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Arab Transformations

Arab Transformations. Gender Equality and the Promotion of Women's Rights  in the MENA Region: What We Can Learn from Public Opinion Surveys in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco and Jordan Professor Pamela Abbott F Ass Presentation for Project Policy Event, Brussels, 8 th September 2016.

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Arab Transformations

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  1. Arab Transformations Gender Equality and the Promotion of Women's Rights  in the MENA Region: What We Can Learn from Public Opinion Surveys in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco and Jordan Professor Pamela Abbott F Ass Presentation for Project Policy Event, Brussels, 8th September 2016 Political, Economic and Social Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa

  2. Gender Inequality and the Empowerment of Women in the 6 Countries

  3. Why is Gender Equality Important? • Gender inequality is holding MENA states back • Popular acceptance of women’s rights is essential for transition to democracy. Acceptance of democracy alone is insufficient. • Women are good for development: Economies grow faster and men and children benefit when there is greater gender equality. • But women do not automatically benefit from economic growth, women only benefit if they are empowered to claim and exercise their rights. • The promotion of women’s rights and gender mainstreaming is a priority for the EU but few respondents to the ArabTrans Public Opinion Survey saw support for promoting women’s right as a priority for EU support to their country.

  4. Attitudes to Women’s Education

  5. Attitudes to Women’s Employment

  6. Attitudes to Women: Economic Empowerment • Only 14.7% of married women living in owner occupied marital home were joint owners in the AT 2014 survey, 5.1% in Iraq, 19.4% in Jordan, 20.3% in Morocco and 22.7% in Jordan.

  7. Attitudes to Women: Political Leadership

  8. Gendered Relations – Personal Status Law

  9. Support for Gender Equality and for Procedural Democracy

  10. Policy Implications • Both top down & bottom up approaches necessary to promote women’s rights and empowerment. • For women to claim and exercise their rights, it is necessary that there are legal frameworks in place and support for implementation and monitoring – but this is not sufficient. • Women must also know their rights and be able to claim & exercise them: programmes working with men & boys as well as women & girls to build an understanding of importance of women claiming & exercising their rights are essential. • Practical support should focus on improving women's lives. • Women’s economic empowerment and job creation needs to be supported in ways that take account of women’s domestic roles. • Local NGOs need to be supported in promoting women’s rights in ways that incorporate Islamic feminism.

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