Female endangerment: The case of the Middle East and North Africa

Abstract

In this paper we examine cross-country evidence on the status of women in the Middle East and North Africa, where high female illiteracy, fertility and maternal mortality rates are observed. We introduce a new concept, “female endangerment”, and construct a composite index using these three components, to look at female endangerment in the region. We argue that gender empowerment cannot be properly assessed independently of women's deprivation. We take a first step of identifying the socio-economic determinants of female endangerment and their relationship to other development correlates.

Citation

Hosni, D. and Chanmala, A. (2001), "Female endangerment: The case of the Middle East and North Africa", The Economics of Women and Work in the Middle East and North Africa (Research in Middle East Economics, Vol. 4), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 33-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1094-5334(01)04005-5