Even with their strong presence during the uprisings started in 2011, women are still politically under-represented in the Arab countries.This article discusses the gender relations in the Arab world, and their misconception in the European Union.It emphasises the fact that to better understand the gender issue in the Arab world, the EU should pursue a broader regional gender-based discourse. In this way it would eventually help the frameworks of partnerships and neighbourhood policies that aim at the promotion of human rights and democracy, explicitly including gender-democracy.
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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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