Gender inequality, not Islam, is most responsible for holding back economic and social development across the Arab world.The Arab Human Development Report The Arab Human Development Report is published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Description Arab Human Development Report was first published in 1999 and, since, additional AHDRs were released each year following the 2002 AHDR. , issued annually by the UN development agency, warns that gender inequality, not Islam, is most responsible for holding back economic and social development across the Arab world “Arab States” redirects here. For the political alliance, see Arab League. The Arab World (Arabic: العالم العربي; Transliteration: al-`alam al-`arabi) stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the . Citing political inflexibility in·flex·i·ble adj. 1. Not easily bent; stiff or rigid. 2. Incapable of being changed; unalterable. 3. Unyielding in purpose, principle, or temper; immovable. , male domination, and war, the report reveals deep-seated discrimination against women across the region: half of all women are illiterate ILLITERATE. This term is applied to one unacquainted with letters. 2. When an ignorant man, unable to read, signs a deed or agreement, or makes his mark instead of a signature, and he alleges, and can provide that it was falsely read to him, he is not bound by , fewer than 80 percent of girls go to secondary school, women hold only 10 percent of high government positions, and women suffer more overall ill health than men. Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist. |
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