As the G7 summit draws near (August 24-26), the Women 7 Movement, which we joined, is working tirelessly to ensure that the group’s leaders adopt political and financial measures that will have a real impact on the lives of women and girls everywhere. Learn more about this important movement . . .
This month, we propose several important documents and events related to the situation of women on both shores of the Mediterranean. Discover them!
This month, our members’ newsletter is packed of super interesting news and documents from Syria, Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco and much more!
Here we have the 3 winners and the 17 finalists of our art contest "Drawing 4 Equality: Challenging gender roles on both sides of the Mediterranean", launched together with the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed).
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is organising the third edition of Women Business Forum (WBF) in the margins of the Smart City Expo World Congress on 19-21 November 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. The WBF aims a providing a platform for dialogue,...
In April 2019, the Information and communication among the youth of Guelma Association (INFO-COM Jeunes de Guelma) organized three policy dialogues, the first one took place at the youth house of Bouchegouf on April 20, the second at the youth...
Here we have the 3 winners and the 17 finalists of our art contest "Drawing 4 Equality: Challenging gender roles on both sides of the Mediterranean", launched together with the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed). We...
The G7 brings together the Heads of State and Government of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and serves as a forum to find common responses to major global challenges including development, education,...
On April 1st, 2019, Hiwar Center for Youth and Women’s Empowerment organized a policy dialogue in Ramallah (Palestine) on women’s participation in public life. The event aimed at raising political parties, politicians and...
Life Foundation for Development and Community Reintegration held a policy dialogue on March 25, 2019 to review the efforts made by the government to combat tourism marriage, and follow-up on the results of the campaign “Our Girls are not for...
Following its advocacy campaign for parity in municipal councils, which contributed, along with other initiatives, to increasing the number of elected women in Tunisia (48% of the elected officials in the 2018 municipal elections were women), the...
Child marriage was a the heart of the policy dialogue that Anaouat pour la femme et l’enfant Association (Anaouat for Women and Children Association) organized last 19 March 2019 in Marrakesh, Morocco. Over 40 figures including the Prosecutor...
In 2017, the Egyptian parliament passed a new Inheritance law, law 219, giving women their legitimate right to inheritance after the majority had been deprived of it, especially in Upper Egypt where cultural norms and traditions dispossess women of...
In line with its commitment to achieve gender equality, the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) has recently joined the #FEM_EU campaign which aims to push for a feminist agenda as top priority for the upcoming European Union’s...
Each one of the 8 associations that are part of the project CSO WINS will carry out policy dialogue actions during the first semester of 2019 as part of their advocacy campaigns. These actions aim primarily to promote the campaigns promoting...
We are pleased to announce that we are part of the "G7 Gender Coalition", which brings together civil society actors from France and other countries to promote the issues of gender equality during the French presidency of G7 in 2019 *. The...
In 2018, Women in Business of Algeria association (WIBA) conducted a field diagnosis and implemented a project aimed at drawing attention to the potential of entrepreneurship for women’s employment, and increasing the profitability and...
Various studies show that the number of women enrolling in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) related disciplines is decreasing which also affects their chances in pursuing a career in this field. For instance, a global survey...
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This platform is part of the Axis 1 "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors" of the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women for the future in the Mediterranean" funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, in the framework of the project “Developing Women's Empowerment” labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean.
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