On 27 December, 2021, the Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) and the Forum of Arab Parliamentarians on Population and Development (FAPPD) held a webinar on legal and policy frameworks relating to human rights and gender-based violence (GBV) in the Arab region.

The meeting was attended by more than 30 participants among whom current and former members of parliaments, representatives of the national committees, UNFPA and academia. Parliamentarians from Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia attended the webinar.