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Despite Religious and Cultural Elites Women's Rights Improving in Middle East: Study
Democracy watchdog group Freedom House pointed to "modest" economic, educational and political progress for women, despite a continued push-back from religious and cultural elites, in a region where women suffer more inequality than anywhere else.
Women in Tunisia, which along with Jordan provides legal protections against domestic violence, topped the list with the most rights, followed by their counterparts in Morocco, Algeria and Lebanon, the group said in a study released Wednesday.
Yemen and Saudi Arabia lagged significantly behind.
The plight of women worsened only in Iraq, Yemen and the Palestinian territories, amid internal conflict and a rise in extremism.
In Kuwait, women earned the same political rights as men, and four women were elected to parliament in May for the first time in the country's history.
A 2005 reform in Algeria improved women,s autonomy in the family and lifted a family code that had recognized women as guardians of kin and tradition rather than rather than autonomous individuals.
A new specialized tribunal for cases involving honor crimes was established in 2009 in Jordan, only the second country to do so in the region after Tunisia.
Yet on average, only 28 percent of women work or are "economically active," the lowest rate in the world.
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