... “Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women”. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ meta‐analyses with data from the United Nations, the Arab Human Development Report, and various sources of measurement of national means for Hofstede's five‐dimensional model of cultural value...

..., and labor force statistics are collected from United Arab Emirates' government reports, the World Economic Forum, and UNESCO. Analysis is conducted to investigate current trends of gender equality in education and employment. Findings Results for the education of women have been...

...Simone Di Zio Purpose This paper proposes the use of martial arts as a means to combat aggressiveness and, at the same time, to provide a concrete and preventive answer to the problem of violence against women. Design/methodology/approach The paper suggests the teaching of martial...

...Monika Merkes Changes in the economy, workforce, technology, population and family structures have implications for women’s working futures. Longer life expectancy and an increasing proportion of older people in the community are expected to influence fiscal, economic and social policy and put...

... include near‐full employment, improved education and the further emancipation of women. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Women Education Equal opportunities Tunisia Independent from France since 1956, this alluring Mediterranean country of almost 10 million population is currently beginning its...