United Arab Emirates (UAE) : Legal Reforms to Strengthen Women’s Economic Inclusion - Case Study
In 2019-2020, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) introduced a historic package of legal reforms aimed at strengthening women’s economic participation, in line with its national policy commitment to gender balance. The reforms signified a major mileston...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099419309142218876/IDU073eb970d033eb04d4608fc80d158fa944973 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38036 |
| Summary: | In 2019-2020, the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) introduced a historic package of legal
reforms aimed at strengthening women’s economic
participation, in line with its national policy commitment
to gender balance. The reforms signified a major milestone
for the region, introducing paid parental leave in the
private sector for the first time in the Middle East and
North Africa (MENA), enabling women to choose where to live
and to travel outside the home and internationally in the
same way as men, introducing the principle of equal pay for
work of equal value, and lifting the obedience provision in
the UAE’s Personal Status Law. This case study explores the
nature of the legal reforms in the UAE, their potential
implications for women’s economic empowerment and the UAE’s
gender policy goals, and the factors that provided the
enabling conditions for change. |
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