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This month, we highlight very interesting projects by some of our network members who are striving to empower women in various fields, especially the economic one, in Morocco and Algeria. We also recommend two documents related to Amazigh women, and the survivors of GBV in Lebanon.
To celebrate March 8, International Women’s Day, we’ve compiled 10 illustrators from the Euro-Mediterranean region; inspiring artists who challenge patriarchy, express women’s suffering and oppression, and transform power relations.
This month, you’ll get to learn about a very interesting study on women’s role and contribution to the protection and conservation of environment and natural resources, besides two other reports on women’s agency in various fields. .
Throughout history, women’s voices have been and are still often silenced. Sometimes, though, women generously yield their voices to men. But it is also true, that the act of silencing is more present in religious or philosophical...
Child marriage was a the heart of the policy dialogue that Anaouat Pour Femme et Enfant Association (Anaouat for Women and Children Association) organized last 19 March 2019 in Marrakesh, Morocco. Over 40 figures including the Prosecutor of...
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...
Despite Jordan’s legal and constitutional provisions favorable to women’s access to public service and the decision-making, women’s presence in high rank, political and leadership positions remains way lower than aspired,...
A survey conducted in 2016 by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics in Egypt indicates that the economic cost of “intimate partner violence” has amounted to 2. 17 billion Egyptian Pounds, with around 2. 4 million...
On the occasion of Human Rights Day and the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, on December 10, 2018, a meeting was held at the National Assembly in Paris on the rights of women in North Africa and the Middle East. The...
In the factories of Zarqaa, one of the most important industrial hubs in Jordan, female workers endure difficult situations and various forms of discrimination, some are also victims of sexual harassment. According to diagnosis by the Jordan Forum...
Despite favorable frameworks to equal opportunities in terms of access to political and governance structures in Morocco, women’s presence and effective participation in elected positions in local authorities remain below expectations,...
The political and public participation of women is today a major imperative for the realization of democracy and the consolidation of gender equality in society. In Tunisia, despite the constitutional gains regarding women’s rights, their...
Co-founded in 2016, SHANTI is a social enterprise whose mission is to promote the design of innovative and creative solutions to the social, economic, cultural and environmental issues of Tunisia. Based on this principle, SHANTI has developed along...
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