Publication: Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Date
2017-09
ISSN
Published
2017-09
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
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.
Citation
“World Bank. 2017. Progress Towards Gender Equality in the Middle East and North Africa Region. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/28965 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”