Editing Arab world (section)

===Gender equality and women's rights===
{{Main|Women in the Arab world}}

[[File:International Women's Day in Egypt - Flickr - Al Jazeera English (97).jpg|thumb|A women's rights protest in [[Egypt]], 2011]]
[[Women in the Arab world]] are still denied [[gender equality|equality of opportunity]], although their disenfranchisement is a critical factor crippling the Arab nations' quest to return to the first rank of global leaders in commerce, learning and culture, according to a [[United Nations]]-sponsored report in 2008.<ref>[http://www.e-joussour.net/en/node/1511 Gender equality in Arab world critical for progress and prosperity, UN report warns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906120412/http://www.e-joussour.net/en/node/1511 |date=6 September 2015 }}, E-joussour (21 October 2008)</ref>