ESCWA, the Women's Department of the League of Arab States, the Arab Women's Organization, the Regional Office for Arab States of the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research are organizing a training workshop for the preparation of national reports for Beijing +15.
The session is aimed at providing technical assistance to Arab States in the preparation of their national reports through training on the questionnaire addressed to Governments on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly to prepare for the 15-year review and appraisal process and review future plans.
Representatives and governmental experts from 17 Arab States are participating in the session, including Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, State of Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Cairo, Egypt
