Shifting Perspectives: Attitudes Toward Gender Equality in the Arab World

• In Event: Gender, Politics, and Power Structures in the Arab World: Representation, Attitudes, and State Influence

Brief Overview

Despite high female educational attainment, the Arab world lags in gender equity. Using Arab Barometer data, we explore if views on gender equality are influenced by attitudes toward US foreign policy and/or religious affiliation.

Authors

• Eleanor Gao, University of Exeter

• Mark Tessler, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor