Opening Doors : Gender Equality and Development in the Middle East and North Africa.

Opening Doors : Gender Equality and Development in the Middle East and North Africa.

In the last two decades, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has closed many critical gender gaps, especially in ensuring equal access for girls and boys to education and healthcare. Today, the region can be proud that its women are enrolling in far greater numbers in university than ever...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bank, The World
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : World Bank Publications, 2013.
Series:MENA development report.
Subjects:
Sex discrimination against women > Africa, North.
Sex discrimination against women > Middle East.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Africa, North.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Middle East.
Women's rights > Africa, North.
Women's rights > Middle East.
Sex discrimination against women
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Women's rights
North Africa
Middle East
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Boxes; O.1 A Younger Generation Full of Aspirations; O.2 Importance of Education for a Girl; Figures; O.1 MENA's Progress in Female Literacy, 1985-2010; O.2 MENA's Progress in Women's Health and Education, 1985-2010 (Average Annual Growth Rates in Key Indicators); O.3 Female and Male Labor Force Participation across MENA, Ages 15-64; O.4 Gender Gaps in Youth Unemployment Rates, Ages 15-24; O.5 Women in Legislatures (Lower or Single Houses); O.6 Female Labor Force Participation, 1980-2009; O.3 Little Mercy for Working Women.
  • O.4 MENA Not Unique: Constraints Faced by Women Elsewhere as WellO. 5 Political Economy of Reform in Tunisia and Morocco: Momentum for Change; O.7 Public Sector Wage Gap: Difference in Average Hourly Earnings for Salaried Workers in the Public and Private Sectors; O.6 Women's Voices on the Arab Spring; O.8 Demographic Transition: MENA's Male and Female Age Structure, 2010 and 2050; O.9 Necessity to Create Jobs for Women and Men, 1950-2100; O.10 GCC Primary Nonoil Balance, 2000-11; 1 Gender Equality in MENA: The Facts and the Puzzle; Impressive Achievements in Human Development.
  • 1.1 MENA's Progress in Women's Literacy, 1985-20101.2 MENA's Progress in Women's Health and Education, 1985-2010 (Average Annual Growth Rates in Key Indicators); 1.3 Skewed Sex Ratios at Birth and Excess Female Mortality in MENA and the Rest of the World, 1990 and 2008 (Girls Missing at Birth and Excess Female Deaths after Birth, 000s); 1.4 Female-to-Male Enrollment Ratios: MENA Countries, 1975-2010; 1.5 More Women Than Men Attend University in Many MENA Countries, 2011; 1.6 Per Capita Wealth Is Positively Related to Female Health Outcomes; Women's Participation outside the Home Is Limited.
  • 1.7 Boys and Girls Drop Out of School for Different Reasons: Evidence from Iraq, Ages 11-241.1 Education Cut Short; 1.8 Female Labor Force Participation across Regions, 1980-2009; 1.9 Female Labor Force Participation Rate, 1980-2009; 1.2 Transition in Irish Female Labor Force Participation; 1.3 Is Growth the Silver Bullet to Expand Women's Participation in the Workforce? Evidence from Egypt, 1998-2006; 1.10 Female and Male Labor Force Participation across MENA; Tables; 1.1 Female Labor Force Participation Rates by Education; 1.11 Unemployment in MENA and Rest of the World.
  • 1.4 Being Young and Female in the Islamic Republic of Iran's Economy1.12 Tunisia: Unemployment and Participation Rates by Governorate for Women Ages 15-64; 1.13 Tunisia: Unemployment and Participation Rates by Governorate and Education Level, Women Ages 15-64; 1.14 Distribution of Female-Owned Firms by Firm Size; 1.15 Share of Female Workers by Gender of Owner; What Explains the MENA Puzzle?; 1.5 Saudi Women Granted Right to Vote and Run for Office; Notes; 1.16 Women in Legislatures (Lower or Single Houses); References; 2 Traditional Gender Norms and the Legal Framework Limit Women's Agency.

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