Working Women in MENA
Mar 15, 2016 / Library
Thirteen of the 15 countries with the lowest rates of women participating in their labor force are in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to the 2015 Global Gender Gap Report (2015).
The State of Women’s Rights in the Arab World
Mar 09, 2016 / Blog entry
من حسن الطالع أنه عندما يتعلق الأمر بالإصلاحات التي تزيد من الفرص الاقتصادية أمام المرأة وتحد من عدد القوانين التي تقلص دورها، فثمة تحسينات تشهدها البلدان في مختلف أنحاء العالم كل عام. ووفقا لتقرير "المرأة وأنشطة الأعمال والقانون 2016" الذي أصدره البنك الدولي مؤخرا، فإن نحو 65 بلدا من بلدان العالم قامت خلال العامين الماضيين بسن 94 إصلاحا من شأنها...
The Two Faces of the Sea
Mar 08, 2016 / Blog entry
استطاع البحر، البحر الذي يتألف من ثلاثة حروف صغيرة في اللغة أن يعقد موعداً مستمراً للألم مع السوريات والسوريين منذ خمسة أعوام وحتى الآ غير أن أم محمد وأم عيسى لم تخططا لهذا الموعد أبداّ. فالأولى هربت من جحيم براميل البارود التي تلقى على مدينة داريا ، والأخرىقررت أن تترك الوطن خلفها بعد أن بدأت الأجهزة الأمنية التابعة للنظام الحاكم بملاحقة ابنها ...
How to Open the Doors for more Women to Work in Jordan
Mar 08, 2016 / Blog entry
أنجز هذا المقال بالتعاون مع موقع رصيف22 ومدوّنة البنك الدولي.
يذيّل الأردن القوائم الدولية وحتى العربية في نسبة مشاركة المرأة الاقتصادية ، إذ تحتل المملكة المركز 139 من بين 142 دولة. وترد ناشطات نسويات هذه المرتبة المتأخرة والإحجام عن المشاركة في سوق العمل، إلى التشريعات والممارسات غير الصديقة للمرأة في سوق العمل الأردني، والتمييز وهضم الحقوق...
5 Arab Women who are Breaking down Stereotypes and Building their Countries
Mar 01, 2016 / Blog entry
هناك قول مأثور مخيف في بعض البلدان العربية: وهو أن المرأة ليس لها إلا بيتها وزوجها فقط. فهي لا ينبغي أن تتعلم أو تعمل أو أن يكون لها رأي. ومما يؤسف له أن هذا الاعتقاد مازال يهيمن على بعض المناطق في العالم العربي. ولكن النساء والرجال العرب العصريين والمتعلمين وأصحاب الإرادة القوية يرون أن ذلك لم يعد ملائما للحياة العصرية بل ومتخلفا.
تشكل النساء...
#SheIsResilient: Young Women Entrepreneurs from MENA Build the Resilience of their Cities
Jan 29, 2016 / Highlight
Three female-led projects from Beirut and Cairo were awarded at the Grand Finale of the “Women for Resilient Cities Start-up Competition” organized by the World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration.
The Women for Resilience (W4R) is an initiative conducted by the World Bank in partnership with the Global Facility for Disaster...
Sara Helou / eTobb: Meet the Winners of the Women for Resilience Initiative
Jan 29, 2016 / Library
Three female-led teams from Beirut and Cairo were awarded in September 2015 in Marseille at the Grand Finale of the “Women for Resilient Cities Start-up Competition” organized by the World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration. The event brought together seven finalist teams along with business incubators, local stakeholders from...
Hoda Mahmoud / transi.to: Meet the Winners of the Women for Resilience Initiative
Jan 29, 2016 / Library
Three female-led teams from Beirut and Cairo were awarded in September 2015 in Marseille at the Grand Finale of the “Women for Resilient Cities Start-up Competition” organized by the World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration. The event brought together seven finalist teams along with business incubators, local stakeholders from...
Leveraging Women Entrepreneurship for Resilience in MENA Cities
Jan 29, 2016 / Library
Three female-led teams from Beirut and Cairo were awarded in September 2015 in Marseille at the Grand Finale of the “Women for Resilient Cities Start-up Competition” organized by the World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration. The event brought together seven finalist teams along with business incubators, local stakeholders from...
Radwa Rostom / Hand Over: Meet the Winners of the Women for Resilience Initiative
Jan 29, 2016 / Library
Three female-led teams from Beirut and Cairo were awarded in September 2015 in Marseille at the Grand Finale of the “Women for Resilient Cities Start-up Competition” organized by the World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration. The event brought together seven finalist teams along with business incubators, local stakeholders from...
The Multiple Tragedies of Syria’s Displaced Women, and Why the G20 Needs to Pay Attention
Nov 16, 2015 / Blog entry
بواقع 19 مليون لاجئ و 41 مليونا من المشردين داخليا. وهذه الأرقام هي الأعلى التي يتم تسجيلها حتى الآن ولا تزال تواصل ارتفاعها. يقول أنطونيو غوتيريس مفوض الأمم المتحدة السامي لشؤون اللاجئين "إننا نشهد انزلاقا سريعا نحو حقبة يتجاوز فيها حجم التشريد القسري في العالم وكذلك الاستجابة المطلوبة أياً مما شهدناه من قبل".
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Women for Resilient Cities
Sep 17, 2015 / Program
Lead Organization
The World Bank.
Partners
IE Business School, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), Center for Mediterranean Integration.
Countries Targeted
Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia.
Challenges
Managing disaster risks is one of the most complex...
#SheIsResilient: Young Women Entrepreneurs from MENA Build the Resilience of their Cities
Women for Resilient Cities Grand Finale: #SheIsResilient
Aug 17, 2015 / Highlight
Context
While around the world, the number of disasters has almost doubled since the 1980s, in MENA, the average number of natural disasters has almost tripled over the same period. Approximately 40 million people have been affected by over 350 natural disasters between 1981 and 2010. Vulnerabilities are on the rise across the region, with risks...
Women Risk Management Start-up Competition: Because Resilient Entrepreneurs Make Resilient Cities
Jun 17, 2015 / Library
Read more about the competition here.
CMI Takes Part in UfM’s High Level Conference on Women’s Participation in Economic Life
Jun 09, 2015 / Highlight
May 19-21, 2015, Barcelona, Spain
The CMI Manager joined an expert panel at the High-Level Conference organized by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) on “Fostering Women’s Participation in Economic Life.” He presented an overview of women’s current situation in MENA and its implications on the economic development of the region and...
Arab Urban Development Institute’s Event at the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction: “MENA Urbanization Knowledge and Disaster Risk Management”
Apr 15, 2015 / Blog entry
By Nuha Mohamed Eltinay*
In line with the great initiatives administered by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) to increase the level of city resilience worldwide, the Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI) organized a Public Forum-Side Event, in the context of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk...
Dismantling Mediterranean Myths: Are there “Islamic High Fertility Laws”?
Apr 07, 2015 / Library
“Dismantling Mediterranean Myths” is the Center for Mediterranean Integration’s new blog series. Using facts and statistics, it confronts misconceptions about the region. By opening up barriers, the series hopes to reframe, refresh and advance the thinking on Mediterranean issues.
The inaugural issue focuses on the myth of “Islamic...
Dismantling Mediterranean Myths: Status of Arab Women
Apr 07, 2015 / Library
“Dismantling Mediterranean Myths” is the Center for Mediterranean Integration’s new blog series. Using facts and statistics, it confronts misconceptions about the region. By opening up barriers, the series hopes to reframe, refresh and advance the thinking on Mediterranean issues.
This issue focuses on the myth of Arab women’s status and is...
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