Excited to share that I’ve contributed a chapter on childcare in #Bahrain to the recently published Handbook of Families in the Arab Gulf States!
Grateful to have been part of this important volume on family studies in the region #FamilyResearch https://t.co/QGOeiJzm6d
The Gulf Labour Markets, Migration, and Population (GLMM) Programme at the Gulf Research Center (GRC) is pleased to announce: GLMM Webinar No. 9
Socioeconomic Impact of the 2026 US–Israel–Iran War on Nationals and Migrants in the GCC States
Register here
https://t.co/ay4FxFpx92
"It is not only security arrangements or political alliances being tested, but whether the everyday ties that have held this region together can withstand a moment like this, when the war directly threatened some of its centuries-long connections" https://t.co/gICoVvlKul
Publishing research on education or social policy in the Gulf?
The Gulf Education & Social Policy Review (GESPR) invites submissions on a rolling basis featuring peer-reviewed, bilingual, and policy-relevant research.
Outstanding articles are recognized through the GESPR Best Article Award (AED 5,000).
Learn more: https://t.co/b6HXViyyN2
#AcademicPublishing #GulfResearch
How will conflict reshape Gulf labour markets?
A new paper by Dr. Françoise De Bel-Air, Senior Fellow at the Gulf Labour Markets, Migration & Population (GLMM) examines how the 2026 Iran war may drive labour restructuring, shift migration patterns, and widen inequalities across sectors in the GCC.
The Gulf Labour Markets, Migration & Population (GLMM) programme, an independent, non-partisan initiative by the Gulf Research Center (GRC) since 2011, provides data, analysis, and policy recommendations on migration and labour markets in the Gulf.
Read the full paper here: https://t.co/5WrRGA77Pi
This paper and other GLMM publications can be downloaded from the Gulf Labour Markets, Migration, and Population (GLMM) Programme website: https://t.co/T3pwoZBTV4. GLMM website: https://t.co/pIFSh2IisS
"The question that will outlast this war is whether our societies will emerge from it capable of a belonging large enough to hold everyone who endured it or whether they will recoil inwards to a space held sacred, where the right to belong is rationed" https://t.co/0Fq051lfZ4
🟣 El CIS organiza las V jornadas sobre Sociología del Género con motivo del 8 de marzo
👩🎓Las ponencias de este año versarán sobre la visión de cinco mujeres galardonadas con el Premio Nacional de Sociología
Consulta el programa completo aquí: https://t.co/KVHlF96h65
"Campaigners report that dozens of cases in Iraqi #Kurdistan indicate that FGM persists, driven by secrecy, tradition, and some religious interpretations" https://t.co/X1Md6BZnYe
“Urge que reaprendamos a informarnos, a nutrirnos de manera saludable en un ecosistema en el que tenemos el privilegio histórico de acceder a la mejor información y a la mejor producción cultural mediante un clic” https://t.co/YHfORoDPiZ
We are excited to announce the GOHA International Conference — The Arab Oral History Archive: Gender, Alternative Histories, and the Production of Knowledge — taking place on November 5–6, 2025, at the Asfari Institute, AUB.
🚨 ¡Aún estás a tiempo de acudir a la jornada gratuita 'La mutilación genital femenina y el matrimonio forzado' en la APM! https://t.co/IGqXCRjJUE
🗣️ La sesión será impartida por Asha Ismail (@AshaActivist), Jon Cuesta (@joncuesta) y María Llapart (@MLlapartVarona)
🗓️ 17 de septiembre
⏰ De 17:00 a 20:00 horas
📍 Sede de la APM
✍️ Inscríbete aquí https://t.co/QwIw20AthK
"#Oman is the first Gulf Cooperation Council state to announce a personal income tax. This will be imposed at a standard rate of 5% on individuals with an annual gross income exceeding 42,000 Omani rials (approximately $109,200)". https://t.co/16xksYfDvN