Title:	Institutions and Gender Empowerment in the Global Economy
Authors:	Roy, Kartik Hans Blomqvis Cal Clark
Keywords:	Women--Economic conditions
Issue Date:	2008
Publisher:	World Scientifi
Description:	At the World Economic Forum in the Middle East held in May 2006, participants from member countries discussed some of the major institutional hindrances to women’s empowerment and what needs to be done to facilitate women’s empowerment. They agreed that for women attempting to empower themselves, overcoming powerful social and cultural norms is the only way forward. For example, a woman may have the legal right to work but in some countries, she must have her husband’s permission to work in any organization. This is a customary or informal law. Similarly, while under Islamic law, a husband’s property must be divided equally between surviving spouses and children, in practice, this does not always happen. Hence, significant gender gaps exist between men and women in areas of economic participation, economic opportunity, political empowerment, educational attainment, and health and well-being in most countries in the Islamic world.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/16446
ISBN:	978-981-270-996-7
Appears in Collections:	Gender

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