This is the second study of the serie of diagnoses elaborated by associations from the Southern Mediterranean. This diagnosis gives an overview of women’s participation in municipal councils in Liwa Al Koura, in Irbid, Jordan.
Trafficking in women and prostitution have shot up in Lebanon in the last years due to the difficult social and economic situation and the influx of refugees. The Lebanese League of Women’s Rights - LLWR is conducting a participatory study...
This is the first of a series of studies elaborated by associations from the Southern Mediterranean, together with different actors (research centers, local authorities...) from their territories.
Masculinities in the Euro-Mediterranean area is the topic of the next research seminar of RUSEMENG.Male chauvinism does not only provide stereotyped roles for women. Men are also the object of a gender-based categorization, which indicates what...
There are structural obstacles in which many institutions and individuals intervene to achieve women’s access to leadership: legal, socio-economic, cultural and individual obstacles. Through focus groups, Mouvement pour le partage du pouvoir,...
Sixteen associations from the Southern Mediterranean and the EU are involved in learning exchanges to share ideas on their strategies to defend women’s rights and approach policy-makers. Eight of them are developing advocacy campaigns on...
Our Newsletter N.11 is now available!We are proud to present you the new study about gender-based violence in Marrakech – Safi elaborated by the Federation of Women’s Rights Leagues in Marrakech-Safi with the participation of NGOs, the...
One of the most exciting events of the month was "No Demand No Supply" – a performance conceived and directed by Sahar Assaf in collaboration with the American University of Beirut (AUB) Theater Initiative.The performance was based on...
On May 9, the Foundation attended the opening of the Course: Women of the Future in the Mediterranean (FAM) which took place in Paris. This course consisted of a series of classes and workshops on gender, politics and leaderships designed to...
Trafficking in women and prostitution have shot up in Lebanon in the last years due to the difficult social and economic situation and the influx of refugees, including many vulnerable women and girls. Thus, the country has become a hub, a place of...
The industrial sector is extremely developed in Zarqa (Jordan) where it represents more than half of the national industry size. Actually the petroleum refinery Jordan, the Hussein Thermal station’s processing centers, and a free zone called...
On Sunday 23 April 2017 the ADWAR Association completed its program at the Assawahra Ashargiya Club in east Jerusalem. The Club is made up of the Assawahra tribes and the Almuntar Bedouin communities. The programs included awareness-raising...
Our Newsletter N.10 is now available!It includes news about the CSO WINS advocacy campaigns in Libya and Egypt related to women’s civil and political rights and women’s economic empowerment.You will learn more about...
Last 8th December 2016, the kick-off seminar for the initiative "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors”, funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (MAEDI) and empowered by the Foundation, took...
Gender and culture are both key elements and cross-disciplinary issues for the development of the Southern Mediterranean and advocacy is a priority for the civil society actors who work in these fields. For this reason, synergies have been...
Women’s participation in political and public life is one of the most concrete signs of their emancipation. In Tunisia, despite women’s expectations, their presence in decision-making positions remains low because of many factors such as...
Organization of a short stories international competition that aims to generate literary vocations and promote women’s writings.It addresses never published, either in print or electronically, women from around the Mediterranean. To have women...
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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 Foreign Affairs and International Development 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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