Publications

Media coverage of women’s political participation in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (2009)

In the framework of the project “strengthening women’s leadership and participation in politics and decision – making in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia”, initiated by the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Wome...

Arab Adolescents : values and human rights, Bahrain, Lebonon, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco (2009)

Issued in 2009 to follow up on the findings of CAWTAR’s second Arab Woman Development Report : Arab Adolescent Girl : Reality and Prospects, published in 2003 and which covered 5 countries : Bahrain, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. The study analysis’s constructed...

Compendium of good practices : addressing gender based discriminatory social beliefs and practices (2009)

This compendium includes best practices in projects and initiatives that addressed discriminatory social beliefs and practices that hinder gender equality in Arabic-speaking Middle East and North Africa. This collection includes summaries of 16 good experiences that have been draw...

By Thread and Needle : a catalogue of Embroideries of Arab Women (Arabic)

“By Thread and Needle” is an embroidery catalogue which includes photos and information on the handcrafts of women who benefited from micro-credit in the Arab countries; in addition it also covers the experience of some organizations that support women in this field in...

The Road to Women’s Empowerment in the Arabic – Speaking MENA Region :(2009)

The workbook is a practical guide for the implementation of successful programs and experiences in addressing discriminatory social practices and beliefs that hinder gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa.

It contains 16 experiences of speciali...

Unprotected Employment in the West Bank Gaza Strip a Gender Equality and Workers Rights Perspective :(2008)

Under the joint regional initiative between the Center for Arab Women Training and Research “CAWTAR” and the International Labor Organization – Regional Office for Arab countries on “Gender equality and the Rights of Workers in informal Economies of Arab co...

Planning and action for the millennium goals : training manual (2008)

The training kit targets the media and civil society development organizations to improve statistical, analytical and planning knowledge of their workers in the use of the Millennium Goals. The manual comes in response to the need to build on practical experiences and questions fa...

The Arab Woman Development Report 2003: Arab Adolescent girl : Reality and Prospects (Arabic, English, French)

The Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) sees this report on “Arab Adolescent Girls: Realities and Prospects” as a preliminary, exploratory study that will lead to further studies in a field that is still not report, sufficiently investigated in the...

Women Entrepreneurs in Tunisia (2008) (French)

The study was published in preparation for a regional report based on studies conducted in five Arab countries.

The report is the result of a field study that covered 196 women entrepreneurs in Tunisia with the aim to familiarize stakeholders with the chara...