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| 28 March 2017 |
Tracking various development plans and women strategies within the framework of the SDGs |
This report examines a number of Sustainable Development Goals, specifically Goal 5 on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls, and shows their relationship with Arab Women’s issues. |
| 15 September 2017 |
Measuring Women’s Representation in Local Government in the ESCWA region |
This workshop, jointly convened by UN Women and UNESCWA will gather national representatives of NSOs, line ministries overseeing local government, Women’s Affairs/Gender Equality Ministries, and electoral management bodies in the region to: |
| 9 October 2018 |
Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (IAEG-GS) in the Arab Countries, 5th meeting |
The expected outcome of the IAEG-GS will be the ESCWA Handbook for SDG5, and ESCWA Household Survey Questionnaire on Violence against Women. |
| 3 October 2018 |
Gender Justice & Equality before the law: Analysis of Progress and Challenges in the Arab States Region |
This study provides a base line assessment of laws and policies affecting the realization of gender equality and the protection of women from violence in the region. The 18 country reports highlight successful legal provisions and identify gaps that countries need to address to meet their international obligations and commitments. |
| 5 August 2014 |
Report: Consultative Meeting on Establishing A Committee on Emerging Issues and Development in Conflict Settings, Amman, 11 December 2013 |
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| 20 May 2015 |
Report of the Regional Workshop on Trade and Environment: Developing the Environmental Goods and Services Sector in the Arab Region for Transformation into a Green Economy, Beirut, 15-16 December 2010 |
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| 19 August 2016 |
Economic and Social Repercussions of the Israeli occupation (Note of the Secretary-General) - 2016 |
This 2016 annual report examines Israeli practices in the occupied Palestinian territory and the occupied Syrian Golan and their socio-economic impact. |
| 19 February 2020 |
The Sustainable Development Goals in an Arab Region Affected by Conflict: Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals with Household Survey Microdata |
This report adds another dimension to the understanding of the link between violent conflict, marriage patterns and fertility behaviors for young women, and the role of public policies to mitigate such practices in conflict-afflicted countries. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UNESCWA-GTZ Meeting on Regional Water Utilities Opens |
UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy said that by 2015, it is projected that 82 million people in the Arab world will lack access to safe water and 124 million people will not be able to get basic water treatment utilities if urgent measures are not taken to improve the present situation. Tallawy was speaking at the opening of a technical cooperation meeting held by UNESCWA and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) at the Conrad Hotel, Cairo, from 4 to 6 September 2006 under the aegis of Egyptian Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development Ahmed Al Maghraby. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Media Arrangements for the 27th Ministerial Session of ESCWA |
Beirut, 27 April, 2012 (ESCWA Communications and Information Unit)- The 27th Ministerial Session of ESCWA will be held on 9-10 May 2012 at the U.N. House in Beirut under the auspices of Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati. High Level meetings preceding the Session will be held on 7-8 May, 2012. Within this context, ESCWA Communications and Information Unit (ECIU) kindly requests that all media institutions and reporters take the arrangements below into consideration in order to ensure maximum cooperation between ESCWA and the media. |