The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN) have prepared a study on: “Policies to Empower Women in the Arab Region: Combating Violence against Women and Girls” with support fr

The United Nations is marking this year's World Environment Day under the title: “Think, Eat, Save”.

ESCWA celebrated this morning the World Environment Day with an event held at the UN House, Beirut, and attended by foreign and Arab diplomats and a host of representatives from the local, regional and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Kuwait will be hosting the ninth session of the ESCWA Committee on Energy on 12-13 June at Regency Hotel, Kuwait. The Session will kick off on Wednesday 12 June at 10:00AM with the participation of representatives from member countries specialized in the field of Energy.

The ninth session of the ESCWA Committee on Energy will begin on 12 June 2013 at 10:00AM in the Regency Hotel of Kuwait City with the participation of representatives from member countries specialized in the field of Energy.

Director of ESCWA Sustainable Development and Productivity Division Roula Majdalani today said that much can be done to increase energy efficiency in most Arab countries, which, in coming years, will suffer from the dangers of falling short of meeting the increased demand for power that will rise

ESCWA, in cooperation with the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI), is holding a press conference on Thursday 27 June 2013 at 11h00 AM to launch their joint project entitled “Green Production Help Desk (GHD)”, at ALI premises in Sanayeh.

Tapping into a yet unexplored area, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is holding a meeting on “Economics of middle class in the Arab region,” on 28 and 29 June 2013 in Sofitel El Gezirah Hotel, Zamalek, Cairo.