“Josour Platform”

The “Josour Platform” is a one-stop-shop for all functions and activities of the “Josour” initiative. The platform plays the role of the “matchmaker” between the supply side (private sector) and the demand side (Josour youth). It has three main pillars: (1) Opportunities offered by Josour partners, (2) Josour youth who register at the platform, and (3) Opportunity calculator (opportunities offered for youth and those utilized by youth).

ESCWA Skills Monitor

With real-time information on millions of job postings from more than 100 regional online job posting platforms, the ESCWA Skills Monitor analyses the region's labor market demand and tracks the relevance of skills and employment prospects. The Future of Work API services allows users to connect to the Monitor database and access the latest regional labor market data. The service offers skills and job aggregations in a timely fashion enabling users to utilize Big Data and Machine Learning resources to understand the job market.

Estimating the Economic Cost of Domestic Violence

Notwithstanding the human rights principles that underline Governments’ obligation to combat violence against women and ensure the protection of all women and girls from all forms of violence, domestic violence against women also impacts the national economy. The model developed by ESCWA and UN-Women is to guide countries in assessing the economic impact of domestic violence. It provides details on how to estimate the costs incurred at the household and institutional levels.

Gender Justice Portal

The Gender Justice Portal provides member States, researchers and civil society organizations with an updated presentation and analysis of legal frameworks relating to gender equality and the law. The initiative is founded on collaboration between four United Nations agencies, namely ESCWA, UNDP, UNFPA and UN-Women, and is based on a detailed examination of laws and policies on gender equality and the alignment of these laws with international human rights standards.

Social Justice Policy Gap Assessment Tool

The Policy Gap Assessment Tool aims to analyze the extent to which the principles of social justice are integrated into public policies and development programs in the Arab region by identifying the gaps and deficits in policies that are considered key to achieve social justice.

Arab SDG Gateway

[The Arab SDG Gateway aims to improve countries’ statistical capacity and foster regional collaboration on data and statistics It provides easy access to data, metadata and applications to monitor and report on the SDGs]

Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals in the Arab region 2023 report

[Provides information on the Arab region’s progress in each of the 17 SDGs and their 169 target and related indicators. It also presents an overview by goal through informative infographics designed to reflect key messages on the region’s progress. It highlights where the region now stands in relation to 2030, with a 2015 baseline, in terms of Goals, targets and indicators. The present report stresses the importance of data availability and its impact on planning processes.]

National Gender Lens Pocketbook Report 2022

The National Gender Lens Pocketbook 2022, provides valuable information on women and men and their conditions of life to achieve gender equality and empowerment in all localities in the Arab Region, furthermore, it provides data from more than 40 gender-related indicators at the city level in the Arab region.

Arab Gender Gap Report (AGGR) 2020

[The Arab Gender Gap Report explores the state of gender equality across 22 Arab countries through gender-related indicators linked to issues inherent in the SDGs. The report is unique as it includes regional priority gender-equality indicators – quantitative and qualitative – to help fast track progress on the policies and laws at the country level, and to monitor the implementation of the SDGs.]

SDG Vulnerability Framework

[Leave no one behind (LNOB) represents the indisputable commitment of all UN Member States to eradicate poverty in all its forms, end discrimination, and exclusion, and reduce vulnerabilities and obstacles that leave people behind. The SDG vulnerability frameworks to leave no one behind in four main population groups: gender, disability, children and youth, and the elderly. The four frameworks list SDGs-related indicators to guide and assist member States to better plan, monitor and, report on progress achieved.]

ARAB SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2020

The Arab Sustainable Development Report 2020 charts the regional trajectory for achieving the 2030 Agenda, and analyses where the region stands on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It offers a quantitative and qualitative analysis of each SDG in relation to the global indicator framework adopted by the General Assembly in 2017. Mobilizing ESCWA interdisciplinary knowledge, the expertise of regional United Nations entities and a group of esteemed experts, it highlights SDG interlinkages, examines the main barriers to achievement, sheds light on those most at risk of being left behind, and identifies the most critical entry points for moving forward. The findings urge structural changes across social, economic, political, cultural and environmental dimensions, and illustrate the possibilities for regional transformation.

ESCWA Stories Volume I

Volume I of “The ESCWA Stories” was launched on 12 August 2021 on International Youth Day. It was distributed to 750 students across seven schools in Lebanon throughout the academic year 2021-2022.

ESCWA Stories Volume II

Regional Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab Region

The Regional Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab States offers an update on progress made in implementing the Sendai Framework, identifies entry points for improving coherence with climate change adaptation and sustainable development, and analyzes region-specific systemic risk drivers, with discussion on vulnerability, rapid urbanization, conflict, and food security.

GAR Special Report on Drought 2021

The extensive impacts of drought are consistently underreported even though they span large areas, cascade through systems and scales, and linger through time, affecting millions of people and contributing to food insecurity, poverty, and inequality. The GAR Special Report on Drought 2021 explores the systemic nature of drought and its impacts on the achievement of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the SDGs and human and ecosystems health and wellbeing.

Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022

The keys to building resilience and accelerating sustainable development are measuring what we value, designing systems around the way people make decisions on risk, and reconfiguring governance and financial systems to work collaboratively and across silos. As climate change impacts gather pace, we know what is at stake for future generations. GAR2022 outlines how immediate action around these areas can help governments, local communities and individuals better position themselves to cope with a volatile, uncertain future.

Yemenis at Work: A Journey Through the Yemeni Labour Market

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has curated a photographic exhibition that demonstrates the resilience of Yemeni workers and employers in the face of conflict and challenges, and highlights key issues affecting the country's labour market.

Children with Disabilities in the Middle East and North Africa: A statistical overview of their well-being

This report includes internationally comparable data on children with disabilities from four countries in the MENA and covers 18 indicators of child well-being. It offers evidence crucial to decision-making to fulfill obligations, both moral and legal, to give every child an equal chance in life.

Social protection responses to COVID-19 in MENA: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity

This assessment provides a systematic overview of the main design and implementation features and the child-sensitivity of the social assistance measures implemented in response to the COVID-19 crisis in the MENA region. It shows the immense efforts made to contain the socio-economic effects of the crisis, but also highlights some critical gaps, urgent to address.

Building resilient education systems. Why and how should we monitor hybrid learning?

Monitoring distance and hybrid learning generates enables future initiatives to be adapted to ensure that all children are being reached. These guides have been developed by UNICEF to support Ministries of Education and education decision-makers to effectively monitor the status and implementation of education delivery and learning, including in emergency situations.

Promoting men and boys’ engagement in ending FGM in Middle East and North Africa

This study presents the results of qualitative research conducted in four MENA countries focusing on boys and men and household decision-making on FGM, sexuality and FGM, and what could be done to engage men more fully in FGM prevention efforts. It includes programmatic recommendations on how to engage men and boys as partners for change in ending FGM.

The Young Climate Activists Toolkit in the Middle East and North Africa Region/Arab States Region

The Young Climate Activists Toolkit is tailored to offer clear, concise, and easily understandable information on climate action, and prepare young people for full and informed participation in climate action and debate. It has been contextualized and adapted to help young activists address the challenges they face in the Middle East and North Africa.

The State of Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture in the Near East and North Africa region

The publication aims at providing policy makers, institutions and other stakeholders a comprehensive overview of the current situation for land and water and the effect of climate change and urbanization on food production facilitating informed decision-making. The report provides the latest land and water resource statistics for the region and outlines important challenges that NENA is facing.

Addressing food security challenges faced by Near East and North Africa region due to the Ukraine crisis

Many countries of the NENA region are heavily dependent on imported foodstuff and fertilizers from Russia and Ukraine; and thus, the current conflict puts the region at risk of shortening of food supply from Russia and Ukraine as well as raising food prices as a result of the disturbances in post-COVID-19.

Integrating food safety and nutrition in agri-food systems

Food safety and nutrition are inextricably linked, yet the importance of food safety in this relation is often overlooked. Improving food safety regulations and their implementation is essential to safeguard the health and good nutritional outcomes of the population.

Food policy monitoring in the Near East and North Africa region. 4th Quarter 2022 | Bulletin

Increased food, and fertilizer prices, slower growth, and currency fluctuations still severely strain food security, especially in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region, which has a high reliance on international food markets and is highly exposed to global price surges.

Implications of the war in Ukraine for agrifood trade and food security in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia

Beyond a detailed analysis of how the war in Ukraine affects food security and agrifood trade in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia, the report also contains a set of key policy recommendations to help governments cope with the unfolding situation and improve food security in the medium and long term.