Women's control over economic resources and access to financial resources
By: prepared for ESCWA by Mona Chemali Khalaf.
Contributors: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.
Series: Women and development series -- no. 36; Women and development series (United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) -- no. 36.
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Women -- Middle East -- Economic conditions; Women in development -- Middle East
Notes: At head of title: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

"31 August 2009."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-36).

Bahrain; Egypt; Iraq; Jordan; Kuwait; Lebanon; Oman; Palestine; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; The Sudan; Syrian Arab Republic (Syria); United Arab Emirates; Yemen

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: The economic status of women in the ESCWA region; title: Vulnerable employment and unemployment:  Wage gaps ; Sectoral shares in employment ; Women entrepreneurs; title: Gender-based barriers to the economic empowerment of Arab women:  Social institutions and cultural practices ; Access to economic and financial resources.