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Unemployment among women in the Middle East is twice that of men, pointing to low wages, a lack of skills and a belief among some that a woman's place is in the home. [ 78 ] Gender inequality remains a major concern in the region, which has the lowest female economic participation in the world (27% of females in the region participate in the ...
Qasim Amin is considered the father of women's reform in the Muslim Middle East, challenging societal norms in his book The Liberation of Women. [11] Amongst these two male leaders were also three Egyptian women, Maryam al-Nahhas, Zaynab Fawwaz, and Aisha al-Taymuriyya, who worked for the Islamic feminism movement in the late 19th century.
When aggregated by region, North Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, the three regions with the most and highest density of Muslims in the world, have the highest rates of female unemployment in the world. [31] In North Africa, 17% of females are unemployed and 16% of women in the Middle East are unemployed. [31]
Feminism in the Middle East (15 C, 6 P) B. ... Pages in category "Women's rights in the Middle East" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
In February 2017, Saudi Arabia appointed the first woman to chair the national stock exchange, the largest stock market in the Middle East. [38] In May 2017, King Salman ordered that women should be allowed access to government services, such as education and healthcare, without needing consent from a male guardian. [39]
The women's press in Egypt started voicing such concerns since its very first issues in 1892. Egyptian, Turkish, Iranian, Syrian and Lebanese women and men had been reading European feminist magazines even a decade earlier, and discussed their relevance to the Middle East in the general press. [34]
In Islamic culture, the roles played by men and women are equally important. Gender roles viewed from an Islamic perspective are based on the Qur'an and emphasize the dynamic structure of the family. [17] As in any socio-cultural group, gender roles vary depending on the conservative or liberal nature of the specific group.
According to a 2012 World Economic Forum report [173] and other recent reports, [174] Islamic nations in the Middle East and North Africa region are increasing their creation of economic and employment opportunities for women; compared, however, to every other region in the world, the Middle East and North African region ranks lowest on ...