Every March 8, the world pauses to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). While it’s often filled with floral tributes and social media shout-outs, the day’s roots are far more radical—growing out of the labor movements at the turn of the 20th century where women fought for shorter hours, better pay, Read More
The Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR), a UN process to assess its development system. It is a major review process by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) every four years to evaluate the effectiveness and coherence of the UN development system (UNDS). Purpose: To provide policy guidance for how the UN Read More
The ESCWA is one of the five regional commissions of the UN, mandated to support its member states in the Arab region in fostering socio-economic development and cooperation. Headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon, ESCWA acts as a crucial intergovernmental platform for its member states—which currently include 20 countries from the Middle Read More
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global authority that sets the environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. Established in 1972, its mission is to provide Read More
UN Women is the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. It was established in 2010 to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide by consolidating the mandates of four previously distinct UN bodies. Its core mission is to advance women’s rights, Read More
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