Human Capital Concerns – Ensuring Gender Equality
Nadereh Chamlou, Senior Advisor, Middle East and North Africa, The World Bank
The importance of a focus on gender impact in all aspects of PFM will the topic of this session.
17. Source: World Bank Enterprise Survey Data World average % of women in professional and managerial positions (as % of total non production workers) 37 48 51 33 42 26 37 42 34 35 0 20 40 60 All countries East Asia & Pacific Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa % Male-owned firms Female-owned firms
FOFs do a better job worldwide also in hiring women in non-production work. Again MENA’s performance is among the lowest. Therefore, it is important not only to recognize the role of FoFs in creating opportunity for female employment in MENA (both as total workers and as non-production workers) but also to improve their role in order to boost female employment.
Therefore, it is important to focus on the role of MOF