The Status and Progress of Women in the Middle East and North Africa

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

World Bank.

Series:

Women in Development and Gender Study

World Bank e-Library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender.

Gender and Economic Policy.

Gender and Economics.

Gender and Social Policy.

Health.

Transport.

Local Subjects:

Gender.

Gender and Economic Policy.

Gender and Economics.

Gender and Social Policy.

Health.

Transport.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2009.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Over the years, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) social and economic development group has regularly compiled briefs on the status and progress of women in the region for internal and external use. This is the third compendium and its content is drawn from existing data banks, records, statistics, and sources found in the public domain. The compendium includes a regional gender overview, country gender profiles covering all MENA countries, individual country gender briefs for Djibouti, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, West Bank and Gaza, and the Republic of Yemen. In addition, the compendium provides information on research carried out in the area of gender and transport as there is an increased interest in the role of infrastructure in women's economic empowerment, as well as research on attitudes regarding gender roles based on the world values survey.