{"id":5538,"date":"2026-09-21T10:18:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/?p=5538"},"modified":"2026-09-21T10:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:18:34","slug":"elbarlament-at-the-regional-workshop-on-women-peace-and-security-and-climate-change-in-the-arab-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/?p=5538","title":{"rendered":"elbarlament at the Regional Workshop on Women, Peace and Security and Climate Change in the Arab Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">A member of the elbarlament team is attending the <strong class=\"x7amdea\">Regional Workshop on Women, Peace and Security and Climate Change in the Arab Region<\/strong>, taking place in Cairo on 23\u201324 September 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">Convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in partnership with UN Women, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), the two-day workshop brings together representatives of national women\u2019s machineries, ministries, civil society organisations and regional and international partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">The workshop focuses on a critical and increasingly interconnected challenge: how gender inequality, climate change and conflict interact and reinforce existing vulnerabilities across the Arab region.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x1yc453h x1c3i2sq x1gtpwm6 x7amdea x1i21sxh xladpa3 x1iykcro xma8rkl x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1fv8qjw x1a024ua x14l7nz5 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">From policy coherence to practical action<\/h3>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">A central focus of the workshop is the need for greater coherence between policy frameworks that are often developed and implemented separately, including Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans, climate policies, Nationally Determined Contributions, National Adaptation Plans and disaster-risk-reduction strategies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">Participants will explore practical approaches to strengthening this coherence, with particular attention to four areas:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"xonam98 x1epdd7z xemmon1 xn020vs xfl32do xluzp7q x1yc453h x38giro xat24cr x1xobyvs x1fv8qjw xdj266r xrxpjvj x1bxe5rh\">\n<li class=\"x1datfip xp5n6w9 x2xbuc6\">\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">governance, coordination and financing;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x1datfip xp5n6w9 x2xbuc6\">\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">institutional and technical capacity;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x1datfip xp5n6w9 x2xbuc6\">\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">data, knowledge and evidence; and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"x1datfip xp5n6w9 x2xbuc6\">\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">translating evidence and policy commitments into concrete action.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">The programme also provides an opportunity to exchange national experiences and discuss how women\u2019s meaningful participation can be strengthened in climate governance, peace and security processes and decision-making.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x1yc453h x1c3i2sq x1gtpwm6 x7amdea x1i21sxh xladpa3 x1iykcro xma8rkl x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1fv8qjw x1a024ua x14l7nz5 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">Connecting regional discussions with our work<\/h3>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">For elbarlament, participation in the workshop provides an opportunity to bring perspectives from our work in <strong class=\"x7amdea\">Iraq and the wider MENA region<\/strong> into a broader regional conversation, while learning from the experiences and approaches of colleagues and partners from across the Arab region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">We are particularly interested in the discussion around the gender\u2013climate\u2013conflict nexus and what it means for women&#8217;s participation, institutional responses and policy-making in contexts affected by conflict and climate-related pressures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">We look forward to two days of exchange, learning and collaboration, and to bringing relevant insights from the workshop back into our work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the elbarlament team is attending the Regional Workshop on Women, Peace and Security and Climate Change in the Arab Region, taking place in Cairo on 23\u201324 September 2026. Convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in partnership with UN Women, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5540,"href":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5538\/revisions\/5540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbarlament.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}