Rights & Reality – On the Legal Reality Faced by Women in Arab Countries

It is a known fact that women in many countries face difficulties in obtaining their legal rights.Yet only little information is available in international cooperation on the actual barriers that prevent women from successfully claiming those rights. The present publication aims to make a first contribution toward closing that information gap, by identifying the factors that determine the legal reality faced by women in Arab countries.

Author(s)

Barakat, Bushra A.

Funk, Anette

Kröhn, Silvana

Würth, Anna

Publisher:Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)

Geographical Location

Region: 

Europe

Country: 

Germany

Type(s) of Resource

Case Study

Topic Area(s)

Gender

Promotion of Gender Equality

Other

Resource File or Link

Resource File: 

rights-and-reality-2007.pdf