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Family law reform to change women’s realities across 11 countries

Five prominent female thinkers and doers recently demonstrated how changing language in family laws can alter the course of women’s lives. At an October 7, 2016 project launch, prominent advocates from the Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) — a global partnership of 20 independent women’s rights organizations across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America — gathered to highlight the need for governments to reform family laws.
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Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 10:30
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Development REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Sectoral development Labour markets Private sector development Gender

Entrepreneurs could hold key to job creation in the Middle East

Despite reforms, labour markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been unable to absorb the growing number of job seekers. Women and educated youth are particularly vulnerable to high unemployment. However, data on entrepreneurship and the private enterprise sector in the region have been virtually non-existent.
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Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 10:00
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Putting Canadian entrepreneurship in the global picture

Through the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Canadian and international researchers are capturing and sharing new insights on what motivates entrepreneurs, and how to help them thrive. Their findings give governments solid ground for policies to spur business innovation.
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NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES Gender

Tapping income from the Nefza Forest
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Climate change Water Gender

Understanding adaptation decisions in Morocco's plains and mountains
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POVERTY ALLEVIATION Economic and social development

Giving the poor a voice
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Land tenure Climate change Gender

Protecting coastal communities in northern Morocco
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Democracy Gender

Democratic development
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CROPS FARMING SYSTEMS Gender

CASE STUDY: North Africa and Middle East — Breeding better barley — together
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ECOHEALTH FOOD SECURITY Health systems Gender

Agricultural transformations

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