According to SWMENA surveys, approximately half of women in Morocco and Yemen have no formal education.


56%

Yemen

48%

Morocco

3%

Lebanon



Labor force participation among women in all three countries is very low. When SWMENA surveys asked working women if they were receiving pay, results showed positive responses reached no higher than 40%.

40%

Lebanon

10%

Morocco

7%

Yemen



Although women in Lebanon, Morocco, and Yemen report having little involvement in organizations or activities on a daily basis, voter turnout remains strikingly high.

80%

Lebanese Parliamentary 2009

61%

Yemeni Presidential 2006

45%

Moroccan Municipal June 2009

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