Description: The Status of Yemini Women : From Aspiration to Opportunity

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The Status of Yemini Women : From Aspiration to Opportunity

The report draws on the conceptual framework of the world development 2012: gender equality and development, and the regional report on gender equality, opening doors: gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa. The report's analytic...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ADOLESCENT BOYS ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS ADULT LITERACY ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS AGE OF MARRIAGE ANTENATAL CARE ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS BARRIERS TO WOMEN BOTH SEXES CAPACITY BUILDING CASH CROP CHILD HEALTH CHILD MARRIAGE CHILD MARRIAGES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILDBEARING CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS DEATHS OF CHILDREN DECISIONS ABOUT MARRIAGE DEMOCRACY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE DIET DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCRIMINATORY LAWS DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DROPOUT EARLY CHILDBEARING EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC STATUS ECONOMIC TRENDS EDUCATION FOR GIRLS EDUCATION OF GIRLS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION EMERGENCIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL FOOTING EQUAL RIGHTS FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY FEMALE LITERACY FEMALE TEACHERS FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER DISPARITIES IN EDUCATION GENDER DISPARITY GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN LITERACY GENDER GAPS GENDER IMBALANCE GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GENDER NORMS GIRLS IN SCHOOL HEALTH CARE HEALTH RISKS HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBANDS ILLITERACY ILLNESS IMMIGRANTS IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION INFORMAL SECTOR INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LACK OF AWARENESS LEGAL RIGHTS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY RATES LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL ECONOMY MARITAL STATUS MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL MIDWIVES MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE MINIMUM AGE OF MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MORTALITY MOTHER NATIONAL DIALOGUE NATIONAL LAWS NATIONALITY LAW NATIONALS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PARENTAL CONSENT PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PEACE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL TURMOIL POLYGAMY POOR GIRLS POOR HEALTH POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION ESTIMATES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE PRIMARY SCHOOLING PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPHERE QUALITY EDUCATION RAPID POPULATION GROWTH RELIGIOUS LEADERS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE RESEARCH COMMUNITIES RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RIGHTS OF WOMEN ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL GIRLS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SCARCE RESOURCES SCHOOL ENROLMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICE DELIVERY SEX SHADOW REPORT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL UNREST SOCIAL WELFARE SPOUSES STATUS OF WOMEN TRANSPORTATION TREATIES TREATY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL EDUCATION UNIVERSITY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN WOMEN VICIOUS CYCLE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VULNERABILITY WAR WARS WDR WOMAN WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS WOMEN IN SOCIETY WORKFORCE YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG MALE YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19456143/status-yemini-women-aspiration-opportunity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18246

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Summary:	The report draws on the conceptual framework of the world development 2012: gender equality and development, and the regional report on gender equality, opening doors: gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa. The report's analytic approach is unique in threading together three bodies of evidence and analysis to shed new light on significant trends and causes underpinning the large gender disparities in the country. The report presents: i) a fresh look at available survey data on human development and socio-economic indicators in the country; ii) a brief history and in-depth analysis of the most critical legal barriers to women's and girl's full participation in Yemeni society; and iii) insights from a rich qualitative dataset collected in January 2011.The findings especially highlight the powerful roles of social norms and legal rights and entitlements in placing women and girls at a disadvantage and constraining not only faster progress on gender equality but also the country's economic development. The objectives of this report are two-fold: first, to take stock of the status of gender outcomes in Yemen and understand the forces that are driving the strong gender inequalities; and second, drawing on these insights and outcomes of the study, to highlight promising areas for policy action in this crucial transition period. The report explores how individual aspirations and opportunities in the areas of education, family formation, and labor force participation are constrained by the severe gender gaps in Yemeni society.