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Earned Recognition as a Reference Center for Knowledge Production

on Gender and Development Issues  

CAWTAR is considered as a comprehensive reference center which provides tools, in-depth analysis and content designed to provide relevant information and evidence based data on gender and development related issues. The knowledge produced is considered as one of the main mechanisms to promote women's status in the region and is intended to feed into advocacy.

• About 270 books on Google's electronic library contain a reference to CAWTAR

• More than 20.000 web pages in three languages contain references to CAWTAR

• 170 demand per year for CAWTAR’s publications

• Several institutions, such as the World Bank considers CAWTAR’s programs as good practices.

• More than 42 publications (reports, research and training manuals) in Arabic and in English per year

• 33 issues of CAWTAR's quarterly newsletter "CAWTARYAT"

• An average of 1500 copy of publications disseminated per year

CAWTAR's publication are requested and used by different stakeholders, including institutions, universities, students, researchers and media professionals.

Arab Women Development Report (AWDR) CAWTAR's Flagship Publication

CAWTAR produces the Arab Women Development Reports (AWDRs) which are a series of thematic periodical reports with the primary objective of addressing the knowledge gap in gender–related research in the Arab region.

The AWDRs are valuable references based on in-depth national case-studies conducted by experts from inside and outside the region. They consist of structured analyses of genderdisaggregated data, indicators, charts and statistics compiled from several Arab countries. Each AWDR becomes the starting point of a fully fledged interlinked program.