The UN Women Egypt Country Office’s Country Portfolio Brief gives a comprehensive overview on the main programmes implemented by UN Women during the period from 2023 to 2027 in support of the Arab Republic of Egypt’s Vision 2030 and the National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women (NSEEW). More
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The analysis included in this report builds upon data collected through the LEAP project and sought to provide evidence around key resilience issues.
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Globally, more than 2.5 billion women and girls are affected by discriminatory laws and the lack of legal protections. This policy strategy seeks to fast track the repeal of discriminatory laws in 100 countries between 2019 and 2023, focusing on six thematic areas, and will address the legal needs of more than 50 million women and girls.
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Globally, more than 2.5 billion women and girls are affected by discriminatory laws and the lack of legal protections. This policy strategy seeks to fast track the repeal of discriminatory laws in 100 countries between 2019 and 2023, focusing on six thematic areas, and will address the legal needs of more than 50 million women and girls.
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The report is conducted by CAWTAR with support of different international organizations include, UNWOMEN. The report analyses the legal status of the women in more than 20 countries in the region. The report reviewed about 300 laws and compared it with the treaties signed by those countries. It tries to assess the translation of the commitments of each country into local laws and procedures.
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Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016 brings together human rights and economic policymaking, and provides the key elements for a far-reaching new policy agenda that can transform economies and make women’s rights a reality. Through solid in-depth analysis and data, this evidence-based report provides key recommendations on moving towards an economy that truly works for women, for the benefit of all
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The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action calls on Governments, the international community and civil society, including NGOs and the private sector, to take strategic action in the following 12 critical areas of concern: poverty, education and training, health, violence, armed conflict, the economy, power and decision-making, institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women, human rights, media, the environment, and the girl child.
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The Ministers and Heads of national women’s machineries responsible for the advancement of women in the Arab region, participating in the Arab High-level Conference on Progress. Achieved in the Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action after 20 Years, which was held in Cairo on 2 and 3 February 2015 commit “Towards justice and equality for women in the Arab region".
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Within the framework of the Regional Programme for the Economic and Political Empowerment of Women in the Southern Mediterranean Region, the European Commission and UN Women organized an international conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on 5 and 6 November 2014. The conference brought together female parliamentarians from the Arab States region and members of the European Parliament and was hosted by the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee of the European Parliament.
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This study examines violence against women and girls in 18 Arab countries covered by both mandates of ESCWA and UN-Women, with particular focus on violence in the domestic sphere. The objective of the study is to generate evidence-based policy recommendations for Arab member countries in order to assist them in scaling up their commitment to combating violence against female population groups, especially in the domestic sphere, and to promote gender equality and enhance women’s empowerment in Arab societies.
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Qualitative studies about the women in the region and their success stories. The stories you are about to read are live testaments to the fact that indeed those are difficult times but they are also full of opportunities that generate in us the continuous commitment to the work we are doing, and to the struggle we so fondly take on.
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This report has been prepared in the context of the Regional Consultation with the civil society organizations for the Proposed General Recommendation on Women Human Rights in Situations of Conflict and Post Conflict contexts organized by the Regional Office of Arab States of UN WOMEN &The Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women/CEDAW Committee. This report is a result of the work conducted for the situation analysis and during the regional consultation thanks to the efforts of all participants. It includes consolidated conclusions and recommendations agreed by consensus build among all presents with no reservation