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Beyond my own country, Arab women are also making waves. In Bahrain, women comprise a record-breaking one-third of Bahrain’s foreign ministry personnel. And earlier this year, Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud became the first female ambassador to represent Saudi Arabia. In Lebanon, too, Raya Al-Hassan became the first female interior ...
At the end of 2017, two-thirds – 68% – of all refugees were from just five countries: Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia. UN estimates put the number of newly displaced people in that year at 16.2 million, which equates to around 44,400 people fleeing each day. That total includes 11.8 million people who left home but ...
One in every three barrels of exported crude petroleum still comes from the Middle East. Yet significant shifts in this sector are transforming the geopolitical equation of oil in the region: The US is not as reliant on the region as it once was, as its shale gas revolution has made it relatively energy independent.
The regional discussions between Middle East countries after the Biden Administration’s visit have been very progressive. John Kerry returned to the UAE following the Leader’s Summit on Climate in Washington in April, to rally progress ahead of COP26 followed by his latest trip to the Middle East for talks with Saudi ministers, officials ...
The company owns four ports that run 200 weekly maritime services to 40 countries, serving as a commercial gateway from Asia to the Middle East and Africa. Through Asyad’s leadership, Al-Hatmi hopes Oman will be one of the world’s top 10 logistics hubs by 2040.
A new report by the World Economic Forum features 6 key findings about the future of jobs and skills in the region. 1. The population is young, growing and increasingly well-educated but underemployed. Currently, young people under the age of 25 constitute nearly half of the region’s population. By 2030, that is projected to increase by more ...
Oct 28, 2014. Israel once again tops the regional table and Saudi Arabia moves into the top 10 regionally in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap 2014 Report, published today. The report ranks 142 countries on their ability to close the gender gap – making sure women are not held back – in four key areas: health and survival ...
To meet the SDG targets by 2030, it is estimated that emerging markets need an annual investment of $2.5 trillion, with a large portion of this investment focused on the Middle East. The region is home to some critical sustainable development opportunities, with an estimated annual financing gap of more than $100 billion in the Middle East.
Female genital mutilation hurts economies, says WHO. FGM typically involves the partial or total removal of the external genitalia. Sometimes the vaginal opening is sewn up. The practice is most closely linked to 30 predominantly African countries, but UNICEF said it may be practiced in about 50 countries including in Asia, the Middle East ...
In the Middle East and Central Asia, in any given year since 2000, climate disasters have killed more than 2,600 people and caused $2 billion in damage. According to IMF analysis, climate disasters in the region have also reduced annual economic growth by 1-2 percentage points on a per capita basis. International cooperation is essential to ...