Institutions, Law and Practices Hampering Women Engagement
Abstract
Many Arab countries have in place family laws – also known as personal status codes – that confer upon women the status of dependent and minor with respect to marriage, divorce, child custody, and inheritance. Because of these family laws, States that have signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women have done so with significant reservations. Broadly speaking, women remain associated primarily with their family roles, and the cumulative effect is gender-based discrimination and second-class citizenship for women, albeit in varying degrees across the countries of the region.
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CAWTAR
| 2019-02-06 15:01:55
Document Type
Papers
Source
Center of Arab Women for Training and Research(CAWTAR)
Keywords :
/Gender//Gender and Employment//Women' labour market/ /Family laws//Gender and education// Gender an health// /Citizenship/Marriage//Indicators//Arab Countries/