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The training modules were developed within the framework of the United Nations Development Account (UNDA) project on “Developing the Capacities of the Arab Countries for Climate Change Adaptation by Applying IWRM Tools”. The modules build upon work conducted under the Regional Initiative for the...

The Global Development Commons: "Youth Innovations to Tackle Climate Change" Background The Global Development Commons hosted its second youth webinar. Youth innovators from Brazil, Canada and Jordan shared details on their projects to tackle climate change in their local communities. To learn more...

This report focuses on the impact of the Hemayati joint programme that strengthens people’s access to life saving protection and sexual reproductive health services. Specifically, this report focuses on individuals who encountered gender based violence and sexual and reproductive health and shelter...

Africa is home to approximately two-thirds of the global population living with HIV and—despite a decline in HIV infection rates and AIDS mortality—the epidemic continues to take a toll across the continent. At the same time, Africa is home to 15 of the 20 countries with the highest prevalence rates...

A Palestinian photographer Laura Boushnak photographed her travels throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa leaning about how education is changing the lives for women and the communities that they live in. Her project is titled, “I Read, I Write” and her goal is to inspire women. ...

With the 25th anniversary of the landmark Beijing Declaration approaching, this article takes a look back on progress in gender equality and female empowerment. One interesting point is that only 13 of 193 UN member countries have gender-equal cabinets. World preparing to mark landmark Beijing...

Isobel Colemen is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. In her Ted Talk, Isobel talks about the continued silent movement led by women in the middle east to obtain more human rights including rights to education, to drive, and choice. ...

A 17 minute video highlights the struggle that women continue to face in Saudi Arabia and how women remain second-class citizens but the quiet change happening throughout the country. Various interviews are placed throughout the video of women. ...