MENA Gender Resources

Advancing Women’s Economic Agency in Yemen: Addressing Gender Norms

December 12, 2025

Barriers to Entry: Decomposing the Gender Gap in Job Search in Urban Pakistan

June 13, 2025

Unlocking Potential: Legal Pathways to Boost Women's Labor Force Participation in the Middle East and North Africa Region

June 4, 2025

Afghanistan Employment Policy Note – A Focus on Youth, Women, and Employment Support Programs (2025)

March 2025

Understanding Home-Based Workers in Pakistan: A Focus on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan

March 7, 2025

The Mis-Education of Women in Afghanistan – From Wage Premiums to Economic Losses (2024)

September 2024

Formal Childcare in Jordan: Limited Services and Unmet Demand Executive Summary

June 25, 2024

Breaking Barriers, Improving Futures: Challenges and Solutions for Girls’ Education in Pakistan

June 3, 2024

Power in Perseverence: Understanding the Journey of Women Entrepreneurs in Yemen

May, 31 2024

Women’s Entrepreneurship in Climate Tech: Insights from Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia

February 27, 2024

Comprehensive Assessment of the Childcare Landscape in Lebanon - A Mixed Methods Study

December 19, 2023

The Role of Public Transport in Women’s Economic Empowerment

November 10, 2023

Gender and Taxpayer Study in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: In Preparation for the One-Stop Taxpayer Facilitation Centers

September 15, 2023

Sexual Harassment in Quetta : Results from the Quetta Urban Household Survey - June 2023 - Pakistan Gender and Social Inclusion Platform and Pakistan Poverty and Equity Program

June 30, 2023

Social Norms and Female Labor Force Participation in Egypt

June 20, 2023

Women in the Workforce in Quetta: Results from the Quetta Urban Household Survey - Pakistan Gender and Social Inclusion Platform and Poverty and Equity Program

April 18, 2023

Who Cares? - Care Work and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon

February 2, 2023

Community and Intra‑household norms against women’s work in Iraq: what matters?

December 05, 2022

UAE: Legal reforms to strengthen women’s economic inclusion

September 14, 2022

Child Care Subsidies, Employment Services and Women's Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt: First Midline Results

August 8, 2022

With or Without Him? Experimental Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Cash Grants and Trainings in Tunisia

July 27, 2022

Toward More and Better Jobs for Women in Energy - An assessment undertaken to guide the new Regional Network in Energy for Women—RENEW

June 22, 2022

The Status of Women in Lebanon : Assessing Women’s Access to Economic Opportunities, Human Capital Accumulation, and Agency

June 15, 2022

Enhancing Female Entrepreneurship through Cash Grants: Experimental Evidence from Rural Tunisia

June 29, 2021

Women in the Workforce in Peshawar (English)

May 31, 2021

What Works to Close the Gender Gaps in MENA

April 21, 2021

Women’s Economic Participation in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon

September 09, 2020

Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces : Analysis of New Survey Data from Peshawar, Pakistan (English)

October 31, 2020

Investigating Gender Discrimination in Tunisia’s Labor Market

September 16, 2020

Gender in Energy Interventions in Fragile and Conflict Situations in the Middle East and North Africa Region

June 29, 2020

The Power of E-Work: Creating Opportunities for Young Women in the WB&G

November 01, 2019

Jordan – Understanding How Gender Norms in MNA Impact Female Employment Outcomes

November 05, 2018

Enhancing job opportunities for skilled women in Palestinian territories

September 18, 2018

Why aren't more Lebanese women working?

May 21, 2018

Tech Startup Ecosystem in WB&G

May 11, 2018

Women Economic Empowerment Study in Egypt

May 01, 2018

Bank of Palestine Strengthens Women-Owned Businesses and the Economy (IFC)

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