Even with the progress achieved in closing the gender gap, especially in education, a huge gender gap in the economic activity still persists in the MENA region.The book gives an overview of approaches and measures in eighteen of the Middle East and Northern Africa´s economies to promote, s...
This article gives a gender based approach to better understand the difference between male and female entrepreneurial intentions in the Egyptian culture. It is based on a fieldwork qualitative research made of interviews with 320 Egyptian French-speaking students in Egypt.The article analyses an...
Although the official data and reports indicate that the contribution of women in the labour force in Egypt does not exceed 22% and that this ratio is among the lowest in the world, these statistics do not take into consideration the issue of domestic work. Indeed they often exclude domestic unpa...
This report reviews the status of women and gender equality in the Arab region and the implementation of the Beijing declaration and platform of action, in the past 20 years. It highlights the accomplishments made, such as the changes in the Personal Status Code in some countries or some measures...
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 ...
Cross-gender mainstreaming in policies varies from one country to another according to the concepts used to define gender equality. This report provides a conceptual framework to understand the implementation of gender equality and women's emancipation policies developed in the Netherlands since ...
This report is a result from an experts’ meeting about rural women and access to finance in North Africa and it studies the case of Algeria.Women living in rural areas face many obstacles, mainly in their access to education and schooling, employment opportunities, land ownership, in additi...
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 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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