Regional meeting to strengthen the capacity of the Sub-Committee on Gender Equality in developing national reports on international frameworks and commitments, in particular the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action + 30 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), is organizing, in partnership with the League of Arab States and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), a regional meeting for the members of the Subcommittee on Gender Equality on National Reviews of the progress in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action +30, expected to begin in 2024, aiming at maximizing on the process in support of the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Agenda and Goals 2030 and mainstreaming the gender perspective in the voluntary national reviews. The meeting will take place on the 21^st & 22^nd June 2023, in Beirut.

Workshop Objectives

• Review and assess Member States' experience in the process of national reviews of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in 25 years including challenges and lessons learnt.
• Member States consultation on planning for the upcoming comprehensive national-level reviews and the regional review process on the implementation of BDPfA+30, which is expected to commence in 2024.
• Promote participatory approaches and coordination between members of the Sub-Committee on Gender Equality and Sustainable Development and the official entities responsible for preparing national reviews of the implementation of the BDPfA+30 and the 2030 VNRs.
• Maximize on utilizing the process of national reviews on the implementation of the BDPfA+30 to support the follow-up to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Goals and mainstream gender in VNRs.
• Introduce participants to data platforms to support the preparation of national reviews.

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