Gender Based Violence
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Protecting the Rights of Women in the ESCWA Region Through the Proper Use of UN Resolutions and International Protocols on War and Armed Conflict E/ESCWA/ECW/2009/1 While women living in conflict situations in the ESCWA region need to be guaranteed their basic rights under domestic legislation, amendments are primarily needed in laws governing the private... |
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Utilizing Protection Orders to Cultivate a Holistic Response to Marital Violence in the Arab Region ESCWA Centre for Women organized a Gender Discussion Series on 30 November 2018, at the UN House in Beirut, to present the first draft of the study titled “Beyond... |
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“Launch of the findings of the first phase of the regional project on estimating the cost of violence against women” The ESCWA Centre for Women, in partnership with UN-Women, the Swedish Institute in Alexandria and the Lebanese American University, organized a launch event of the publication on "The... |
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The State of Gender Justice in the Arab Region E/ESCWA/ECW/2017/4 This study maps the current state of gender justice in the Arab region, documenting barriers as well as opportunities. Its primary research aim is to determine how to develop an environment, at... |
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Status of Arab Women Report 2017 Violence against Women: What is At Stake E/ESCWA/ECW/2017/2 The study focuses on intimate partner violence and particularly on its economic costs. It reviews evidence-based knowledge and provides in-depth understanding of the human rights and... |
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Estimating the Cost of Child Marriage in the Arab Region: Background Paper on the Feasibility of Undertaking a Costing Study E/ESCWA/CL2.GPID/2020/TP.2 Child marriage is a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based violence (GBV) that results in numerous adverse outcomes for a child’s development. In the past 25 years, the Arab region... |
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ESCWA training empowers Syrian refugees and Lebanese women in Akkar Beirut, 06 August 2019 (ESCWA)--While violence against women takes many forms, empowering women to play an active role in improving their lives and advocating for their rights... |
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Strengthening measurement of violence against women in the Arab region Beirut-Cairo, 18 October 2019 (ESCWA)--In many Arab countries, there is still a lack of data on the prevalence of violence against women. To remedy this,... |
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ESCWA marks International Women’s Day with call to action: The time is now Beirut, 5 March 2019(ESCWA)--On the International Women’s Day marked on 8 March every year, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (... |
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International Women's Day 2019: The Time Is Now
On 5 March 2019, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Lebanese Academy for Fine Arts (ALBA) at the... |
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Women in the Judiciary in the Arab States: Removing Barriers, Increasing Numbers E/ESCWA/ECW/2019/2 Women’s right to participate fully and equally in all aspects of public life, including the judiciary, is a fundamental human right. There is a large body of evidence that women’s presence in the... |
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Women in the Judiciary: A Stepping Stone towards Gender Justice E/ESCWA/ECW/2018/BRIEF.1 The limited presence of women in the judicial branches of Arab States is attracting increasing attention as an obstacle to the development of representative institutions and the achievement of... |
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Women in the Judiciary in the State of Palestine E/ESCWA/ECW/2018/TP.1 The presence of women in the judiciary in the State of Palestine has increased over the past years, with women now comprising almost 18 per cent of Palestinian judges. The State of Palestine is... |
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Guidelines to Estimate the Economic Cost of Domestic Violence in the Arab region E/ESCWA/ECW/2019/TP.3 These guidelines are intended for government officials, programme managers and researchers looking to estimate the costs of domestic violence in the Arab region. They... |
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Technical Committee, 2nd Meeting The Technical Committee was established pursuant to the decision of the Commission at its twenty-fourth session and with the aim of enhancing interaction and close consultation between the... |
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Gender Based Violence Gender-based violence (GBV), violence directed against a person on the basis of gender, is a global phenomenon and a grave violation of human rights. Its most... |
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Gender Justice & Equality before the law: Analysis of Progress and Challenges in the Arab States Region The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United... |
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Gender Justice and the Law
The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations... |
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ESCWA Committee on Women concludes its 9th session in Amman Beirut-Amman, 27 November 2019 (ESCWA)--Today, the ninth session of the Committee on Women of... |
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ESCWA Launches Study from LAU on Access to Justice for Women and Girls in Arab Region ESCWA launches on Tuesday 26 May 2015 its flagship study on "Access to Justice for Women and Girls in the Arab Region: From Ratification to Implementation of International Instruments," in a... |
