Women in Public Life : Gender, Law and Policy in the Middle East and North Africa / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Center of Arab Woman for Training and Research
Public institutions play a critical role in promoting gender-sensitive policies and gender equality more broadly, in the MENA region and around the world. Advancing gender balance in public institutions and public life more generally, including the judiciary, parliaments, and the political executive constitutes a major step towards gender-responsive policies and non-discrimination and serves as a key milestone in promoting gender equality. This report provides a comparative overview of the policies affecting women’s participation in public life across the MENA region. It examines the existing barriers to women’s access to public decision-making positions, and provides a cross-country assessment of current instruments and institutions to advance women’s empowerment in the MENA region. The report undertakes an analysis of the existing legal barriers for gender equality in public life, including with regard to political and economic rights, freedom of movement, labour law, family law, access to justice and gender-based violence and provides focused policy-recommendations to close legal and institutional gaps. The report has been prepared by the OECD, in partnership with Centre for Arab Women Training and Research (CAWTAR) and with the support of the Arab Administrative Development Organisation (ARADO) and covers the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Notes
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
English
Contents
Equality and judicial protection in family relations
Family law and the principle of equality across the MENA region
Foreword and acknowledgements
Legislation on violence against women in MENA countries
Women in political decision making and public life in MENA countries
Embedding gender considerations in public policies across the MENA region
Assessment and recommendations
Executive summary
Acronyms and abbreviations
MENA government tools for gender equality
Towards gender-responsive laws and policies in the MENA region
Towards women's empowerment in public life in the MENA region
Female participation in the labour force across the MENA region.
ISBN
92-64-22463-7
Doi
10.1787/9789264224636-en
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