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Beijing+30

16/03/2026

19 pages long

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This document introduces the Gender and Development journal’s November 2025 Special Issue titled, ‘Beijing +30’.

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Thirty years after the Beijing Platform for Action: Experiences of institutionalisation, emerging generations of feminists, the rise of global anti-rights trends, and contemporary fault lines

16/03/2026

23 pages long

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Thirty years after the Beijing Platform for Action: Experiences of institutionalisation, emerging generations of feminists, the rise of global anti-rights trends, and contemporary fault lines

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The 69th session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) was convened in New York in March 2025 to mark 30 years since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) during the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. This commemoration unfolded under extraordinary circumstances, as the […]

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Briefing paper

Not Everyone Is in the Same Boat: Climate and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa

17/07/2025

4 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

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The Middle East and North Africa is one of the regions that will be affected the most by climate change, extreme weather events, exacerbating the chronic water scarcity that it suffers from and current dependency on fossil fuels. Climate change impacts are already witnessed in many countries, especially those experiencing conflicts. At the same time […]

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Journal article

Moving Along, Stopping at: The gendering of the public spaces in Al Wehdat Camp in Amman, Jordan

19/09/2024

22 pages long

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Moving Along, Stopping at: The gendering of the public spaces in Al Wehdat Camp in Amman, Jordan

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In Al Wehdat Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan, women are usually seen in motion, attempting to navigate the camp space or move around it to complete their everyday errands within what is a highly male-dominated space. The spaces in which they stop, and stay, are limited. For this paper, I conduct an architectural investigation […]

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Briefing paper

The Middle East and North Africa Gap: Prosperity for the rich, austerity for the rest

05/10/2023

6 documents

46 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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This briefing paper examines growing inequality in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, focusing on Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the cost of living crisis. It examines the lack of adequate and just taxation systems across the region, particularly wealth taxes. This limits governments’ fiscal […]

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Barefoot nisswiyya in practice and theory: the case of grassroots feminists in Jordan

23/05/2023

18 pages long

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Barefoot nisswiyya in practice and theory: the case of grassroots feminists in Jordan

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This paper attempts to connect my personal experiences as an academic activist, along with my first-hand experience in rural areas in Jordan, to ‘barefoot nisswiyya’ [barefoot feminism], a concept I coined in 2002 and have been developing through praxis since then. These experiences have helped me connect with nature in the countryside as a ‘Fourth Space’, […]

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Journal article

A revolution of the mind: a tribute to Rula Quawas (1960–2017)

23/05/2023

3 pages long

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A revolution of the mind: a tribute to Rula Quawas (1960–2017)

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This is a tribute to Rula Quawas, a Jordanian scholar, activist, and feminist, who passed away in 2017. The author shares how Rula touched the lives of so many of her students by encouraging them to dare in their lives and scholarship. Her feminist mentorship transformed the lives of many. This tribute calls on readers to dare and […]

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Briefing note

Who cares? The gendered distribution of unpaid care work in Jordan

22/09/2022

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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Pervasive global norms position men as breadwinners and women as caregivers; in every country in the world, women do more unpaid care work than men. This paper explores the gendered distribution of unpaid care work in Jordan, where female labour market participation is among the lowest in the world. It presents the key findings of […]

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Briefing note

Za’atari Refugee Camp, 10 Years On: Stalled ambitions and lost hope, but durable solutions are possible

15/08/2022

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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Ten years since Za'atari refugee camp was established in Jordan's northern desert, it has evolved into the world's biggest Syrian refugee camp. The camp was set up as an emergency shelter; 10 years on, residents struggle to see a way out. This briefing note presents the perspectives of Syrian refugees on 10 years of life […]

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Research report

Local Humanitarian Leadership Index: A snapshot of progress towards local humanitarian leadership outcomes in the humanitarian coordination architecture in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria

18/07/2022

8 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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This index outlines what needs to change in order to achieve local humanitarian leadership in the Syria crisis response. It summarizes research undertaken on the engagement of local and national actors in the international humanitarian coordination architecture in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, and is accompanied by three country case studies. The index is designed to […]

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