Title: On the way to improved legal reality : strategies and instruments used to tackle discrimination against women in the Arab world

Authors: Sabra, Martina

Place: Eschborn

Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)

Year: 2008

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women, women's rights, legal status, law, egypt, jordan, yemen

Abstract: Successful interventions to improve the legal situation of women and tackle structural discrimination against women in Egypt, Jordan and Yemen are presented. Key fields of action include ending discrimination in formal law and improving women's access to rights and legal entitlements.

URL: http://www2.gtz.de/dokumente/bib-2009/gtz2009-0019en-discrimination-against-women.pdf

Document type: Portal