NDLI: Middle East and North Africa : gender overview

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Middle East and North Africa : gender overview

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Livani, Talajeh
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	This update will examine progress during 2000-2005 in five areas: economic participation, access to education, access to health care, women's legal rights, and public participation and representation, as of September, 2006. This also provides information on additional work carried out in the area of gender and poverty, as well as the ongoing research on women's entrepreneurship. There are great intraregional disparities in the extent to which women's economic activity has increased or decreased over the past couple of years. Unfortunately, there is still a greater disparity between female and male labor force participation in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in comparison with other regions. Unemployment is a bigger issue for men. The policy makers countries are also concerned that increased female labor force participation would raise overall unemployment. Another important factor in the maternal mortality rates is the practice of early marriage in some of the countries of the region, mostly among the poor and the rural populations. This mainly affects already marginalized women. A second factor that influences the poverty level of female-headed households is marital status. An interesting observation is that the poverty status of the household and the gender of the head affect the labor participation of other members in the household. Studies across countries have shown that female owned firms employ a larger share of women than their male counterparts.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	48
Page Count	48
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMNAREGTOPGENDER/Resources/MiddleEastandNorthAfricaregionalgenderoverview.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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