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| 27 January 2020 |
ESCWA and partners hold first Competition Forum for the Arab region |
Beirut, 24 January 2020--In a bid to help reducing inequalities and fighting corruption by strengthening competition law and policy across the Arab region, ESCWA, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) concluded today their first joint Competition Forum fo |
| 24 February 2020 |
Dashti expresses full ESCWA support to Bahrain |
During her visit to Bahrain earlier this week, ESCWA Executive Secretary Rola Dashti discussed potential areas of collaboration in a series of bilateral meetings with ministers and high-level officials. |
| 27 February 2020 |
ESCWA, UN Women and Save the Children mark International Women’s Day |
What: International Women’s Day organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States, and Save the Children International. |
| 3 March 2020 |
ESCWA holds three workshops on integrated education in the Sudan |
Beirut-Khartoum, 28 February 2020--From 10 to 13 February, ESCWA held three workshops on integrated education in the Sudan, funded by the Italian Agency for Development and Cooperation (AICS). The workshops were conducted in Khartoum and the Red Sea and attended by administrators and high-level officials from the Ministry of Education, as well as data collectors. |
| 10 March 2020 |
ESCWA succeeds in securing funds to support road safety in Arab States |
Beirut, 3 March 2020--ESCWA provided support to member States in applying for grants from the UN Road Safety Fund, among which Jordan and Tunisia, which secured an amount of 585,000 USD for their national projects. |
| 10 March 2020 |
Enhancing cooperation on transboundary water resources in the Arab region |
Beirut, 6 March 2020--Water resources in the Arab region are characterized by scarcity and disparate geographic distribution. The demand for water and the competition over water access are ever-increasing, due to many factors including rapid population growth. So is the need for increased cooperation on the management of transboundary water resources. Against this backdrop, ESCWA and partners held two workshops on the subject, in Beirut, from 3 to 5 March. |
| 18 March 2020 |
At least 1.7 million jobs will be lost in the Arab region due to the coronavirus pandemic |
Beirut, 18 March 2020--In addition to the rising death toll and extremely heavy burden on health-care systems, the Arab region is suffering from losses of jobs at an alarming rate due to COVID-19, according to a policy brief issued today by ESCWA featuring the first economic assessment of the cost of the pandemic on the region. |
| 1 April 2020 |
New ESCWA brief: 8.3 million people will fall into poverty in the Arab region due to COVID-19 |
With today’s estimates, a total of 101.4 million people in the region would be classified as poor, and 52 million as undernourished. |
| 6 April 2020 |
ESCWA & partners warn: violence against women has increased due to COVID-19; Women will lose twice as much as men in terms of jobs |
Beirut, 6 April 2020--While COVID-19 is affecting people indiscriminately, women and girls are among the most vulnerable to the impact of the pandemic. A new policy brief by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and other United Nations entities (attached) emphasizes that existing domestic violence and social challenges faced by women and girls in the Arab region have worsened. |
| 6 April 2020 |
Regional launch of the ‘2019 Financing for Sustainable Development Report’ Arab world needs 3.6 trillion USD to fund Agenda 2030 |
Beirut, 10 April 2019 (ESCWA)--Recent reports affirm that 3.6 trillion US dollars (USD) are needed to fund the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Arab world. |