims to assist policy makers and civil society, in shaping a gender responsive inclusive economy. This paper argues that while social values in the Arab cou...
During the last decade, countries in the MENA region have made a progress in gender equality and women´s rights, still, these achievement haven´t ensured an equal role for women on a political and economic level, and women´s participation outside the home is still considered lim...
This report aims at examining the gender dimension in the Egyptian labour market. It is an update of the Egypt gender assessment report which was made in 2003 and looked at gender gaps in social and economic areas such as: legal framework, political participation, health, labour, poverty&he...
This report explains the reality of refugee women who head their household alone, and who fled Syria to Jordan, Lebanon or Egypt. It casts light on the traumatic experience of women who escaped war, and found themselves in new changed roles, responsible for their families. The report is based on ...
This study started from the premise that ensuring women’s voice and inclusion participation in economic decision making is critical for achieving women’s economic empowerment, and improving their economic participation. The study seeks to provide a review of the prevailing plural lega...
This platform is part of the Axis 1 "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors" of the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women for the future in the Mediterranean" funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, in the framework of the project “Developing Women's Empowerment” labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean.
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