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Economic participation
Starting from the premise that the right to employment and participation in economic life is guaranteed by international agreements and conventions as well as national constitutions and legislation, and a means for empowering women at more than one level, three initiatives have dealt with the issue of women’s economic participation by considering micro-credits and their role in empowering women in Saudi Arabia, Kordofan State – Sudan (Cooperative CreditProject) and Morocco (Salary discrimination between the sexes).
The initiatives largely deal with the hurdles that prevent women from obtaining loans and limit their role in consolidating their economic situation. They also deal with the different quotas for women and men, and which impede the balanced distribution of resources among them. The initiative implementers believe that the methodologies are new, innovative and adequate for women’s conditions and requirements – in addition to their appropriateness to treating the causes of discrimination, employment infringements, and treatments by referring to the reality of the job market.
The initiative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia addresses the obstacles that prevent women from obtaining loans and limit their role in reinforcing their economic situation. The initiative, implemented by the King Abdulaziz women’s charity organisation in Al Kasim, has endeavoured to overcome the hurdles by facilitating measures, allocating interest-free loans and dealing directly with the women themselves and through male relatives.
The Sudanese initiative focuses on the quota discrepancy between men and women in Naihood CooperativeCredit Project in KordofanState. It emanates from the idea that the unjust distribution of property and resources has a negative impact on the family because women usually devote their income and resources to the benefit of their families. The initiative aims at addressing the obstacles that prevent a balanced resource distribution between men and women through a new work methodology that includes allocating credit, providing integrated social and training services for women, and ensuring income generating activities near their homes.
By using national surveys, the Moroccan initiative deals with salary discrimination between women and men of equal qualifications. It treats the causes of such discrimination and sheds light on the reported hiring violations by referring to the reality of the job market.
Micro-credits in empowering women in Al Kasim in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Naihoud Cooperative Credit Project in Kordofan State, Sudan
Treating the causes of gender salary gap in the Moroccan job market