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The report shows that all too often, women’s economic and social rights are held back, because they are forced to fit into a ‘man’s world’. But, it is possible to move beyond the status quo, to picture a world where economies are built with women’s rights at their...Read More

This assessment was conducted to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the risks that Syrian refugee families — especially women and girls — face in Jordan, and to provide a deeper understanding of Syrian urban refugees’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices...Read More

The Global Gender Gap Index introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006, is a framework for capturing the magnitude and scope of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress. The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education- and...Read More

In the region of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the rate of women’s economic participation is lower than in any other region of the world, which has aroused genuine and deep concern. Why have improvements in women’s attainment of education...Read More

The classification by sex has been part of Sudan census from its very beginning. The 2008 Sudan census has provided all the tabulation by sex for urban, rural and nomad to enable such an analysis both at macro and micro levels. This chapter aims to bring together data...Read More

A number of news articles, news programs, and pundits have described the “Arab Spring” as an "Arab Spring for Women" -¬ praising a waive of gender liberation coming with the sense of political redress that seems to be coming in waves across the “Arab world.” Gender...Read More

Nearly one in five people living in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is between the ages of 15 and 24—the age group defined as “youth.” The current number of youth in the region is unprecedented: nearly 95 million in 2005. The extent to which this large...Read More

Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment (proxied using gender gaps in labor force participation) reduce economic growth. Using the most recent data and investigating an extended time period (1960-...Read More

There is consensus and solidarity in the Arab region on the need for a comprehensive stand-alone goal on women's empowerment and gender equality to be included in the post 2015 development agenda, as well as the need for gender mainstreaming in all aspects and goals of...Read More

To identify critical issues of concern to women migrant domestic workers and to determine the extent of their vulnerability, the ILO has been analyzing the situation in several regions. These studies reveal practices and patterns that are the key causes of the...Read More