WOMEN’S DOUBLE TROUBLE Gender discrimination forms an additional layer of vulnerability within statelessness. • • • • Figures from the main and control surveys show much higher unemployment rates among women in Akkar than among men, regardless of whether they hold citizenship or not. Among the main survey, 78% of women are married. In addition, 89% are unemployed. Traditional gender roles that prevent women from working, or confine them to the status of housewives, continue to be present in Akkar. Around 76% of stateless are denied a proper education, regardless of gender, compared to 42% of Lebanese men. The proportion of Lebanese women in this category stands at 57%, but is much lower than the proportion of uneducated stateless women in Akkar (75%). As such, gender discrimination is very prominent in the region, regardless of status, due to the patriarchal system that overlooks women’s needs and aspirations. Fig 36. Breakdown by gender of unemployed Lebanese and stateless respondents 41% STATELESS LEBANESE 78% 78.2% 81.8% Lebanese Stateless Male Fig 38. Breakdown by gender of Lebanese and stateless respondents who had no or little education 77% Female 79.5% 66.4% Female 89% Male 41% Fig 37. Married respondents STATELESS 75% Female Male 42% LEBANESE 57% © 2021 Siren Associates. All Rights Reserved.