ESCWA Centre for Women, in cooperation with Libya’s Women’s Support and Empowerment Unit, will be holding a training of trainers on 19-21 June 2019  in Tunis.

This training aims at building the knowledge and capacity of the members of Libya’s National Women’s Machinery (NWM) to engage with the relevant international human rights mechanisms, including Treaty Bodies (CEDAW Committee) and Human Rights Council (Universal Periodic Report).

ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khoury will take part in the annual meeting of cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States (LAS) that will be held at the UN Office in Vienna (UNOV), on 10-12 July 2012.

The meeting will review UN-LAS cooperation and assess progress in implementing recommendations made in the 2008 meeting and 2012 sectoral meeting. It will also discuss issues of high importance to the region.

Khoury will be delivering a statement on behalf of ESCWA.

  This document consists of two parts. The first part includes the experiences and particularities of certain states, with the aim to identify factors conducive to achieving social welfare. The second part sets out general social policy directions that can be adopted in the Arab countries as they can provide a reference for decision makers and others working in the field of social development and involved in planning policies and related programmes.

This brief lays out the definition and principles of social justice and discusses relevant global examples of effective mechanisms and tools to achieve it.