Abbreviations and acronyms
Democratic Association of Moroccan Women
Moroccan Association for Women’s Rights
Authority for Parity and the Fight Against All Forms of Discrimination (Morocco)
Association of Tunisian Women for Research and Development (Tunisia)
Tunisian Association of Democratic Women
Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research
Collective bargaining agreement
Central Bank of Jordan
Centre of Excellence for Gender Budgeting
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Morocco)
Centre of Egyptian Women Legal Assistance (Egypt)
National Council for Human Rights (Morocco)
National Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs (Tunisia)
National Social Security Fund (Morocco)
Committee for Individual Freedoms and Equality (Tunisia)
Centre for Research, Studies, Documentation and Information on Women (Tunisia)
Civil society organisation
Commission on the Status of Women
General Directorate of Local Authorities (Morocco)
Inter-ministerial Delegation of Human Rights (Morocco)
Early childhood education
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Egypt Demographic and Health Survey
Egyptian pound
Egyptian Microfinance Federation
National School of Administration (Tunisia)
Equal Pay International Coalition
Egyptian Radio and Television Union
European Union
Egypt Vulnerability Assessment for Refugees
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
Foreign direct investment
Federation of Egyptian Industries
Female genital mutilation
Financial Regulatory Authority (Egypt)
Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions
Global Banking Alliance for Women
Gender-based violence
Gross domestic product
Global Impact Investing Network
German development agency
Thematic Group of Parliamentarians for Parity and Equality (Morocco)
High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (Morocco)
High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (Tunisia)
Home-based businesses
National Statistics Office (Morocco)
Human Rights Watch
International Institute for Environment and Development
International Labour Organization
International Organisation of Employers
Inter-Parliamentary Union
International Trade Union Confederation
Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation
Jordanian dinar
Jordanian National Commission for Women
Jordan Response Plan for the Syria crisis 2018-2020
League of Arab States
Ministry of Economy and Finance (Morocco)
Middle East and North Africa
Microfinance Institution
Ministry of International Cooperation (Egypt)
Ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and the Family (Morocco)
Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and Seniors (Tunisia)
National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (Egypt)
National Committee for Pay Equity (Jordan)
National Council for Women (Egypt)
Not in employment, education or training
Non-government organisation
National human rights institution
Official development assistance
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Government Plan for Equality (Morocco)
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment
Sustainable Development Goals
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Social Institutions and Gender Index
Social and solidarity economy
Social Security Corporation (Jordan)
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Total early-stage entrepreneurial activity
Tunisian General Labour Union
Union of Media Women (Egypt)
United Nations
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
United Nations Population Fund
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts
Violence against women
Water, sanitation and hygiene
Women’s economic empowerment
MENA-OECD Women’s Economic Empowerment Forum
Women’s Empowerment Principles
World Food Programme
World Union of Arab Bankers
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