| ADFM | Democratic Association of Moroccan Women |
| AMDF | Moroccan Association for Women’s Rights |
| APALD | Authority for Parity and the Fight Against All Forms of Discrimination (Morocco) |
| AFTURD | Association of Tunisian Women for Research and Development (Tunisia) |
| ATFD | Tunisian Association of Democratic Women |
| CAWTAR | Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research |
| CBA | Collective bargaining agreement |
| CBJ | Central Bank of Jordan |
| CE-BSG | Centre of Excellence for Gender Budgeting |
| CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| CESE | Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Morocco) |
| CEWLA | Centre of Egyptian Women Legal Assistance (Egypt) |
| CNDH | National Council for Human Rights (Morocco) |
| CNFCE | National Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs (Tunisia) |
| CNSS | National Social Security Fund (Morocco) |
| COLIBE | Committee for Individual Freedoms and Equality (Tunisia) |
| CREDIF | Centre for Research, Studies, Documentation and Information on Women (Tunisia) |
| CSO | Civil society organisation |
| CSW | Commission on the Status of Women |
| DGCL | General Directorate of Local Authorities (Morocco) |
| DIDH | Inter-ministerial Delegation of Human Rights (Morocco) |
| ECE | Early childhood education |
| ECOSOC | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
| EDHS | Egypt Demographic and Health Survey |
| EGP | Egyptian pound |
| EMF | Egyptian Microfinance Federation |
| ENA | National School of Administration (Tunisia) |
| EPIC | Equal Pay International Coalition |
| ERTU | Egyptian Radio and Television Union |
| EU | European Union |
| EVAR | Egypt Vulnerability Assessment for Refugees |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FEI | Federation of Egyptian Industries |
| FGM | Female genital mutilation |
| FRA | Financial Regulatory Authority (Egypt) |
| GANHRI | Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions |
| GBA | Global Banking Alliance for Women |
| GBV | Gender-based violence |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GIIN | Global Impact Investing Network |
| GIZ | German development agency |
| GTPPE | Thematic Group of Parliamentarians for Parity and Equality (Morocco) |
| HACA | High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (Morocco) |
| HAICA | High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (Tunisia) |
| HBB | Home-based businesses |
| HCP | National Statistics Office (Morocco) |
| HRW | Human Rights Watch |
| IIED | International Institute for Environment and Development |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IOE | International Organisation of Employers |
| IPU | Inter-Parliamentary Union |
| ITUC | International Trade Union Confederation |
| JEDCO | Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation |
| JOD | Jordanian dinar |
| JNCW | Jordanian National Commission for Women |
| JRP | Jordan Response Plan for the Syria crisis 2018-2020 |
| LAS | League of Arab States |
| MEF | Ministry of Economy and Finance (Morocco) |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| MFI | Microfinance Institution |
| MIIC | Ministry of International Cooperation (Egypt) |
| MSSDEF | Ministry of Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and the Family (Morocco) |
| MWFCS | Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and Seniors (Tunisia) |
| NCCM | National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (Egypt) |
| NCPE | National Committee for Pay Equity (Jordan) |
| NCW | National Council for Women (Egypt) |
| NEET | Not in employment, education or training |
| NGO | Non-government organisation |
| NHRI | National human rights institution |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OHCHR | United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| PGE | Government Plan for Equality (Morocco) |
| PISA | OECD Programme for International Student Assessment |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| Sida | Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency |
| SIGI | Social Institutions and Gender Index |
| SSE | Social and solidarity economy |
| SSC | Social Security Corporation (Jordan) |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| TEA | Total early-stage entrepreneurial activity |
| UGTT | Tunisian General Labour Union |
| UMW | Union of Media Women (Egypt) |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UTICA | Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts |
| VAW | Violence against women |
| WASH | Water, sanitation and hygiene |
| WEE | Women’s economic empowerment |
| WEEF | MENA-OECD Women’s Economic Empowerment Forum |
| WEPs | Women’s Empowerment Principles |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WUAB | World Union of Arab Bankers |
Changing Laws and Breaking Barriers for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia
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