Gulf Countries – Analysis for Women’s Progression, Empowerment
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: November 28, 2011
WUNRN
The Gulf
Cooperation Council – GCC – is a political and economic
union of the Arab
states bordering the Persian Gulf and constituting the Arabian Peninsula,
namely Bahrain,
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.
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Their Although the journey along the road to the empowerment of women in the Gulf Major positive changes and development have occurred during the past decades GCC governments have invested heavily in education, which as result has According to UNESCO, in 2009, the net enrolment ratio — that is, the ratio of Similarly, the net enrolment ratio in secondary education also increased and In 2009, Bahrain achieved 100 percent literacy for young women between the Young women have been enrolling at all levels of higher education in numbers Investing in women’s education has been crucial to the social and cultural GCC countries have adopted many positive steps to promote gender equality and Although there is still a significant gender gap at all ages, women’s Women hold legal rights that are basically established by Islam. They have the Businesswomen in the GCC have a strong influence in the business community GCC women hold also social power because of their important role as mothers, Five of the GCC countries have adopted new codified personal status laws that In providing social and economic opportunities for women, Gulf countries have Other signs of progress for women leadership appeared with the appointment in Into the future: We can say proudly that women have achieved gains, but more needs to be done. Despite the benefits that women in the GCC have achieved, a mixture of local Change and modernization can only come gradually from within our society, but More can and must be done in the Gulf region to provide women with equal opportunities GCC women represent an important source of energy for the economy. This is Women’s employment should be a crucial element in a larger macro-economic A system of infrastructural support for working women should be promoted and GCC governments can play a major role in helping and encouraging the private Empowering women and providing them with equal access to opportunities will Finally I would like to stress that the success of our society depends on how
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