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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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 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- 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 12: Responsible Production and Consumption
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 14: Life Below Water
- 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
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
- Job creation
- Gender statistics
- Promoting social justice
- Arab-European Research Network on Disability
- Arab Financing for Development Gateway
- Arab Financing for Development Scorecard
- Artificial Intelligence-Powered Budgeting
- Development challenges
- Disability Statistics
- Governance and institution building
- Including persons with disabilities in the labour market
- Integrated national financing frameworks
- Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls
- Realizing the rights of persons with disabilities
- Reforming social protection systems
- Women, peace and security
Clusters
Keywords
- (-) EGYPT
- ARAB COUNTRIES
- GENDER EQUALITY
- WOMEN
- GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- WOMEN'S RIGHTS
- GENDER
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- GIRLS
- GENDER MAINSTREAMING
- POVERTY
- STATISTICAL DATA
- EDUCATION
- EMPOWERMENT
- WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- COVID-19
- WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT
- EMPLOYMENT
- SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- GENDER DISCRIMINATION
- LABOUR MARKET
- JORDAN
- SOCIAL SECURITY
- GENDER STATISTICS
- IRAQ
- JUSTICE
- ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
- EQUALITY
- GOVERNANCE
- PEACE
- PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
- TUNISIA
- UNEMPLOYMENT
- WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- EARLY MARRIAGE
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- LEBANON
- MOROCCO
- SOCIAL CONDITIONS
- WOMEN'S STATUS
- GOVERNMENT POLICY
- HUMAN RIGHTS
- LEGAL ASPECTS
- CASE STUDIES
- STATE OF PALESTINE
- YEMEN
- ALGERIA
- CHILDREN
- DEVELOPMENT
- ECONOMIC ASPECTS
- FOOD SECURITY
- HEALTH
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
- POVERTY MITIGATION
- TECHNICAL COOPERATION
- WOMEN'S EDUCATION
- WOMEN'S HEALTH
- YOUTH
- AGEING PERSONS
- ARMED CONFLICTS
- DATA COLLECTION
- WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
- YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
- COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
- CONFLICT
- EMPLOYMENT CREATION
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
- HOUSEHOLDS
- LAWS AND REGULATIONS
- POLICY MAKING
- POLITICAL LEADERS
- PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
- SAUDI ARABIA
- SOCIAL JUSTICE
- SOCIAL POLICY
- SOMALIA
- SUDAN
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- BAHRAIN
- CAPACITY BUILDING
- ECONOMIC GROWTH
- INFORMAL SECTOR
- REFUGEES
- RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
- WOMEN IN POLITICS
- CIVIL SOCIETY
- DECENT WORK
- DISCRIMINATION
- DISPLACED PERSONS
- DJIBOUTI
- HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
- HEALTH SERVICES
- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
- HUNGER
- LIVING CONDITIONS
- MAURITANIA
- MIDDLE EAST
- NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
- OMAN
- PALESTINE
- QATAR
- RIGHT TO EDUCATION
- RURAL AREAS
- SANITATION
- SOCIAL ASPECTS
- STATISTICS
- SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
- TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL
- TRAINING PROGRAMMES
- VIOLENCE
- WATER
- WOMEN WORKERS
- ACTIVITIES
- DECISION-MAKING
- INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
- LABOUR
- LIBYA
- MIGRATION
- MILITARY OCCUPATION
- NATURAL RESOURCES
- PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
- SERIAL PUBLICATIONS
- Social protection
- SOCIAL SERVICES
- TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
- URBAN AREAS
- ACCOUNTABILITY
- BASIC SERVICES
- CARE OF AGEING PERSONS
- CHILD MORTALITY
- CITIES
- CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
- COMOROS
- DATA ANALYSIS
- ENERGY RESOURCES
- ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
- INCOME DISTRIBUTION
- INNOVATIONS
- INSTITUTION BUILDING
- KUWAIT
- MANUALS
- MEDICAL ASPECTS
- POLITICAL CONDITIONS
- POPULATION
- PRIVATE SECTOR
- REGIONAL COMMISSIONS
- REGIONAL COOPERATION
- RESILIENCE
- RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT
- TECHNOLOGY
- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
- BASIC EDUCATION
- BUDGET
- CLIMATE
- COSTS
- CRISIS MANAGEMENT
- DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
- DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
- DEVELOPMENT POLICY
- DISABILITY
- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
- ECONOMIC CRISIS
- ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- EQUAL PAY
- FERTILITY RATE
- FINANCING
- Gender and Renewable Energy
- GUIDELINES
- HUMAN SECURITY
- ILLITERACY
- JUDGES
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- LABOUR LAW
- LAW REFORM
- MASS MEDIA
- MIGRANT WORKERS
- NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
- OLD AGE BENEFITS
- PALESTINIANS
- PARTNERSHIP
- PEACEBUILDING
- POPULATION DYNAMICS
- POPULATION TRENDS
- PRODUCTIVITY
- PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
- PUBLIC INFORMATION
- PUBLIC SERVICES
- QUALITY OF LIFE
- RECOVERY
- RENEWABLE RESOURCES
- REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
- RESEARCH
- RURAL WOMEN
- SANITATION SERVICES
- SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
- SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
- SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
- SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
- URBANIZATION
- WAGE POLICY
- WOMEN AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- WORK AT HOME
- ACCESSIBILITY
- ADULT EDUCATION
- AGEING
- AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
- AGRICULTURE
- AIDS
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- BASIC NEEDS
- CHILD ABUSE
- CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
- CIVIL WAR
- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- COST ANALYSIS
- CULTURAL ASPECTS
- DEBT
- DECENTRALIZATION IN GOVERNMENT
- DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS
- DESERTIFICATION
- DEVELOPING AREAS
- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
- DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
- DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
- DIRECTORIES
- DISABILITY STATISTICS
- ECONOMIC STATISTICS
- EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS
- EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
- EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
- EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION
- ENERGY CONSUMPTION
- ENERGY CONVERSION
- ENERGY SERVICES
- ENERGY STATISTICS
- ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- EVALUATION
- FAMILY
- FEMINISM
- FINANCE
- FINANCIAL CRISIS
- FINANCIAL POLICY
- FISCAL POLICY
- FORCED MARRIAGE
- FORCED MIGRATION
- GLOBALIZATION
- GREEN ECONOMY
- HEALTH STATISTICS
- HOUSING CONDITIONS
- INDUSTRY
- INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
- ISLAMIC LAW
- LABOUR MOBILITY
- LABOUR STATISTICS
- LAND RIGHTS
- MALNUTRITION
- MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
- MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES
- MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
- MUSLIM WOMEN
- NATIONALITY
- NATIONAL SECURITY
- NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
- OPEN SPACES
- PENSIONS
- PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- POLITICAL ASPECTS
- POPULAR PARTICIPATION
- POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
- POPULATION GROWTH
- POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
- PROGRAMMES OF ACTION
- PROTEST MOVEMENTS
- PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
- QUESTIONNAIRES
- RISK
- RISK ASSESSMENT
- SOCIAL INTEGRATION
- SOCIAL ISOLATION
- SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION
- SOCIAL STATISTICS
- SOCIAL STATUS
- SOCIAL WELFARE
- SOLIDARITY
- SUPPLY AND DEMAND
- SURVEYS
- SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
- TAXATION
- TRADE STATISTICS
- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
- TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
- UNPAID WORK
- URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- URBAN PLANNING
- WAR
- WAR ON GAZA
- WAR VICTIMS
- WATER POLICY
- WATER RESOURCES
- WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE
- WORKING CONDITIONS
- ACCESS TO INFORMATION
- ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS
- ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
- ADOLESCENTS
- AFRICA
- AGENDA
- AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
- AIR POLLUTION
- ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
- ASSIMILATION
- ASYLUM SEEKERS
- BAHRAINIS
- BANK LOANS
- BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
- BLOCKADE
- BRAZIL
- BUDGETING
- BUDGET PERFORMANCE
- BUSINESS
- CAPITAL MARKETS
- CEASEFIRES
- CHILDBIRTH
- CHILD CARE
- CHILD HEALTH
- CHILD LABOUR
- CHILD MIGRANTS
- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
- CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
- CIVILIAN PERSONS
- CIVIL SERVICE
- CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
- COASTAL AREAS
- COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS
- COMPETITION
- CONFERENCES
- CONFIDENTIALITY
- CONGO
- CONSUMER EDUCATION
- CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS
- CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE
- COOPERATIVE HOUSING
- COOPERATIVES
- CORRUPTION
- COST OF LIVING
- COUNSELLING
- COUNTRY PROGRAMMES
- CULTURAL PARTICIPATION
- CULTURE
- DANGEROUS GOODS
- DATABASES
- DATA PROCESSING
- DATA QUALITY
- DEBT MANAGEMENT
- DECENTRALIZATION IN MANAGEMENT
- DECLARATIONS
- DEFINITION
- DEVELOPMENT PLANS
- DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
- DIGITAL CONTENT
- DIGITAL DIVIDE
- DISABILITY BENEFITS
- DRINKING WATER
- DROPOUTS
- DROUGHT
- DROUGHT CONTROL
- ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
- ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
- ECONOMIC POLICY
- ECONOMIC SECURITY
- ECONOMIC TRENDS
- EDUCATIONAL POLICY
- EDUCATIONAL REFORM
- ELECTRICITY
- ELECTRIC POWER
- ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- EMPLOYMENT POLICY
- EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
- EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
- ENERGY
- ENERGY POLICY
- ENVIRONMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGY
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
- EQUITY
- EVIDENCE
- EXERCISE
- FACTOR ANALYSIS
- FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
- FERTILITY
- FINANCIAL ASPECTS
- FINANCIAL RESOURCES
- FINANCIAL SERVICES
- FINANCIAL STATISTICS
- FISHING
- FLOODS
- FOOD
- FOOD AID
- FOOD POLICY
- FOOD PREPARATION
- FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
- FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
- FOREIGN TRADE
- FORESTS
- FREEDOM
- GENDER ROLES
- GOVERNMENT BUDGETING
- GOVERNMENT SPENDING POLICY
- GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
- GULF STATES
- HANDICRAFTS
- HEALTH CONDITIONS
- HEALTH INSURANCE
- HEALTH POLICY
- HOURS OF WORK
- HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
- HOUSING
- HOUSING NEEDS
- HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
- HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
- IMPORTS
- INCOME
- INDIA
- INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
- INDUSTRIALIZATION
- INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS
- INFANT MORTALITY
- INFLATION
- INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
- INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
- INFORMATION NETWORKS
- INFORMATION SOCIETY
- INSTITUTIONAL MACHINERY
- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- INTERNET
- INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
- INVESTMENT POLICY
- IRREGULAR MIGRANTS
- JOB VACANCIES
- KENYA
- KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY
- LABELLING
- LABOUR ADMINISTRATION
- LABOUR RELATIONS
- LAND-BASED RESOURCES
- LAND DEGRADATION
- LAW
- LEADERSHIP
- LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
- LEGAL SERVICES
- LIBYANS
- LIFE EXPECTANCY
- LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
- LITERACY
- LOANS
- LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
- MACROECONOMICS
- MADAGASCAR
- MALARIA
- MANPOWER
- MANPOWER STATISTICS
- MANUFACTURING
- MARINE POLLUTION
- MARINE RESOURCES CONSERVATION
- MARRIAGE STATISTICS
- MATERNAL MORTALITY
- MEN
- MICROCREDIT
- MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
- MIGRANTS
- MIGRATION POLICY
- MINERAL RESOURCES
- MINERALS
- MINING
- MONETARY POLICY
- MONEY SUPPLY
- MULTIDIMENTIONAL POVERTY INDEX
- MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
- NATIONAL INCOME
- NEPAL
- NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- NORTH AFRICA
- NURSING HOMES
- NUTRITION POLICY
- OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS
- OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
- OWNERSHIP
- PACKAGING
- PARENTS
- PARKS
- PEACEMAKING
- PENSION FUNDS
- PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
- PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- POLITICAL VIOLENCE
- POPULATION COMPOSITION
- PRECIPITATION
- PRIMARY EDUCATION
- PRINCIPLES
- PRODUCTIVE AGEING
- PROGRAMME BUDGETING
- PROGRAMME PLANNING
- PROJECT ACTIVITIES
- PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
- PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- PUBLIC DEBT
- PUBLIC INVESTMENT
- PUBLIC SECTOR
- PUBLIC TRANSPORT
- PUBLIC WELFARE
- QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
- QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA
- RAPE VICTIMS
- RAW MATERIALS
- REAL PROPERTY
- RECONSTRUCTION
- REFORMATORIES
- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- REGIONAL PLANS
- REGIONAL SECURITY
- REMITTANCES
- RESOURCES ALLOCATION
- RESOURCES EXPLORATION
- RESOURCES MOBILIZATION
- REVOLUTIONS
- RIGHT TO FOOD
- RIGHT TO HEALTH
- RIGHT TO OWN PROPERTY
- RIGHT TO WORK
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- RURAL POPULATION
- RURAL POVERTY
- SAFETY REGULATIONS
- SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- SECONDARY EDUCATION
- SEGREGATION
- SEX DIFFERENTIALS
- SEX DISTRIBUTION
- SLUMS
- SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY
- SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
- SOCIAL ACTION
- SOCIAL CHANGE
- SOCIAL INDICATORS
- SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS
- SOCIAL MEDIA
- SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS
- SOCIAL SURVEYS
- SOCIAL VALUES
- SOCIAL WORK
- SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS
- SOLAR ENERGY
- SPECIAL EDUCATION
- STAFFING
- STANDARD OF LIVING
- STATES
- STATISTICAL CAPACITY
- STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY
- STATISTICAL SERVICES
- STERILIZATION
- STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
- SUBSIDIES
- SUPPORT SERVICES
- TAX REVENUES
- TELEVISION
- TEMPERATURE
- TIME MANAGEMENT
- TIME USE STATISTICS
- TOURISM
- TRANSPORT ECONOMICS
- TRANSPORT PLANNING
- TRANSPORT STATISTICS
- TREATIES
- TREATY-MONITORING BODIES
- UGANDA
- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
- UNITED KINGDOM
- URBAN ENVIRONMENT
- VALUE CHAINS
- VIOLENT DEATHS
- VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
- VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
- VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
- VOCATIONAL TRAINING
- WAR CRIMES
- WASTE MANAGEMENT
- WATER CONSERVATION
- WATER MANAGEMENT
- WATER QUALITY
- WEALTH
- WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS
- WOMEN REFUGEES
- WORKFORCE
- WORK LIFE BALANCE
- WORK ORGANIZATION
- WORK PROGRAMME
- YEMEN SITUATION
- YOUNG WOMEN
- YOUTH HEALTH
- YOUTH LEADERS
- YOUTH POLICY
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