Women's Rights
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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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Most comprehensive report to date on women’s participation in political life in Iraq: Challenges and ways to overcome them Beirut-Baghdad, 1 November 2020--Women's participation in political processes in Iraq is hampered by many obstacles, despite Iraqi women’s determination to... |
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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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Operationalizing intersectionality in the Arab region: Challenges and ways forward E/ESCWA/ECW/2019/TP.5 The present paper focuses on intersectionality as an analytical approach and calls for a multidimensional understanding of gender in the Arab region, positing that this produces a more... |
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Strengthening Women's Political Participation Women Running for Elected Office in Iraq: Needs and Challenges E/ESCWA/CL2.GPID/2020/INF.4 With support from the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) and technical assistance from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Iraq... |
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Promoting Participatory Democracy in the ESCWA Region E/ESCWA/SDD/2012/Technical Paper.2 The Arab region is aware today that the path to democracy is long because of the upheavals that changed their political landscape and led to gross violations of human rights, lack of rule of law... |
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Regional Commission Celebrates International Women’s Day, Gathers a Host of Advocates to the Cause ESCWA called for the celebration of the International Women’s Day at 10:00 AM this coming Thursday 10 March 2016, at the UN House, Riad el Solh Square, Beirut.
The ceremony opens with... |
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Training of Trainers on Engagement with International Human Rights Mechanisms This training aims at... |
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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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Training on reporting to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Beirut, 22 January 2021 (ESCWA)--On 16 January, ESCWA and the Arab Women... |
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Women's Control over Economic Resources and Access to Financial Resources E/ESCWA/ECW/2009/2/Rev.1 Although female economic activity has steadily increased in the ESCWA region in recent decades, women still face a number of gender-based barriers that prevent them from gaining full control... |
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Identifying the Legislative Gaps that Need to Be Filled for the Application of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security in Selected Arab States E/ESCWA/ECW/2015/Technical Paper.8 The study concluded that issues pertaining to women, peace, and security were addressed through a legislative framework in the examined countries. Nevertheless, this framework lacked key... |
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Capacity-Building for Members of the Sub-Committee on Gender and the SDGs On 16-17 October 2018, the ESCWA Center for Women, in partnership with The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women),... |
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Unemployment of Young Women in the Arab Region: Causes and Interventions, Social Policy Brief, No. 8 E/ESCWA/SDD/2015/Brief.8 This policy brief unveils the underlying causes and consequences of young women’s unemployment in the region and warns that the inability of young women to reach into the labour market, would... |
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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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Capacity-Building for National Institutions on Integrating Gender Equality in the Organizational Policy, Strategic Planning, Evaluation, Audit and Reporting
ESCWA Centre for Women is holding a training workshop titled: “Capacity-Building for National Institutions on Integrating Gender Equality in the Organizational... |
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Advancing women’s rights in Sudan and increasing their role in peacebuilding Beirut-Addis Ababa- 24 October 2019 (ESCWA)--In the Sudan, women’s organizations have intensified their efforts to engage in the three-year transitional process... |
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Gender, Climate Change and Conflict: Mutually Reinforcing Impact on Gender Imbalances in the Arab Region, 2016 E/ESCWA/ECW/2016/Technical Paper.2 The present policy brief analyses the impacts of conflict and climate change on gender imbalances in the Arab region. It shows how conflict and climate change fortify one another, creating a... |
