The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also called the 2030 Agenda, introduce a new development agenda focused on long-term articulated solutions. The agenda has adopted an inclusive and transversal project, which considers girls and women as essential to achieve sustainable development....

This study investigates the effect of economic development on womens well being by relating a countrys per capita GDP with several dimensions that affect womens affluence and well being within the economic, social and political context. Data from a sample of low and middle-income category of...

This study examines the status of women’s representation at several levels of governance, including the legislative, the executive, the judiciary, the public service, and local councils, throughout the Arab region. It finds that although there has been some progress in the representation of...

The democratic government should be representative of the population. LGO 2001 brought a space for the marginalized community including women and minority in the local government system. A 33% quota was fixed for women political participation. To enable women to participate in politics with full...