ESCWA, in partnership with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), the League of Arab States (LAS) and the Arab Women Organization (AWO) organized an expert group meeting to discuss the draft regional report on progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action after 25 years.
This workshop, which took place on 25 and 26 September 2019 at the United Nations House in Beirut - Lebanon, aimed to present and discuss progress achieved in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action throughout the past five years based on the national reports submitted by Arab states and the first draft of the consolidated regional report that will be presented to the Commission on the Status of Women in New York in March 2020.
The meeting brought together representatives of national women machineries in the Arab region, as well as national human rights institutions, relevant international and regional organizations and experts.
Presentations can be found in Arabic on the Arabic link of the webpage.
Amman, Jordan
