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11 December 2014	ESCWA Meeting Urges Documentation of Women’s Role in Reform Movements	Participants in ESCWA’s meeting on “Strategies and Media Campaigns to Promote the Empowerment of Women in the ESCWA Region" today called for proper documentation of women’s roles in the movements of change and promoting this image in international media.
5 December 2014	Regional Workshop on Industrial Statistics for the Arab countries
1 October 2018	Workshop on combating violence against women highlights strategies to protect women in the Arab region	Beirut, 1 October 2018 (Communication and Information Unit) – A workshop on combating violence against women was recently organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) at its headquarters in Beirut to highlight the role of international and regional bodies specializing in women’s issues, as well as their impact on the development of policies, strategies, national laws and standard services to protect women who are victims and/or survivors of violence.
1 June 2021	Training workshop for rural women on "Financial Management, Accounting, and the Economic Benefits of Access to Sustainable & Secure Energy"	Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND)” Project, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Municipality of Akkar Al-Atika, is organizing a capacity-building workshop on “Financial Management, Accounting, and the Economic Benefits of Access to Sustainable and Secure Energy”. This workshop will build the capacities of the rural women in Akkar Al-Atika in the fields of financial management, accounting, cost accounting, and pricing of rural products. The workshop will also demonstrate the economic benefits of sustainable and secure energy, and its positive impact on rural development in Lebanon.
3 February 2017	First Meeting of Arab-GAP Stakeholdes for Jordan	This meeting falls under component 3 of the project “Promoting Food and Water Security through Cooperation and Capacity Development in the Arab Region”.
3 April 2017	ESCWA Takes Part in Brussels Conference	Beirut, 3 April 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) – United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), represented by its Acting Executive Secretary Khawla Mattar, is taking part in the meetings and technical workshops on the sidelines of the international conference "Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region" held in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday 5 April 2017.
15 November 2016	Developing the Capacity of ESCWA Member Countries to Address the Water and Energy Nexus for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals	The water-energy nexus regional policy toolkit contains seven modules addressing priority areas identified jointly by ESCWA Committee on Water Resources and ESCWA Committee on Energy Resources.
28 February 2020	Regional Consultation on “Shifting Towards Inclusive Resource Efficiency in the Arab Region to Accelerate Action on the Environmental Dimension of the Sustainable Development Agenda”	The Regional Consultation will result in an outcome document on ways of accelerating implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda to be submitted to the 2020 AFSD to inform regional input for the HLPF.
15 March 2019	Second Arab High-level Forum on WSIS and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development	*Second Arab High-level Forum on WSIS and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development* Beirut, Lebanon, 19-21 March 2019
29 September 2020	Launch of UN 2020 e-Government Survey in Arabic	The Arabic version of the UN 2020 e-Government Survey was launched on 23 September 2020 by ESCWA, UNDESA and the UAE TRA.

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