Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Progress towards gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region is a descriptive note on progress and gaps towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in the region, produced to provide the situational context to the World Ban...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	AGENCY GENDER EQUALITY PATRIARCHAL NORMS POLITICAL REPRESENTATION VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN HEALTHCARE EDUCATION WOMEN IN WORKFORCE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ACCESS TO FINANCE PROPERTY RIGHTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/801561511848725797/Progress-towards-gender-equality-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28965

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spelling	okr-10986-289652021-05-25T10:54:41Z Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Middle East and North Africa Region World Bank AGENCY GENDER EQUALITY PATRIARCHAL NORMS POLITICAL REPRESENTATION VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN HEALTHCARE EDUCATION WOMEN IN WORKFORCE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ACCESS TO FINANCE PROPERTY RIGHTS Progress towards gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region is a descriptive note on progress and gaps towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in the region, produced to provide the situational context to the World Bank Group’s regional gender action plan (RGAP) FY18-23. It shows that the MNA region has made considerable gains in women’s access to education and health, and identifies persistent challenges that remain. Specifically, gaps need to be addressed in the areas of women’s economic opportunities (labor force participation, financial inclusion), women’s voice and agency (political participation, gender based violence, etc.), and gender specific vulnerabilities in conflict and fragility, as well as women’s participation in reconstruction efforts. In addition, the note shows that development outcomes are correlated with the larger issue of norms and stereotypes related to women’s role in society, another area in which MNA lags behind other regions. 2017-12-06T22:41:26Z 2017-12-06T22:41:26Z 2017-09 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/801561511848725797/Progress-towards-gender-equality-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28965 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Women in Development and Gender Study Economic & Sector Work Middle East and North Africa
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description	Progress towards gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region is a descriptive note on progress and gaps towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in the region, produced to provide the situational context to the World Bank Group’s regional gender action plan (RGAP) FY18-23. It shows that the MNA region has made considerable gains in women’s access to education and health, and identifies persistent challenges that remain. Specifically, gaps need to be addressed in the areas of women’s economic opportunities (labor force participation, financial inclusion), women’s voice and agency (political participation, gender based violence, etc.), and gender specific vulnerabilities in conflict and fragility, as well as women’s participation in reconstruction efforts. In addition, the note shows that development outcomes are correlated with the larger issue of norms and stereotypes related to women’s role in society, another area in which MNA lags behind other regions.
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title	Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Middle East and North Africa Region
title_short	Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Middle East and North Africa Region
title_full	Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Middle East and North Africa Region
title_fullStr	Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Middle East and North Africa Region
title_full_unstemmed	Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Middle East and North Africa Region
title_sort	progress towards gender equality in the middle east and north africa region
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/801561511848725797/Progress-towards-gender-equality-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28965
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Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Middle East and North Africa Region

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