In October 2014, the International Rescue Committee (IRC)’s Women’s Protection and Empowerment Lebanon program began implementing an innovative mobile approach to gender-based violence response and mitigation service delivery in Akkar district. The IRC’s approach aims ...
Within the urban refugee communities of Lebanon, hosting the largest number of refugees per capita in the world, adolescent girls are impacted by the surrounding crisis in ways that are not only different from adolescent boys and women, but also are often overlooked. This report explore...
This supplement presents national and international perspectives to better understand the work of women in peace building in Lebanon: their missions, struggles, sacrifices, hopes and aspirations. It also showcases—through the lives of Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian women peace b...
Currently the instruments of refugee status determination make asylum claims depend on images of women that are characterised by victimisation and motherhood. In this article, the author tackles the international refugee regime which, according to her, inadequately addresses gender-rela...
Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality to their children are a cause of statelessness. Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an annual background note on gender equality in legal provisions in nationality laws which relate to conferral of nationalit...
Le rapport couvre 142 pays et donne un aperçu des caractéristiques et des flux de la traite des personnes aux niveaux mondial, régional et national, en s’appuyant principalement sur les cas de traite recensés entre 2014 et 2016. L’ONUDC collecte s...
This report overviews the consultatiions for the general recommendations of UN WOMEN For Arab States &The Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) on women human rights in situations of conflict and post-conflict in the Arab region.It highlights the general c...
This report focuses on the issue of child/early marriage among young girls in Syrian refugee communities, with a special focus on the case of Zaatari camp in Jordan.It analysis the factors that contribute to this problem, such as the ecnonomic need, protecting girls from rape and sexual harrasmen...
This policy brief focuses on the gender dimension of the Integration of non-EU migrants and refugees in the European Union, it highlights the main reasons behind the inequality and gender gaps, especially in employment and labour market. It provides figures and numbers of migrant male/f...
Child marriage (underage marriage) is a phenomenon that has been frequently discussed as a widespread issue in Syrian society, especially in the refugee and IDP communities. Such marriages are a violation the rights of Syrian girls, in addition to effecting their future and excluding them from a ...
This platform is part of the Axis 1 "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors" of the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women for the future in the Mediterranean" funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, in the framework of the project “Developing Women's Empowerment” labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean.
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