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| 4 October 2019 |
ESCWA at World Water Week 2019 |
Beirut-Stockholm, 13 September 2019 (ESCWA)--Between 25 and 29 August, ESCWA, represented by the Director of the Sustainable Development Policies Division, Ms. Roula Majdalani, participated in the World Water Week 2019 in Stockholm, which was organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) on the theme “Water for society – including all.” |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Opens Technology Centre in Jordan |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the UN-ESCWA Region |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Combating Violence against Women and Girls on the Agenda of ESCWA |
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 from the Norwegian Embassy in Lebanon. |
| 20 November 2019 |
Regional review of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action |
Amman, 28 November 2019
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| 20 August 2020 |
Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture: Virtual Workshop for the Arab Region |
Beirut, 3 August 2020 (ESCWA)--Arab countries are particularly affected by climate change and face increasing challenges due to degraded natural resources, scarce freshwater, and endangered livelihoods and food security. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretaries of Five Commissions Meet in Beirut |
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| 5 August 2016 |
LAU and ESCWA Prioritize Women, Peace and Security on the Arab Agenda |
The Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University (LAU), in collaboration with The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and The Danish Centre for Research on Women and Gender (KVINFO), is organizing an international conference entitled “Towards Prioritising Women, Peace, and Security on the Arab Agenda”, on 8-10 August 2016. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Tunis Hosts Regional Workshop on Promoting Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development |
Roula Majdalani, Chief of Sustainable Development and Productivity Division at ESCWA, said, "Working to avoid energy waste and improve its efficiency in terms of production, transport, conversion, distribution and consumption, is urgent and required in order to preserve the environment and the national economy, as well as the interests of future generations." Majdalani was speaking at the opening session of the Regional Training Workshop on "Promoting Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development." The meeting, which kicked off Monday in Tunis, was |
| 11 December 2014 |
Social Exclusion Debated at the UN House |
Who are the excluded groups in the ESCWA region and what makes them so? What is Social Exclusion? How is it different from poverty? Who does it affect and why? Questions that UN-ESCWA and a quorum of regional experts, academics and activists will attempt to answer this week, on 1-2 August at an expert group meeting on “Social Exclusion in the ESCWA Region: Determinants and Indicators”, to be held at the UN House, Beirut. |