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Technology as a Renewed Hope to Gender Equality in the Arab Region: A Fact or an Illusion?



 

On 24 and 25 October 2018, the ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW) brought together at the UN House in Beirut, a group of experts to discuss and validate the first draft...
Sudan Social Policy Country Profile





Sudan’s Social Policy Country Profile was the subject of a one-day Expert Group Meeting (EGM) in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on 10 December 2007. The meeting organized by ESCWA in...
The Arab Consolidated Report on Progress Achieved in the implementation of the BPFA: Beijing +20 cover (Araic) The Arab Consolidated Report on Progress Achieved in the implementation of the BPFA: Beijing +20

E/ESCWA/ECW/2015/Technical Paper.1

The report reviews progress achieved in the Arab region in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, twenty years after their adoption at the Fourth World Conference...

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Linkages between United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and Other International Frameworks and Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women’s Rights cover (Arabic) Linkages between United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security and Other International Frameworks and Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women’s Rights

E/ESCWA/CL2.GPID/2020/TP.8

The Policy Brief presents synergies at the substantive and procedural levels between the United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and three other...

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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...

Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting for CSW 63





The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Regional Office of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality...
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...

The Commemoration of 2016 International Women's Day



In observation of the international women’s day in 2016, ESCWA organized four events to commemorate the day under the global theme of “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step it Up for Gender Equality”. The...

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 and Girls: July 2014 – June 2016 cover Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women and Girls: July 2014 – June 2016

E/ESCWA/ECW/2016/Technical Paper.3

This report presents the main developments that affected the situation of women in Palestine between July 2014 and June 2016. Key events were the 50-day Israeli offensive on Gaza in the summer of...

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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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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...

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...

Conclusion of the regional training of trainers on women’s political leadership



Beirut, 16 December 2020 (ESCWA)--On 28 November 2020, ESCWA and its partners, the Arab Women Parliamentarians Network for Equality (...

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...

ESCWA celebrates woman’s leadership role on her International Day



Beirut, 15 March 2021 (ESCWA)--ESCWA marked International Women’s Day on 11 March by a webinar on "The Role of Women in...

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...

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...
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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