This diagnosis shows that further steps are needed to strengthen the participation of women in the political life in Lebanon at local and national level
Our Newsletter for this month reflects the awesome efforts of equality actors across the Euro-Mediterranean region...
This call for applications aims to identify associations which want to encourage networking and joint actions with other gender equality actors of their territory following a local approach.
This dialogue will be held from 24 to 26 October 2017 in Casablanca (Morocco) as part of the CSO WINS project “Capacity-Building in the Southern Mediterranean to Open Policy Dialogue and Monitoring for Women in Society” funded by the...
When it comes to political participation, Egyptian women, especially those living in rural and marginalized areas, such as Upper Egypt, face huge challenges that often prevent them from stepping into the political arena. Despite the conservative...
While women and youth make up the largest segments of the Palestinian society, their participation in the political life remains under expectations. Underrepresentation of women and youth in leadership and decision making levels severely impacts the...
Although Tunisian women have always been active in political life, thanks to the Tunisian constitution which guarantees gender equality and parity in the legislative body, and the recent modification of the electoral law by the Tunisian parliament...
In June 2017, the Lebanese Government approved a new electoral law based on proportional representation for the first time in the country’s history, yet it failed in passing important reforms to this law, and most importantly the female...
Between the 18th and the 19th of July 2017, the Foundation participated at a meeting gathering more than 40 experts, practitioners and advocates in peace, security and Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE). The meeting which was organized, in...
Between the 10th and the 12th of July 2017, nearly sixty non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the southern Mediterranean and Member States of the European Union (EU) were invited, to Brussels, to exchange views with the European Commission and...
Sixteen associations from the Southern Mediterranean and the European Union participated in learning exchanges on advocacy and calling out to the decision makers. Eight of them have led advocacy campaigns on different issues (women’s rights to...
This call for applications aims to identify associations which want to encourage networking and joint actions with other gender equality actors of their territory following a local approach. The 7 selected associations (1 for each of the 7...
This July, we are proud to present a new design for our newsletter. Check it out in the following link and let us know what you think. We hope you like it!Though summer is already here, last month has been full of activities, new reports and...
In the framework of the advocacy campaign ‘Women should hold half of the municipal council’s seats!’ which is leading Mouwatinet Association (Sfax, Tunisia) in favor of women’s political participation in local...
The Tunisian association Voix de la Femme à Jemmel – VFJ undertook a project which seeks to enhance women’s capacities to become effective leaders and obtain decision-making positions at local level. This project is developed in...
In Algeria, there are few studies on women’s entrepreneurship at the local level. The Association of Women in Green Economy (Association des femmes en économie verte) -AFEV undertook a study in order to bring women’s vision of their...
Krim plastico’s company was born to address the issue of environmental damage in the municipality of El bayadh (wilaya of Oran). This situation encouraged Mrs. Rachida Krim to take the leadn and to create her own enterprise while the sector is...
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