Women’s participation in political life in the Arab region: closing gaps to increase women’s participation in decision-making processes
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Policy briefs | E/ESCWA/CL2.GPID/2025/Policy brief.3 | April 2025
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- 2030 Agenda
- Climate change
- Debt and fiscal policy
- Financing for development
- (-) Gender equality
- Governance & enabling environment
- Inclusive development
- Future of employment
- Macroeconomics
- Natural resource sustainability
- Population dynamics & migration
- Resilient development & conflict prevention
- Statistics
- Technology & innovation
- Trade & regional connectivity
SDGs
- Agenda 2030
- Goal 1: No Poverty
- Goal 2: Zero Hunger
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
- Goal 4: Quality Education
- Goal 5: Gender Equality
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
- Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 15: Life On Land
- Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Initiatives
- Reducing inequalities
- Women’s economic empowerment
- Women’s rights and gender mainstreaming
- Gender Justice and the Law
- Arab Digital Inclusion Platform
- Promoting social justice
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
- Including persons with disabilities in the labour market
- Arab-European Research Network on Disability
- Gender statistics
- International migration
- Job creation
- Older persons
- Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls
- Realizing the rights of persons with disabilities
- REGEND
- Women, peace and security
- Arab Forum for Sustainable Development
- Civil registration & vital statistics
- Development challenges
- Governance and institution building
- Life Cycle
- Monitoring Sustainable Development Goal Data
- Reforming social protection systems
- Strengthening transboundary risk mitigation
- Supporting Least Developed Countries
Clusters
Keywords
- (-) JORDAN
- ARAB COUNTRIES
- GENDER EQUALITY
- WOMEN
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
- GENDER
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS
- GENDER MAINSTREAMING
- GIRLS
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- POVERTY
- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
- SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- SOCIAL CONDITIONS
- WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- COVID-19
- EMPOWERMENT
- EMPLOYMENT
- WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
- GENDER DISCRIMINATION
- STATISTICAL DATA
- UNEMPLOYMENT
- WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
- JUSTICE
- EQUALITY
- HUMAN RIGHTS
- LEBANON
- PEACE
- WOMEN'S STATUS
- DEVELOPMENT
- EDUCATION
- EGYPT
- FOOD SECURITY
- GOVERNANCE
- IRAQ
- TECHNICAL COOPERATION
- ACTIVITIES
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- LABOUR MARKET
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- SOCIAL SECURITY
- TUNISIA
- ARMED CONFLICTS
- CASE STUDIES
- MOROCCO
- PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
- SERIAL PUBLICATIONS
- CONFLICT
- EARLY MARRIAGE
- ECONOMIC GROWTH
- LEGAL ASPECTS
- SOCIAL JUSTICE
- WOMEN'S HEALTH
- STATE OF PALESTINE
- WOMEN'S EDUCATION
- YEMEN
- YOUTH
- CHILDREN
- COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
- ECONOMIC ASPECTS
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
- HOUSEHOLDS
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- POLITICAL LEADERS
- POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
- POVERTY MITIGATION
- REGIONAL COMMISSIONS
- SOCIAL POLICY
- WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
- ALGERIA
- CAPACITY BUILDING
- CIVIL SOCIETY
- DISCRIMINATION
- GENDER STATISTICS
- LAWS AND REGULATIONS
- PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
- REFUGEES
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- DATA COLLECTION
- EMPLOYMENT CREATION
- INNOVATIONS
- NATURAL RESOURCES
- PALESTINE
- SOCIAL ASPECTS
- SUDAN
- WOMEN IN POLITICS
- WOMEN WORKERS
- YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
- HEALTH
- MIDDLE EAST
- NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
- POLITICAL CONDITIONS
- SANITATION SERVICES
- SAUDI ARABIA
- SOMALIA
- TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
- TRAINING PROGRAMMES
- WATER
- ACCOUNTABILITY
- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
- BAHRAIN
- BASIC SERVICES
- DECENT WORK
- DEVELOPING AREAS
- ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
- HEALTH SERVICES
- INCOME DISTRIBUTION
- INFORMAL SECTOR
- LABOUR
- OMAN
- POLICY MAKING
- PRIVATE SECTOR
- QATAR
- RURAL AREAS
- SOCIAL SERVICES
- SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
- TECHNOLOGY
- VIOLENCE
- CITIES
- DISPLACED PERSONS
- DJIBOUTI
- DRINKING WATER
- LIBYA
- LIVING CONDITIONS
- MAURITANIA
- PARTNERSHIP
- REGIONAL COOPERATION
- RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
- RIGHT TO EDUCATION
- SANITATION
- STATISTICS
- AGEING PERSONS
- COMOROS
- DATA ANALYSIS
- DECISION-MAKING
- ENERGY CONSUMPTION
- FERTILITY RATE
- GLOBALIZATION
- GUIDELINES
- HEALTH POLICY
- INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
- INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
- INTERNET
- JUDGES
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- KUWAIT
- MACROECONOMICS
- MILITARY OCCUPATION
- RENEWABLE RESOURCES
- RESEARCH
- RESILIENCE
- RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS
- RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT
- SOCIAL INTEGRATION
- TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL
- URBAN AREAS
- WATER RESOURCES
- WEALTH
- BASIC NEEDS
- CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
- CORRUPTION
- DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT
- DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
- DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
- DEVELOPMENT POLICY
- ECONOMIC CRISIS
- ELECTRICITY
- ENERGY RESOURCES
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- FAMILY
- FERTILITY
- FINANCE
- FINANCIAL CRISIS
- HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
- HOUSING
- HOUSING CONDITIONS
- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
- HUNGER
- INSTITUTION BUILDING
- LABOUR LAW
- LAND RIGHTS
- MANUALS
- MASS MEDIA
- MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
- MIGRATION
- NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
- OPEN SPACES
- PEACEBUILDING
- POLITICAL ASPECTS
- POPULAR PARTICIPATION
- POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
- POPULATION GROWTH
- PRODUCTIVITY
- PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
- PROTEST MOVEMENTS
- PUBLIC INFORMATION
- QUALITY OF LIFE
- RURAL WOMEN
- SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
- SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
- Social protection
- SOCIAL WELFARE
- SOLIDARITY
- TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
- URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- URBANIZATION
- WAGE POLICY
- WASTE MANAGEMENT
- WOMEN AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
- WORK AT HOME
- WORKFORCE
- ADULT EDUCATION
- AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
- AGRICULTURE
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- CARE OF AGEING PERSONS
- CHILD ABUSE
- CHILD CARE
- CIVIL WAR
- CLIMATE
- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE
- COST ANALYSIS
- COSTS
- CRISIS MANAGEMENT
- CULTURAL ASPECTS
- DEMOCRACY
- DEMOCRATIZATION
- DESERTIFICATION
- DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
- DOMESTIC WORKERS
- ECONOMIC POLICY
- ECONOMIC TRENDS
- EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS
- EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
- EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- ENERGY POLICY
- ENVIRONMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
- EQUAL PAY
- FEMINISM
- FINANCING
- FORCED MARRIAGE
- FOREIGN TRADE
- Gender and Renewable Energy
- HEALTH CONDITIONS
- HEALTH INSURANCE
- HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
- HUMAN SECURITY
- HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
- INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
- INDUSTRY
- INSTITUTIONAL MACHINERY
- ISLAMIC LAW
- KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY
- LABOUR MOBILITY
- LAND
- LAW REFORM
- LEADERSHIP
- MARRIAGE STATISTICS
- MEDICAL ASPECTS
- MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
- MIGRANT WORKERS
- MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
- MUSLIM WOMEN
- NATIONALITY
- PALESTINIANS
- PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- POPULATION
- POPULATION DYNAMICS
- PROGRAMME PLANNING
- PROGRAMMES OF ACTION
- PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
- PUBLIC TRANSPORT
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- RURAL POPULATION
- RURAL POVERTY
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
- SOCIAL STATUS
- SOCIAL SURVEYS
- SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS
- STANDARD OF LIVING
- SUPPLY AND DEMAND
- SURVEYS
- SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
- TAXATION
- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
- URBAN PLANNING
- VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
- WASTE DISPOSAL
- WATER MANAGEMENT
- WATER POLICY
- WOMEN REFUGEES
- WORKING CONDITIONS
- WORK PROGRAMME
- ACCESS TO INFORMATION
- ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS
- ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
- ADOLESCENTS
- ADVISORY SERVICES
- AFRICA
- AGE-SEX DISTRIBUTION
- AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
- AGRICULTURAL WASTES
- AIR POLLUTION
- AIR QUALITY
- ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
- ASSIMILATION
- ASYLUM SEEKERS
- BAHRAINIS
- BANK LOANS
- BASELINES
- BIG DATA
- BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
- BIOMASS
- BOYS
- BRAZIL
- BROADBAND
- BUDGET
- BUDGETING
- CARE ECONOMY
- CAREGIVERS
- CHILD HEALTH
- CHILD MORTALITY
- CHILD NUTRITION
- CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
- CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
- CIVIL SERVICE
- CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
- COASTAL AREAS
- COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
- COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS
- COMPETITION
- CONFERENCES
- CONSUMPTION
- COOPERATIVE HOUSING
- COOPERATIVES
- COPYRIGHT
- COUNSELLING
- COUNTRY PROGRAMMES
- CROATIA
- CULTURE
- CURRENCY INSTABILITY
- DANGEROUS GOODS
- DECLARATIONS
- DEFINITION
- DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS
- DEMOGRAPHY
- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
- DEVELOPMENT PLANS
- DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
- DIGITAL DIVIDE
- DIRECTORIES
- DISABILITY
- DISABILITY STATISTICS
- DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
- DROUGHT CONTROL
- ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
- ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
- ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
- ECONOMIC PLANNING
- ECONOMICS
- ECONOMIC SECURITY
- ECONOMIC SURVEYS
- ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION
- EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS
- EDUCATIONAL POLICY
- EDUCATIONAL REFORM
- EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
- ENERGY CONSERVATION
- ENERGY SERVICES
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
- EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
- EQUITY
- EVALUATION
- EXERCISE
- EXTENDED FAMILY
- FACTOR ANALYSIS
- FAMILY WELFARE
- FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
- FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
- FINANCIAL POLICY
- FINANCIAL RESOURCES
- FINANCIAL SERVICES
- FISHING
- FLEXIBLE HOURS OF WORK
- FOOD POLICY
- FORCED MIGRATION
- FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
- FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
- FORESTS
- FRESHWATER
- GENDER ROLES
- GLOBAL WARMING
- GREEN ECONOMY
- GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
- GULF STATES
- HANDICRAFTS
- HEALTH ECONOMICS
- HEALTH INDICATORS
- HEALTH PERSONNEL
- HEALTH STATISTICS
- HIGHER EDUCATION
- HOSPITALS
- HOURS OF WORK
- HOUSEHOLD SIZE
- HOUSING NEEDS
- HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- INCENTIVES
- INCOME POLICY
- INDUSTRIALIZATION
- INFANT MORTALITY
- INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
- INFORMATION SERVICES
- INFORMATION SOCIETY
- INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SITUATION
- INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
- IRREGULAR MIGRANTS
- JOB VACANCIES
- LABOUR ADMINISTRATION
- LABOUR RELATIONS
- LABOUR STATISTICS
- LAND-BASED RESOURCES
- LAND DEGRADATION
- LANGUAGES
- LARGE ENTERPRISES
- LAW
- LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
- LEBANON SITUATION
- LEGAL SERVICES
- LIFE EXPECTANCY
- LITERACY
- LOANS
- LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- MARINE POLLUTION
- MARINE RESOURCES CONSERVATION
- MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
- MATERNAL MORTALITY
- MATERNAL WELFARE
- MICROCREDIT
- MIGRANTS
- MONEY SUPPLY
- MORTALITY
- MULTIDIMENTIONAL POVERTY INDEX
- NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
- NATIONAL INCOME
- NATIONAL SECURITY
- NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
- NORTH AFRICA
- NURSING HOMES
- NUTRITION POLICY
- OBESITY
- OLD AGE BENEFITS
- PARENTS
- PARKS
- PATENTS
- PEACEMAKING
- PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
- PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- PETROLEUM
- PLURALISM
- POLITICAL VIOLENCE
- POPULATION SIZE
- POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
- PRENATAL CARE
- PRIMARY EDUCATION
- PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
- PRODUCTIVE AGEING
- PROGRAMME BUDGETING
- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- PUBLIC SECTOR
- PUBLIC SERVICES
- PUBLIC WELFARE
- QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
- QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA
- QUESTIONNAIRES
- RADICALISM
- RAPE VICTIMS
- REAL PROPERTY
- RECONSTRUCTION
- RECOVERY
- REFORMATORIES
- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- REGIONAL PLANNING
- REGIONAL PLANS
- REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- RESOURCES ALLOCATION
- REVOLUTIONS
- RIGHT TO FOOD
- RIGHT TO HEALTH
- RIGHT TO OWN PROPERTY
- RIGHT TO WORK
- RISK
- RISK ASSESSMENT
- ROAD MAPS
- RULE OF LAW
- RURAL DEPOPULATION
- SAFETY REGULATIONS
- SCIENTISTS
- SECONDARY EDUCATION
- SEGREGATION
- SEX DIFFERENTIALS
- SKILLED WORKERS
- SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
- SLUMS
- SOCIAL INDICATORS
- SOCIAL ISOLATION
- SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS
- SOCIAL MEDIA
- SOCIAL WORK
- SPECIAL EDUCATION
- STAFFING
- STATES
- STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
- SUPPORT SERVICES
- SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
- SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
- TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
- TELEVISION
- TERMS OF REFERENCE
- TIME MANAGEMENT
- TIME USE STATISTICS
- TOURISM
- TRANSPORT PLANNING
- TREATIES
- TREATY-MONITORING BODIES
- UNITED KINGDOM
- UNPAID WORK
- URBAN POPULATION
- URBAN TRAFFIC
- VIRUSES
- VITAL STATISTICS
- VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
- WAR
- WATER QUALITY
- WELFARE ECONOMICS
- WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS
- WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES
- WORK LIFE BALANCE
- WORK ORGANIZATION
- YEMEN SITUATION
- YOUNG WOMEN
- YOUTH HEALTH
- YOUTH LEADERS
- YOUTH POLICY
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