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By Maha Abdelilah El-Swais

Women currently make up 49.7% of around 345.5 million people in the Middle East and North Africa region. But despite the many advances made in terms of closing the gender gap in health, political representation, and labor force participation, many other barriers remain. To celebrate International Women’s Day, here’s a list of facts about women of the Arab world.

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