Beirut, 12 April 2019 (ESCWA)--The 3-day Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) ended yesterday at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) headquarters in Beirut.

Beirut, 28 December 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)--Challenges to development in the region and suggested orientations for the future work of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) were thoroughly discussed in Beirut at the fifth meeting of the Executive Committee in charge of steering and coordinating all the activities of the Commission.
 

Speaking at a press conference to launch a pioneering study on the “Status of Arab Women 2005: History of Women Movements in the Arab World” today, UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy said the road ahead was still long and fraught with difficulty for Arab women. She hoped for a consolidation of the national social efforts in all their aspects as well as international efforts to propel women to continue their path. Tallawy stressed the inaccuracy of saying Arab women are backward as this places the responsibility on them for a backward society.



ESCWA is organizing on 8-12 June 2015 the Regional Training-of-Trainers (TOT) workshop within the implementation of the Academy of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Essentials for Government Leaders in the ESCWA Region (AIGLE) at the UN House in Beirut. 

Participants in the workshop will include high-level experts who have either prepared or reviewed the AIGLE four training modules, in addition to experts nominated by the participating institutions as well as the focal points from the participating Arab countries.