Providing an empirical and conceptual context for the volume, this chapter of the book discusses patterns and trends in women’s social and economic participation in the region, draws together the themes explored in individual chapters, and offers policy recommendations and suggestions for f...
Créé il y a 10 ans, Les Pionnières c’est un réseau de près de 20 incubateurs et pépinières au service d’entrepreneures innovantes et créatrices d’emplois durables en France, au Maroc, en Belgique et au Luxembourg....
This report focuses on the importance of gender equality in economic rights and independence, including access to employment, appropriate working conditions and control over economic resources. The report analyses the effects of part-time work and self-employment, on the economic independence of ...
This study examines the role of women-owned small- and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in raising labour force participation, and boosting economic growth in emerging markets. It explains the barriers Women-owned SMEs face, such as: access to education and training, legal and cultural barriers an...
This document comprises examples of strategies and policies to promote gender equality and empower women on the road to sustainable development in the UNECE region. It highlights issues such as: pay gap, access to financial resources, access to education and training, right to ownership, right to...
The European Project« Gender Balance Power Map » offers new opportunities and a new tool so that companies could fight the gap between men and women at decision-making level. The objective of this unique European textbook dedicated to gender equality in SMB (small and medium sized bus...
This report provides a picture of where women stand today in the world of work and how they have progressed over the past 20 years. It examines the global and regional labour market trends and gaps, including in labour force participation rates, employment-to-population rates and unemployment rat...
This article is based on a field study in two Turkish cities: Kocaeli and Sakarya. It discusses microcredit practices, as an important tool used in gaining economic stabilization, providing social welfare, increasing per capita income and accordingly reducing poverty. It examines the role of wome...
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...
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 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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