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This Regional Analysis of the Syria Conflict (RAS) seeks to bring together information from all sources in the region and provide holistic analysis of the overall Syria crisis.

Severe weather struck the country this week, affecting Syrian refugees sheltered in the mountain region of Bekaa. Heavy rains and snowfall have flooded some settlements, and a number of refugee families were forced to seek shelter elsewhere.

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Working Paper | November 2012
The Role of Research Centers in Jordanian  Political Decision-Making | 1989-2010 by Walid Abdel Hay
It is difficult to assess the role of research centers in any country without understanding the overall environment in which they operate. The activities of these centers are intertwined with the movement of society in its various aspects, with the government in its various decisions, and with organized social forces in a civil society (parties and others). These activities are also not separate from the implications of their regional and international environments...

2012 ورقة عمل |  تشرين الأول
​دور مراكز الأبحاث في صناعة القرار السياسات الأردني  | 1989-2010 من إعداد وليد عبد الحي
من الصعب الحكم على دور مراكز الدراسات في أية دولة دون إدراك البيئة العامة التي تعمل فيها هذه المراكز،إذ تتشابك نشاطات هذه المراكز مع حركة المجتمع في مختلف جوانبها، ومع الحكومة في مختلف قراراتها، ومع القوى الإجتماعية المنظمة في مجتمع مدني من أحزاب وغيرها، كما أنها غير منفصلة عن انعكاسات بيئتها الإقليمية والدولية 
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This study, supported by UNFPA, assessed the reproductive health and gender-based violence among displaced Syrian women in Lebanon between July and September 2012.

Over the span of three years, Instituto Promundo, with support from the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women, implemented a multi-country project to engage men and boys in preventing violence against women and promote gender equality.

The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic has deteriorated significantly since November 2011, causing further suffering to the Syrian people. Widespread violence and increasingly aggravated socio-economic conditions have left many communities in a perilous state.

Over 57,000 displaced Syrians are receiving protection and assistance in Lebanon through the efforts of the Government of Lebanon and UN and NGO partners.

The list of challenges Palestinian refugee families living in Lebanon face is long and overwhelming. They live in overcrowded camps and have to deal with discrimination, isolation and social exclusion.

It is well known that the cultural norms and the patriarchal society in Lebanon contribute to encouraging discrimination and any form of violence against women and children.

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This issue of SIF looks briefly at Education in Lebanon using key indicators and figures available from a number of surveys conducted by the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) in Lebanon in recent years.

Oxfam GB commissioned the pilot study discussed in this report in order to understand further the context that shapes men’s gender roles and affects their behaviours, practices, and attitudes towards gender equality, with an explicit focus on VAW.

Private Universities in Lebanon: Performance Indicators, Accountability & Value-For-Money

This report was presented at the International Labour Conference, 99th Session, 2010. It was intended to facilitate the discussion of domestic work at the Conference and consists of ten chapters, each of which covers issues pertaining to the topic of domestic work.

The Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) and the World Bank organized a workshop entitled "Gender Statistics in Lebanon: Current Situation and Future Needs," which took place on June 17, 2010.

This edition of the Global Education Digest (GED) explores the changing patterns in gender and schooling throughout the formal education system – from primary to tertiary education levels.

This paper aims to analyse the actual and potential impact of the global crisis on international migrant workers through a focus on four issue-areas.