gender and region

Recent research shows that a government is of a higher quality when more women are involved and that extra funds, invested wisely, can boost lower income regions to achieve higher levels of female performance. The crisis offers governments the opportunity to do things differently and implement response and recovery measures that help bring a more equitable economy and society. “Thanks to the Joint Research Centre for hosting this workshop which was unique in its focus on gender equality during EU Regions and Cities Week. ← 28. In Morocco, the National Commission for the Support of Women Victims of Violence (CNPCFVV) of the Ministry of Justice has developed, in cooperation with the European Council, a short awareness film on violence against women in the context of the COVID-19 confinement measures. However, attention should be paid that there is enough diversity as to not cement gender labour segregation by confining women entrepreneurs to certain sectors such as cooking and sewing. Countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have established contribution-based unemployment insurance schemes, but often have restrictive conditions on obtaining such benefits (ILO, 2017[43]) (World Bank, 2013[44]). Only a few public policy actions to date have focused specifically on supporting women in dealing with the economic repercussions of the crisis. [22] OECD (2019), SIGI 2019 Global Report: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities, OECD Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1787/bc56d212-en. Almost half of employed women6 in Morocco and the Palestinian Authority hold part-time jobs (ILO, 2020[18]), putting them at higher risk of job loss due to legal frameworks allowing easy lay-off of part-time employees. In Egypt and Lebanon, women make up respectively 90% and 80% of the total nursing staff (UN Women, 2020[47]) (UN Women, 2020[48]). According to Defence Order no.6, termination of an employment contract is permitted during the lockdown in the following instances only: death of the employee or the employee's inability to perform work, provided the same is supported by a medical report;Â, the employee fulfils the requirements of retirement under the Social Security Law;Â, the employee impersonates another individual or presents false certificates or documentation with the purpose of procuring a benefit himself/herself, or brings detriment to another;Â, the employee is convicted, by a judicial ruling of final degree, of a felony or misdemeanour, violating public honour and morals;Â, the employee is found in a state of intoxication or other psychotropic substance, or commits an act violating public morals in the workplace;Â. the employee assaults his/her employer, responsible manager, any of his/her superiors, another employee or any other person during work or, as a result thereof, by battery or insult. For Palestinian Authority, Maryse Guimond, Special Representative, UN Women; Inas Margieh, Programme Coordinator, UN Women; Hadil Naser, Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme Manager, UN Women; and Odeh Shehadeh, Secretary General, Palestinian Federation of Industries. Due to the time-sensitive nature of the crisis, it becomes vital to include national gender institutions in the decision-making process of emergency responses to avoid side-lining of gender concerns and key processes like gender impact assessments. Oman has also suspended municipal taxes, government fees and rent payments for all companies in industrial zones for three months. In Tunisia, households not covered by any social insurance programme will receive a payment of TND 200 (USD 68), while households registered under the social security system will be allocated TND 50 (USD 17). The Rapid Gender Analysis conducted in the Palestinian Authority (UN Women, 2020[52]) suggests that this is compounded by the lack of support, resources, and guidance provided to household members in implementing e-learning. Author’s calculations based on ILO (2018), ILOSTAT, https://www.ilo.org/shinyapps/bulkexplorer2/. Variance in gender parity outcomes is somewhat higher within the Economic Participation and Opportunity subindex, and even more so for the Political Empowerment subindex; there is a 30% and a nearly 50% difference, respectively, in gender gap size between the region’s best- and worst-performing countries on these subindexes. In the Palestinian Authority, UN Women has been actively working with the Ministry of Economy and the Palestinian Monetary Authority to collect macro-level data on the economic impact of the crisis on women entrepreneurs to inform policies and programming in support to women-led MSMEs. Nursing staff in some countries such as Lebanon already reported working longer hours and with reduced salaries (UN Women, 2020[47]). In this study, we characterized age-specific and gender-specific changes that occur in five brain regions (cerebral cortex, hippocampus, amygdala, corpus callosum, and cerebellum). The government is also working with UNHCR to create a “safety net” monetised assistance package for refugee families in line with the priorities and eligibilities of the Ministry of Social Development’s emergency response (UNHCR, 2020[72]). Source: Authors’ calculations, based on (ILO, 2019[15]), ILO Modelled Estimates, Population and Labour Force (dataset), https://www.ilo.org/shinyapps/bulkexplorer24/?lang=en&segment=indicator&id=EAP_2WAP_SEX_AGE_RT_A. She presented evidence, from recent research, that female representation is strongly negatively associated with both grand and petty corruption. ← 4. Other strategies adopted include in-kind support for families in urgent need. We hypothesize that changes in these estrogen-responsive proteins will be gender and brain region specific; providing insight into key signaling alterations that occur during the aging process. Similarly, social expectations on women’s caring responsibilities stigmatise female workers: two-third of the North African population declares children will suffer with working mothers, and one-third think this is not acceptable for women to work outside home for pay (OECD, 2019[22]). The most common forms of support for companies in these sectors have been tax relief measures. This requires overcoming significant structural barriers in some countries where women’s work in agriculture is under-valued and small farm holders are confined at the very end of supply chains. This issue is of particular concern for widows or divorced women who may not have access to the pension benefits of male family members. 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