Gender Equality in Muslim-Majority Countries

Moamen Gouda and Niklas Potrafke

No 5883, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Discrimination has been documented against women in Muslim-majority countries. Constitutions differ among Muslim-majority countries. By using women’s rights indicators and exploiting cross-country variation, we find that discrimination against women is more pronounced in countries where Islam is the source of legislation. Constitutions changed in only four Muslim-majority countries since 1980. We discuss anecdotal evidence to what extent women’s rights changed as a consequence of new constitutions. Empirical studies should thus distinguish between types of Muslim-majority countries.

Keywords: gender equality; countries with Muslim majority; Al-Azhar's Islamic constitution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 I39 J16 O11 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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