The UN-ESCWA Statistical Committee at its eleventh session, Amman, 4-5 February 2015 agreed on forming of a technical advisory group on demographic and social statistics in the Arab region, and ask ESCWA to discuss its terms of reference and amend it in line with the views of its members.
 

On 17and18 June 2014, the National Council for Women (NCW) in Egypt hosted ESCWA’s Regional Advisor for Women’s Issues Wafa Al Dika Hamze, First Social Affairs Officer at the ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW) Lana Baydas, and Egyptian Legal Advisor Ahmad El Naggar in an advisory mission, which included a workshop entitled “Towards a National Legislative Framework to Protect Women and Girls against All Forms of Violence” organized by the NCW and the Egyptian Ministry of Justice in cooperation with ESCWA, UN-Women regional Bureau for Arab States and the Cairo based United Nations Office for Drugs

ESCWA and UNDP seek to initiate a collaborative technical process with Arab member states to review existing data sources and indicators on SDGs 16.1, 16.5, 16.6, 16.7. related to ensuring inclusive representation, enhancing institutional effectiveness and mitigating corruption and ending violence.

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