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Arab Forum for Sustainable Development, 2018



The Arab Forum for Sustainable Development is an annual high-level regional platform, where multiple stakeholders discuss coordination pathways for the...

Arab Forum for Sustainable Development, 2017



The Forum is a high-level meeting intended as a regional platform to discuss cohesive and coordinated implementation and follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for...

POSTPONED: Arab Forum for Sustainable Development, 2020





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Arab Forum for Sustainable Development, 2019




The Arab Forum for Sustainable...

Women, Peace and Security: The Role of Institutions in Times of Peace and War in the Arab Region cover Women, Peace and Security: The Role of Institutions in Times of Peace and War in the Arab Region

E/ESCWA/ECW/2017/1

The present publication explores the women, peace and security agenda, and how the Arab region is responding to it. It discusses the roles of national women’s machineries, national human rights...

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Women, Peace and Security: National Women’s Machineries, Conflict, Occupation and Transition in the Arab Region





ESCWA Centre for Women organized an expert group meeting on 4 and 5 December 2018, at the UN House in Beirut, which brought together a group of regional and...
Women and Radicalization in the Arab Region






The ESCWA Centre for Women in partnership with the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University in Beirut (AUB) is organizing...
Women, Peace and Security



Women are severely affected by the ongoing wars, intense violence and crumbling State services that torment much of the region today. Along with children, women make up the majority of displaced...

International Conference "Towards Prioritizing Women, Peace, and Security on the Arab Agenda"



The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), in collaboration with the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American...

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...

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...

LAU and ESCWA Prioritize Women, Peace and Security on the Arab Agenda



The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University (LAU), in collaboration with The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (...

Women’s Political Representation in the Arab Region cover Women’s Political Representation in the Arab Region

E/ESCWA/ECW/2017/3

This study examines the status of women’s representation at several levels of governance, including the legislative, the executive, the judiciary, the public service, and local councils,...

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Access to Justice for Women and Girls in the Arab Region: From Ratification to Implementation of International Instruments

E/ESCWA/ECW/2015/1

Access to justice is not only a right in and of itself, applicable in all contexts and for all people; it is a requisite for the achievement of equality and human rights. Yet Arab women face...

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Technical Committee, 8th meeting



The secretariat of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is organizing the Eighth meeting of the Technical Committee during the period 10-12 December 2013. The...

Trafficking of women and children in the Arab region: A regional perspective

E/ESCWA/ECW/2013/2

This publication examines the trafficking in persons within and among the countries of the ESCWA region, focusing on the primary victims of trafficking, namely: women and children. It...

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International Framework and Mechanisms of Women, Peace and Security and Women’s Participation in the Peace-building Processes



Following a technical advisory services request received by ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW) from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL) in Yemen, ECW is conducting a Training of Trainers...

ESCWA Marks International Women’s Day



ESCWA marked this year's International Women's Day in the presence of a host of diplomats accredited to Lebanon, music and movie stars, representatives of civil society and the media, in addition...

Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women and Girls (July 2016 - June 2018) cover Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women and Girls (July 2016 - June 2018)

E/ESCWA/ECW/2019/TP.2

The report covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2018, which was characterized by major developments in the security and political situation in the occupied Palestinian territory. The...

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Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women

E/ESCWA/ECW/2012/Technical Paper.2

This report reviews the status of women and girls in Palestine during the period of January 2011-June 2012, focusing on developments in the social, economic and political rights of women. The...

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