Open AccessDoes Education Empower Women?
Author(s) -
Randa Abul-Husn
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.918
Subject(s) - demography , higher education , political science , demographic economics , gender studies , sociology , economics , law
Women's education has increased substantially in the Arab World during the last decade or two. Statistics indicate that the male-female ratio of enrollment in secondary school and higher education is diminishing and in some places like Lebanon it is suspected that the number of women university students is higher than its male counterpart.