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Caption: Women empowerment ...for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development in Middle East and North Africa.
Caption: According to UNHCR estimates, around one million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe from South Mediterranean countries till December 2015, four times more than in 2014.
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Caption: Through the project Creative Mediterranean, "Development of Clusters in Cultural and Creative Industries in the Southern Mediterranean" and the project "Promoting Women empowerment for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development in the MENA region", UNIDO is working to create new job opportunities.
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Caption: We work with 7 countries with some of the world’s highest unemployment rates: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia.
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Caption: Women are twice more likely to be unemployed than men.
In the MENA Region only 12.15% of formal SMEs are women-owned. Compared to 31-38% in emerging markets.
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Caption: It is estimated that raising female employment to male levels could result in a 34% increase in GDP in some countries.
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Caption: Our project aims to train women in entrepreneurial skills and to assist and accompany them in establishing businesses and in establishing businesses associations.
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Caption: There are many women with huge potential and talent.
We believe that creativity can be a key driver for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development.
We offer opportunities, initiate new talents and projects.
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Caption: At the upcoming conference on women empowerment for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development in Middle East and North Africa, we will discuss how to foster sustainable development.
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Caption: On July 20th UNIDO and UfM will host a High-Level Conference in Amman, Jordan. The Conference, which includes addresses and panel discussions, will present an update report on constraints faced by women entrepreneurs in the region.
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Caption: We will discuss measures and policies needed to promote women's economic empowerment, demonstrate the potential of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) in creating economic opportunities for women; facilitate sharing of best practices of successful women entrepreneurs as role model.
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Caption: UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UfM: Union for the Mediterranean
CCI: Cultural and Creative Industries
MENA project manager: Monica Carco
m.Carco@unido.org
Creative Mediterranean project manager: Gerardo Patacconi g.patacconi@unido.org
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www.unido.org/ituyouth
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