With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development, which includes a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030,Arab countries are now expected to implement these goals and report on their performance within this new framework. The post 2015 international development agenda is set to deal with the unfinished business of the Millennium development Goals (MDGS) and to address the unacceptable and unsustainable levels of injustice and exploitation. Under the moto of “the road to dignity by 2030: ending poverty, transforming all lives and protecting the planet», the SDGS will be especially relevant for a region that has witnessed tremendous progress, but has suffered from drawback in the past few year, as a result of increasing violence and conflict. New research has emphasized the grievances and difficulties women pass through in times of hardship, especially since the Arab women continue to be the main caretaker of the children and families. In acknowledgement of women’s status globally, their historic contribution to their societies, and the structural issues of the system that continue to affect their lives and expectation, a stand-alone goal (Goal5) aiming to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” was agreed upon, in addition to growing a consensus of mainstreaming gender equality into the set of seventeen goals to be endorsed in a few months ‘time.

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