ESCWA: War on Gaza and the Sudan conflict weigh on Arab economies, with grim prospects for 2024-2025 Beirut, 27 March 2024 --With the persistence of the war in Ukraine, economic uncertainty continues...
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ESCWA: War on Gaza and the Sudan conflict weigh on Arab economies, with grim prospects for 2024-2025 Beirut, 27 March 2024 --With the persistence of the war in Ukraine, economic uncertainty continues...
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Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality on their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR.1 Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an annual...
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FOREWORD The 2023 Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition comes at a critical juncture as several shocks have hit the region in recent years, including the...
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Desertification, land degradation and drought remain a significant threat to the Arab region. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by these threats through decreased agricultural yields,...
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This publication is the latest in a series published biennially by the Statistics, Information Society and Technology Cluster of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). It...
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2nd Arab Forum for Equality kicks off in Beirut Beirut, 6 June 2023 -- Ensuring food security is one of the main means for achieving equality. In the Arab region, millions of people are still living...
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Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Arab countries were facing daunting challenges, including conflict, instability, displacement, high rates of material deprivation and unemployment, and...
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ESCWA in its annual Survey of the Arab region: one third of its population living below lines despite positive growth Beirut, 30 December 2022--According to the latest version of the “Survey of...
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Weak Governance in MENA Region Worsens Deepening Land Crisis New World Bank Report Calls for Holistic Land Policy Reforms WASHINGTON, January 18, 2023 — Weak governance exacerbates the deepening land...
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Women and girls in the Arab region should be included more prominently in climate change policymaking, but also more broadly given the interlinkages between climate and other policy areas. Women’s...
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Introduction The challenges facing Arab countries today reflect decades-long problems, such as civil war, political violence, foreign military intervention, youth unemployment, gender inequality,...
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Executive Summary Background The framework of the Regional Intervention Actions Plan (RIAP) 2018-2021 is grounded on the UNFPA Strategic Plan, 2018-2021 and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,...
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Release of the 2021 Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Report PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 1, 2021 Women are a powerful force for peace and essential partners in advancing...
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WHY INCLUDE A PROTECTION, GENDER, DISABILITY AND INCLUSION LENS IN RISK COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? Some segments of our societies, particularly women, internally-displaced people,...
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Report reveals pitiful spending on projects addressing gender inequality, as London meeting to counter violence against women in crisis begins Tuesday, 12 November 2013 17:14 As officials gather in...
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27/06/2013 | 12:19 AM | Kuwait News UNITED NATIONS, June 26 (KUNA) -- The State of Kuwait vowed on Wednesday evening to extend USD 100,000 to the UN Women for the next two years. This was announced...
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“I begged my husband to divorce me. It was the only way to solve our children’s problem. He told me, ‘Dear, after all these years you want us to separate? I can’t do it.’ Even my son kept on asking...
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Table of Contents Regional Iraqi Monthly Statistical Report Iraq All Active Population Report Egypt All Active Population Report Egypt Iraqi Monthly Statistical Report Iran All Active Population...