ISBN:
9780821397633
,
9780821397640
Language:
English
Pages:
xvii, 187 p.
DDC:
305.420956
Keywords:
Frau
;
Women's rights
;
Women's rights
;
Sex discrimination against women
;
Sex discrimination against women
;
Women Legal status, laws, etc
;
Women Legal status, laws, etc
;
Gleichberechtigung
;
Frau
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
;
Naher Osten
;
Nordafrika
;
Naher Osten
;
Electronic books.
;
Naher Osten
;
Nordafrika
;
Frau
;
Gleichberechtigung
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Gender equality in MENA : the facts and the puzzle -- Impressive achievements in human development -- Little discrimination between girls and boys within the household -- Of the lowest rates of excess female mortality in the world -- Rapid declines in maternal mortality -- More girls in school than in much of the world -- Virtually no gender gaps in enrolment, and reverse gender gaps in university, and math performance -- MENA's performance in human development is largely explained by economic development and wealth -- Some challenges remain -- The puzzle in MENA : why do women participate in such few numbers outside the home? -- Women in the workforce -- Women in business -- Women in politics -- What explains the mena puzzle? -- Religion is too simplistic an explanation -- Oil endowments alone cannot explain the paradox either -- Social norms and the legal framework limit women's agency --
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
