Women’s Political Representation in the Arab Region
The objective of this study is to generate evidence-based policy recommendations for Arab States, in order to help them scale-up efforts to meet their commitments as relates to goal 5 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), pertaining to gender equality, in particular target 5.5, which aims to ensure women’s equal opportunities for leadership […]
JRC Statistical audit of the Equal Measures 2030 SDG Gender Index
The JRC assessment1 of the SDG Gender index 2019 focuses on two main issues: the statistical coherence of the hierarchical structure of indicators (section 2) and the impact of key modelling assumptions on the SDG Gender index ranking (section 3). It involves three steps: In the first step, the main descriptive statistics of the data […]
Women, Peace and Security: The Role of Institutions in Times of Peace and War in the Arab Region
This study examines the role of the institutions in the Arab region in response to the Women, Peace and Security agenda inspired by Security Council resolution 1325 wich affirmed that gender equality and the empowerment of women are central to global peace and security, and vice versa. download: [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/women-peace-security-institutions-war-arab-english_0.pdf”]
CEDAW Elections: An Introductory Guide
While treaty body elections are largely a State-run process, there is still a need for women’s groups and women’s rights advocates to continue advocating for the inclusion of independent feminist experts on the CEDAW Committee. [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CEDAW-Committee-Elections-Guide-2020-1.pdf”]
Gender Perspectives on Torture: Law and Practice
A comprehensive understanding of the unique ways in which society’s most vulnerable persons are affected by torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (ill-treatment) requires the recognition of a gendered analysis and framework that fully encapsulates these atrocities. [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CHECKED-Gender-Perspectives-on-Torture_Publication.pdf”]
ABC for a Gender Sensitive Constitution – English
All over the world women remain second rank citizens due to the weight of gender power relations that structure our societies, of culture, religion, and traditions.