The paper examines women’s integration in the labor force in the Gulf Arab states, paying special attention to differences in public and private sector employment, and national and migrant female labor participation. There are a number of barriers to women’s full economic and political inclusion in Gulf societies.

This paper was prepared by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) as a background paper contributing to the Arab Sustainable Development Report. It focuses on gender equality as a core element to achieve sustainable development. It tackles gender mainstreaming as a strategy to overcome gender inequalities. In addition, this paper discusses proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) that tackle the gender dimension within the context of the development problematique in Arab countries.

The Collective for Research and Training on Development – Action recently published a research report by Tina Wallace on Women’s Work in Lebanon. This publication falls within CRTD.A’s regional program “Sustainable Economic Empowerment for Women” (SEOW phase 3). The study draws on research data and debates from Lebanon to describe and understand women’s work and their involvement in the three sectors of the economy (formal, paid and regulated sector; informal and unregulated sector; responsibilities and work within the domestic context, the care economy). The author focuses on the invisible part of women’s work (unpaid domestic and care work) and its implications for women’s economic participation and the recognition of Lebanese women’s contribution to the economy.

the Government of the Lebanese Republic, on the one hand, And The Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, The Government of the Region of Wallonia, The Government of the Region of Flanders, The Government of the Region of Brussels-Capital, And the Government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, on the other hand, Hereinafter referred to as « the Contracting Parties », Desiring to strengthen their economic co-operation by creating favourable conditions for investments .

The Government of the Lebanese Republic and the Government of the Republic of Belarus hereinafter referred to as the "Contracting Parties", Desiring to encourage economic cooperation to the mutual benefit of both States, Intending to create and maintain favourable conditions for investments by investors of one Contracting Party in the territory of the other Contracting Party, Recognizing that the encouragement and contractual protection of such investments are apt to stimulate private business initiative and to increase the prosperity of both States.