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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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	WOMEN'S ECONOMIC INCLUSION LEGAL REFORMS GENDER BALANCE GENDER EQUALITY PAID PARENTAL LEAVE WOMENS' EDUCATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099419309142218876/IDU073eb970d033eb04d4608fc80d158fa944973 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38036

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description	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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title	United Arab Emirates (UAE) : Legal Reforms to Strengthen Women’s Economic Inclusion - Case Study
title_short	United Arab Emirates (UAE) : Legal Reforms to Strengthen Women’s Economic Inclusion - Case Study
title_full	United Arab Emirates (UAE) : Legal Reforms to Strengthen Women’s Economic Inclusion - Case Study
title_fullStr	United Arab Emirates (UAE) : Legal Reforms to Strengthen Women’s Economic Inclusion - Case Study
title_full_unstemmed	United Arab Emirates (UAE) : Legal Reforms to Strengthen Women’s Economic Inclusion - Case Study
title_sort	united arab emirates (uae) : legal reforms to strengthen women’s economic inclusion - case study
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2022
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United Arab Emirates (UAE) : Legal Reforms to Strengthen Women’s Economic Inclusion - Case Study

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