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Women in the Arab World: Reports

This is a guide to library and web resources to support research in Women's Studies in the Arab World

Addressing Barriers to Women’s Economic Participation in the ESCWA Region
E/ESCWA/ECW/2012/1
Against Wind and Tides: A Review of the Status of Women and Gender Equality in the Arab Region (Beijing +20)
E/ESCWA/ECW/2015/3
Child Marriage in Humanitarian Settings in the Arab Region
E/ESCWA/ECW/2015/2
Combating Domestic Violence against Women and Girls: Policies to Empower Women in the Arab Region
/ESCWA/ECW/2013/4
Combating Domestic Violence against Women and Girls: Policies to Empower Women in the Arab Region
E/ESCWA/ECW/2013/4
Consequences of child marriage for sexual and reproductive health in humanitarian settings in the Arab region
E/ESCWA/ECW/2015/Technical Paper.6
Experiences of Arab Countries in Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective in Government Organizations
E/ESCWA/ECW/2013/5
Implementation of the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Arab Countries: Regional Shadow Reports in Arab Countries
E/ESCWA/ECW/2007/1
Means of Enhancing the Role of Women in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: Case studies on Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq
E/ESCWA/ECW/2009/3
Protracted Conflict and Development in the Arab Region: Trends and Impacts in Conflict Settings, Issue No. 4
E/ESCWA/ECRI/2015/2
The State of Gender Justice in the Arab Region
E/ESCWA/ECW/2017/4
Status of Arab Women Report 2017 Violence against Women: What is At Stake
E/ESCWA/ECW/2017/2
Trafficking of women and children in the Arab region: A regional perspective
E/ESCWA/ECW/2013/2
Women's rights and gender equality for sustainable development: Discussing the proposed sustainable development goals within the context of development in the Arab region, 2015
E/ESCWA/ECW/2015/Technical Paper.3
Women: Arab Horizon 2030
E/ESCWA/ECW/2017/TECHNICAL PAPER.2
Women’s Political Representation in the Arab Region
E/ESCWA/ECW/2017/3
Women’s Political Representation in the Arab Region
E/ESCWA/ECW/2017/3
التقرير العربي الموحد حول تنفيذ منهاج عمل بيجين بعد عشرين عاماً
E/ESCWA/ECW/2015/Technical Paper.1
قراءة في خطط التنمية واستراتيجيات المرأة العربية من منظور أهداف التنمية المستدامة
E/ESCWA/ECW/2017/Technical Paper.1
مشاركة المرأة العربية في العمل السياسي: تحديات واقتراحات
E/ESCWA/ECW/2013/1

World Bank The environment for women's entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa (English) 2008

The environment for women's entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa (English)
World Bank. 2009. The Status and Progress of Women in the Middle East and North Africa.
World Bank 2004. Gender and development in the Middle East and North Africa : women in the public sphere (English)

Women, Business and the Law 2018
Open Knowledge Repository

OHCHR Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Annual Reports
UNDP 2005. Arab Human Development Report 2005: Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World
The report presents a compelling argument as to why realising the full potential of Arab women is an indispensable pre-requisite for development in all Arab states.
UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM): Arab States
The Report, formerly known as the Education for All Global Monitoring Report
ILO Arab States Gender Briefs
UNFPA Framework for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation

Arab Women and Legalization

NCFUWI ANNUAL REPORT FOR -2006
National Committee for the Follow up of Women’s Issues
NCFUWI Final report. Empower Gender Participation in the Political life (2004-2005)
National Committee for the Follow up of Women’s Issues
NCLW CEDAW Fourth and Fifth Periodic Report 2014
NCLW CEDAW Third Periodic Report 2006
National Council for Lebanese Women
NCLW National Action Plan (2017 - 2019) English Version Page 1 /1 6 8 National Strategy for Women in Lebanon 2011 - 2021
NCLW National Action Plan 2013-2016 in arabic
NCLW National Action Plan التقرير السنوي حول تنفيذ خطة عمل الاستراتيجية الوطنية للمرأة في لبنان ( 2011 - 2021 )
NCLW Study Child marriages in lebanon 2014 arabic
The Universal Periodic Review, Lebanon 2015: Civil Society Reports
Lebanese Civil Society’s Coalition (2015)

NCLW Annual Reports 2010-
NCLW التقرير الوطني الموحد في تنفيذ منهاج عمل بيجين 1999
RDFL A Historical Overview of Women’s Achievements in Lebanon
Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering (RDFL) 2017
RDFL Follow-Up on Women’s Issues for the High Commissioner for Human Rights 9th UPR
Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering (RDFL) 2010
RDFL Marital Violence in Lebanon – Field Study
Dr. Fahmia Chrafeddine
on: September 28, 2013In: Studies