Gender & Citizenship Initiative in the Arab Region: Activities

Human Rights and Criminal Justice
Aden, Yemen, 17 - 18  March, 2008.
Organized by: United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR) in collaboration with the Public Prosecution Office in Yemen.
This workshop focuses on the minimum standards for the rights of the accused. It discusses criminal justice issues related to women and juveniles, as well as regional and international instruments for their protection. It also focuses on the role of public prosecution and specialized agencies in the protection of individuals during criminal proceedings.
Agenda, Background and Publications

Nationality Campaign: Bahrain Mid-term Regional Workshop "Women's Right to Nationality" 10-11 January 2007
10 - 11  January, 2007.
Organized by: United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR).
Collective for Research and Training on Development - Action (CRTD-A)
Agenda, Background and Publications

Gender and Citizenship Initiative in the Arab Region - Phase II 2006 - 2007
1 - 1  January, 2007.
Organized by: United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR).
Collective for Research and Training on Development - Action (CRTD-A)
Agenda, Background and Publications

Regional Media Training and Knowledge Management workshop on Gender & Citizenship in the Arab Countries
Cairo - Egypt, 5 - 8  June, 2005.
Organized by: UNDP-POGAR in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and in cooperation with the Center for Research and Training for Development (CRTD) and the Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women (ADEW)..
The aim of this meeting is the dissemination of information on Gender and Nationality in the Arab countries.
Agenda, Background and Publications

Gender and Citizenship Initiative - Phase One 2002-2004
1  January, 2004.
Organized by: United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR).
Agenda, Background and Publications

Expert Group Meeting on Gender and Nationality in the Arab World
Beirut - Lebanon, 1  October, 2003.
Organized by: United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR).
Agenda, Background and Publications

Expert Group Meeting on Nationality Legislation from the Perspective of the Islamic Shari’a
Tunis - Tunisia, 3 - 4  July, 2003.
Organized by: United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR).
Agenda, Background and Publications

Gender & Citizenship in the Arab World - Mediterranean Development Forum IV
Amman - Jordan, 7  October, 2002.
Organized by: United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR) and the World Bank Group - Mediterranean Development Forum IV.
Agenda, Background and Publications

Expert Group Meeting on Three Aspects of Citizenship: Family Laws, Social Protection Laws and Nationality and Election Laws
Casablanca - Morocco, 1  July, 2002.
Organized by: United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR) and MAROC 20/20.
Agenda, Background and Publications

Gender and Citizenship Initiative - Launch
1  January, 2002.
Organized by: United Nations Development Programme - Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR).
The G&C initiative offers research on women's citizenship in selected Arab countries and raises public and media awareness about the scale and implications of gender inequalities inherent in key legislation and discussed in the Arab Human Development Report of 2002. The initiative is to build the capacity of Arab women's NGOs in networking and advocacy to lobby for policy changes and to develop partnerships between women's NGOs and parliamentarians.
Agenda, Background and Publications