The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and its partners,namely the League of Arab States,the United Nations Environment program and the United Nations Department of

As a contribution to the post-215 debate,the Social Development Division of ESCWA organized a meeting of the advisory board of the joint publication,The Future United Nations Development Agenda Beyond

This report is one of the most important outcomes of a project carried out by International IDEA,in cooperation with the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND),aimed at discussing democratic reform

Who are the women held on remand or imprisoned following conviction? What offences have they been charged with or convicted of? What triggered their confrontation with the criminal justice system

Submitted to the UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice,this paper presents recommendations on new legislation or improved implementation of existing

Journey to Equality commemorates the 1th anniversary of the adoption of the landmark treaty,the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa,in Maputo,Mozambique. The book is a joint initiative of the

Using data from the Jordanian Labor Market Panel Survey 21 (JLMPS),this paper aims at investigating the differences in labor force participation among men and women. Not only is female labor force

Women’s participation in the economy,as integral part of their empowerment,is a major challenge facing the MENA-region,since women’s labour market participation (LMP) is among the lowest throughout