There are no official statistics but there may be more than 40,000 Iraqi refugees in Lebanon. Lebanon already hosts some 400,000 Palestinians for whom no durable solution is in sight.
This package includes two documents: - "UNICEF_Activities_22_08_06": mapping of UNICEF aid distribution activities in Lebanon, up to 22 August 2006 - "UNICEF_Distributions_Aug_21_06": mapping of UNICEF distributions across Lebanon, up to 21 August 2006
This article addresses the public policy concept of gender mainstreaming and the extent of its efficacy since the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action (PfA) and the UN's adoption thereof in 1997.
The study upon which this article is based analyzes the status of Arab women in general, gender relations in the Middle East, and the situation of Arab women with disabilities, based on available disability statistics from a few selected countries and the author's observations