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Breaking Barriers: Understanding and Addressing Social Norm Constraints to Women’s Work in the Middle East and North Africa

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-24T20:58:06Z
dc.date.available2025-06-24T20:58:06Z
dc.date.issued2025-06-24
dc.description.abstractThis policy brief uses data from those efforts to document the role social norms play to support (or hinder) female labor force participation in a sample of MENA countries. Data was collected in Egypt, the Republic of Iraq, Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia between 2018 and 2024 covering beliefs and social expectations of men and women across a range of FLFP-related norms. Results discuss which social norms are more or less supportive of FLFP and how strongly they predict women’s labor market outcomes, where misperceived norms may be influencing behavior, and how these beliefs and expectations vary across different demographic groups, including at the intrahousehold level.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099062325080012161
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/43370
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/43370
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectDECENT WORK
dc.subjectFEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION (FLFP)
dc.subjectSOCIAL NORMS
dc.titleBreaking Barriers: Understanding and Addressing Social Norm Constraints to Women’s Work in the Middle East and North Africaen
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okr.date.disclosure2025-06-24
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okr.date.lastmodified2025-06-24T19:05:10Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Women in Development and Gender Study
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099062325080012161
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okr.region.geographicalMiddle East
okr.region.geographicalNorth Africa
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicGender::Gender and Social Development
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