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Four ways of strengthening gender equality in the agricultural sector in the MENA region

author(s) Najjar, Dina - Badstue, Lone Bech
from International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
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Dina Najjar, Lone Bech Badstue. (5/3/2020). Four ways of strengthening gender equality in the agricultural sector in the MENA region. URL: https://www.cimmyt.org/news/four-ways-of-strengthening-gender-equality-…, https://www.icarda.org/media/drywire/four-ways-strengthening-gender-equ…
Four ways of strengthening gender equality in the agricultural sector in the MENA region

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Abstract

When it comes to labor markets, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is one of the most gender unequal regions in the world. The male labor force participation rate in MENA is no different from other regions, at around 75%, but female labor force participation rates have remained stubbornly low, at around 20%

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