Training Manual: Gender Leadership in Humanitarian Action- Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Bridging Policy and Practice in the Humanitarian System. This manual pulls a range of sources, adapting and updating them for an integrated five-day training module designed to develop gender leadership in humanitarian action in a country context. It draws heavily on work by the authors of Oxfam’s Training Manual on Gender Equality and Women’s Rights in Emergencies, Oxfam, (2013, unpublished). It also draws on training materials compiled for Oxfam’s Gender Leadership Programme, particularly those delivered in the Middle East & Commonwealth of Independent States (MECIS) region, and on training materials developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). The Simulation of a disaster exercise is adapted from the exercise used in IASC’s online course, Gender in Humanitarian Action. Various case studies from the online course have also been used. It is hoped that people will use this source to adapt and create their own training sessions too, in this rapidly evolving and vital area of work.

In a new Brookings Doha Center policy briefing, Bessma Momani contends that increasing the number of women in the labor force will generate economic growth for Arab countries. She explains that despite educational gains, the MENA region still has a massive gender gap when it comes to employment. Many Arab women struggle to find jobs or simply choose not to work because of the major challenges they face, including cultural norms, gendered education systems, and a lack of financial means. Throughout the paper, Momani goes on to examine just how much Arab economies could benefit from more women joining their work forces. As a result of these observations, she urges Arab governments to adopt reforms and promote policies that will encourage women to work and remove barriers that currently prevent them from doing so.

Thus, the regional project in collaboration between CAWTAR and SIDA entitled « Empowering Women towards Gender Equality in the MENA Region through Gender Mainstreaming in Economic Policies and Trade Agreements» intends to produce data and information to present evidence that show a correlation between Gender and Trade to be used in advocacy, policy dialogue and planning for change towards gender equality. The initial hypothesis of the study is that gender is partially mainstreamed in economic policies and trade. To test the hypothesis of the study, it was important to answer an important question: Why women are not able to enter commercial markets and are able do business in Egypt? The study comprises three parts. Part I is dedicated to highlight issues related to gender equality, human rights and development. It portrays main important indicators for gender, rights and development. It also highlights the legal and human rights including economic and social rights and presents policies / strategies and mechanisms at national in relation to gender equality and the economic empowerment of women. While, Part II is dedicated to the GAAA Gender and Trade, where it presents the findings of the survey at the organization, programmes and advocacy levels. Finally, Part III is dedicated to highlighting the achievements in relation to gender equality and economic empowerment of women with special focus on trade as well as highlighting the gaps that needs to be addressed and the way forward.

Thus, the regional project in collaboration between CAWTAR and SIDA entitled « Empowering Women towards Gender Equality in the MENA Region through Gender Mainstreaming in Economic Policies and Trade Agreements» intends to produce data and information to present evidence that show a correlation between Gender and Trade to be used in advocacy, policy dialogue and planning for change towards gender equality. The initial hypothesis of the study is that gender is partially mainstreamed in economic policies and trade. To test the hypothesis of the study, it was important to answer an important question: Why women are not able to enter commercial markets and are able to do business in Jordan. The study comprises three parts. Part I is dedicated to highlight issues related to gender equality, human rights and development. It portrays main important indicators for gender, rights and development. It also highlights the legal and human rights including economic and social rights and presents policies / strategies and mechanisms at national in relation to gender equality and the economic empowerment of women. While, Part II is dedicated to the GAAA Gender and Trade, where it presents the findings of the survey at the organization, programmes and advocacy levels. Finally, Part III is dedicated to highlighting the achievements in relation to gender equality and economic empowerment of women with special focus on trade as well as highlighting the gaps that needs to be addressed and the way forward.

In collaboration between CAWTAR and SIDA, the Regional Project entitled «Empowering Women towards Gender Equality in the MENA Region through Gender Mainstreaming in Economic Policies and Trade Agreements» intends to produce data and information to present evidence of the correlation between Gender and Trade to be used in advocacy, policy dialogue and planning for change towards gender equality. The initial hypothesis of the study is that gender is partially mainstreamed in economic policies and trade. To test the hypothesis of the study, it was important to answer an important question: Why are women in Lebanon still unable to access the markets and do business on equal basis with men despite high educational attainment. The study comprises three parts: Part I is dedicated to highlight issues related to gender equality, human rights and development. It portrays main important indicators for gender, rights and development. It also highlights the legal and human rights including economic and social rights and presents policies / strategies and mechanisms at national in relation to gender equality and the economic empowerment of women. While, Part II is dedicated to the GAAA Gender and Trade, where it presents the findings of the survey at the organization, programmes and advocacy levels. Finally, Part III is dedicated to highlighting the achievements in relation to gender equality and economic empowerment of women with special focus on trade as well as highlighting the gaps that needs to be addressed and the way forward