This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women's economic empowerment in the Middle East and North …, social norms, and practices. The analysis focuses on Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. Using 2023 data from the fifth … women's economic empowerment. The paper also explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this discrimination. Finally …

economic barriers to their empowerment have been removed. Without gender equality and women’s empowerment, the Sustainable … Development Goals will not be achieved. Yet investments into gender equality and women’s empowerment are lagging behind … investments for most other goals. Implementing commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment requires a range of tools …

The equal inclusion of women in economic life is a key driver of economic growth throughout the world, including the … Pacific Alliance countries of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Talent is lost, and future growth suffers, when women do not … to do to advance the equality agenda, and Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru have much to do. While girls and women in the …

gender-environment nexus – could help to alleviate limitations to gender equality and women’s economic empowerment and … enhance their roles in environmental sustainability and green growth. Likewise, enhancing gender equality, and women … could support women’s economic empowerment in environment-related sectors; women’s environmental leadership and decision …

The women in politics indicator includes data on: Women parliamentarians: the share of women in the national lower or … single houses of parliament. Measured as a percentage of total parliamentarians. Women ministers: the share of women … as a percentage of total ministers, where: 0: There are legal quotas to promote women’s political participation both at …

advance women’s economic empowerment (WEE) within their development cooperation and gender equality policies and strategies …

-economic conditions, with expanded and enhanced employment opportunities, gradually rising wages and better living standards. Yet, the … dividends of this strong and multifaceted dynamism have not, so far, been evenly shared between men and women. Whereas economic … disparities remain in women’s labour force participation, job quality and earnings in the region. This report – developed jointly …

Those in employment are people above a specified age who, during a specified period, were in paid employment or self-employment …. People in paid employment during the reference period performed some work for a wage or salary, in cash or in kind, or they …