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Tunisia Report on women’s empowerment in the Mediterranean region
Women’s empowerment and gender equality are fundamental to democracy and the realisation of human rights for all. Building stable, prosperous inclusive societies requires women’s full enjoyment of their fundamental rights and their balanced participation in leadership and decision-making positions. The countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean and the Member States of the European Union share strong commitments to gender equality within their legislative, constitutional and international frameworks and most have enshrined women’s rights in law. Yet women on both shores of the Mediterranean still experience many social, economic, political and cultural obstacles to their equal participation. While substantial progress has been documented in respect of gender equality in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries in terms of education, health, labour force participation and income, that progress is uneven and gender inequalities across a wide range of issues persist in all countries.
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