Women in Public Life Gender, Law and Policy in the Middle East and North Africa

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center of Arab Woman for Training and Research
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2014
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Equality and judicial protection in family relations
  • Foreword and acknowledgements
  • Legislation on violence against women in MENA countries
  • Women in political decision making and public life in MENA countries
  • Executive summary
  • MENA government tools for gender equality
  • Towards women's empowerment in public life in the MENA region
  • Female participation in the labour force across the MENA region
  • Family law and the principle of equality across the MENA region
  • Embedding gender considerations in public policies across the MENA region
  • Assessment and recommendations
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Towards gender-responsive laws and policies in the MENA region