Gender and Women Issues
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Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women E/ESCWA/ECW/2012/Technical Paper.2 |
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United Nations Secretary-General on COVID-19 and the Arab region: recovery is an opportunity to build back better United Nations Secretary-General on COVID-19 and the Arab region:
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Executive Secretary Launches Report on Gender in the Millennium Development Goals On the occasion of the 12th Regional Coordination Mechanism Meeting (RCM), UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary, Bader Omar AlDafa, launched on Sunday 14 September a report on "Gender in the... |
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ESCWA, UN Women and Save the Children mark International Women’s Day What: International Women’s Day organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA),... |
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Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19: Policy Briefs E/ESCWA/2020/INF.1 A decade marked for accelerated action and delivery towards sustainable development has... |
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Institutional Mechanisms for Gender Accountability in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/ECW/2017/TECHNICAL PAPER.3 The policy brief examines existing institutions in the Arab region and their role in holding various actors including the State and third parties accountable for discrimination against women in... |
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Time Use in Gender Statistics in Iraq E/ESCWA/SD/2010/Technical Paper.3 This report presents a data analysis of the time use survey, which was carried out for the first time in Iraq, as part of the Household Socio-Economic Survey (HSES) implemented by the Central... |
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The Arab Region’s response to COVID-19 and the way forward for health and well-being  |
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LAU and ESCWA Conference on Women, Peace and Security Concludes, Launches Beirut Call for Action Three main areas to ensure the inclusion and participation of women in all aspects of peace and security initiatives across the Arab World, namely: Localizing the Women, Peace, and Security... |
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Conclusion of this Year’s 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign ESCWA, in partnership with the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University, ABAAD Resource Centre for Gender Equality and UN-Women Regional Office... |
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ESCWA Marks International Women’s Day ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf today said, “We are celebrating the many achievements of Arab women in the sciences, literature and the arts, but primarily in the art of survival. That in... |
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Technical Meeting to discuss a survey questionnaire on costing of violence against women in Palestine Based on results of the national consultations to develop the Roadmap to Estimate the Cost of Violence against Women in Palestine which took place last August 2017, ESCWA, UN-Women and the... |
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Expert group meeting on women’s economic empowerment in the Arab region The Gender Justice, Population and Inclusive Development Cluster of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the International Labour Organization, held a... |
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Expert Group Meeting to discuss the "Regional Report on Progress in the Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in the Arab Region Twenty-Five Years Later"
ESCWA, in partnership with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women... |
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Expert Group Meeting on the Study: “The State of Gender Justice in the Arab Region: Challenges and Opportunities” The Arab region shows a gap in achieving gender justice. It is a determining fact that women in the Arab region still face discrimination and injustices de jure and de facto.... |
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Expert Group Meeting on "Identification of legislative gaps for the full implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security in the Arab Region" ESCWA is implementing the project: “Institutional and capacity building for Parliaments in Selected Arab Countries and other stake holders to implement SCR 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and... |
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Consultative Expert Group Meeting on “Violence against Women in the Arab Region: What is At Stake?” The EGM aims to review a study on the topic currently under development by the ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW) in partnership with UN-Women and the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (... |
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Expert Group Meeting on Gender Intersectionality in the Arab Region On 25-26 July 2018, ESCWA Centre for Women organized an Expert Group Meeting on Gender Intersectionality in the Arab Region, to initiate... |
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Implementation of the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Arab Countries: Regional Shadow Reports in Arab Countries E/ESCWA/ECW/2007/1 This study aims to find common ground between Governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for the implementation of the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination against Women... |
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ESCWA Opens Ministerial Segment of 29th Session ESCWA 29th Session opened this afternoon at the ministerial level, in Doha, Qatar, with speeches highlighting the need to work for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development... |
