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There are no official laws in the Constitution of the Maldives that require women to cover their heads, but since the early 21st-century Maldivian women have commonly worn hijabs and niqabs when in public.
The situation of women in Maldives provides a comprehensive understanding of the current status of women’s rights and equality, from an individual, institutional and community levels to...
Women and girls in the Maldives continue to suffer from structural discrimination rooted in pervasive societal norms, gender-stereotyping, and religious conservatism, contributing to the...
The pandemic has impacted women’s rights in the Maldives in two significant ways. Firstly, women experienced income losses more severely than men, and secondly, women reported an increase in gender-based violence and domestic violence.
In Maldives, 2.2% of women aged 20–24 years old who were married or in a union before age 18. The adolescent birth rate is 5.1 per 1,000 women aged 15–19 as of 2019, down from 7.82 per 1,000 in 2017. However, work still needs to be done in Maldives to achieve gender equality.
Maldives ranks 177th out of 183 countries for the number of women representatives in the Parliament. (Inter-Parliamentary Union, May 2022). Thanks to amendments in the Decentalisation Act which mandates a minimum of 33% women at the local level, currently there are 39.5% women in local governance.
MWA is a women-led NGO dedicated to championing women across our islands through education, innovation and inclusive inter-generational partnerships. We are committed to our mission and values supporting everyday women through a community-centered approach, connecting hyper-local issues to the greater world around us.