Middle East Centre Reports

Women, Peace and Security in Iraq
Zeynep N. Kaya, August 2016

This report offers an overview of the issues women face due to conflict in Iraq and provides an assessment of the Iraqi National Action Plan for the implementation of UN Security Resolution 1325. It highlights some of the shortcomings of the INAP, and then offers recommendations for the effective implementation of 1325.

Moroccan National Media: Between Change and Status Quo
Fatima El-Issawi, April 2016

This report, part of the ‘Arab National Media and Politics: Democracy Revisited’ project, examines the relationship between Moroccan tra­ditional mass media and the political sphere after the Arab uprisings. The report aims to extend and complement policy work on the impact of political change on the traditional national media, and on the role played by the national media in consolidating or weakening the democratisation processes.

Labour Migrants and Access to Justice in Contemporary Qatar
November 2014

Qatar, despite its small size, is one of the primary destinations for the flow of transnational labour migrants in the region. This report examines migrants' access to justice in contemporary Qatar. Considering the problems transnational migrants in Qatar and other Gulf states face, this report makes a series of policy recommendations specific to the justice system and the institutions that comprise it.

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Transboundary Climate Security: Climate Vulnerability and Rural Livelihoods in the Jordan River Basin
Michael Mason and Ziad Mimi, October 2014

This report presents the principal research findings of a collaborative project between LSE and Birzeit University, which investigated the climate-related vulnerabilities of agricultural communities living in areas with current or historically recent experience of military occupation – labelled ‘(post)occupation’ – within the Jordan River Basin.

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