Unemployment is particularly high among youth (15-24 years old), with an important gender gap: in 2007, almost half of all young women in Egypt and Jordan were unemployed compared to 17.2% of young men in Egypt and 23.7% in Jordan (World Bank, 201 lb). Various trends in nationality restrictions and in the prevalence of foreign workers can potentially impact women’s vulnerability in employment. In the last quarter of 2010, Algeria witnessed a female unemployment rate of 19.1% compared with a male unemployment rate of 8.1%.