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The Foundation - Miscellaneous - - Multi-country

Presentation of the Foundation's work plan at the UfM Conference

Created 15.05.2015

Presentation of the Foundation's work plan at the UfM Conference

19 to 21 May, BarcelonaBased on the conclusions of the 1st Conference on Women’s Empowerment, held on 26 and 27 March 2014, this conference will bring together key regional actors with the aim of identifying the opportunities and c...

The Foundation - Miscellaneous - - Multi-country

“Women in the Mediterranean” is the 1st monitoring report of the Foundation

Created 15.05.2015

“Women in the Mediterranean” is the 1st monitoring report of the Foundation

Since its launch, the Foundation has undertaken monitoring the progress in terms of equality with reference to the commitments of the UfM states in the field of strengthening the role of women in society. In 2014, working with equality experts and...

The Foundation - Miscellaneous - - Multi-country

First meeting of the partners of the CSO WINS project

Created 15.05.2015

First meeting of the partners of the CSO WINS project

Beirut, 22 and 23 April 2015The project is developed by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and 6 other organisations: the Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR), the Fédération de la Ligue D...

The Foundation - Miscellaneous - - Multi-country

Participatory reflections on the mobilisation of local clusters

Created 15.05.2015

Participatory reflections on the mobilisation of local clusters

Beirut, 21 April 2015This activity notably aims to mobilise different categories of actors, namely the clusters, research centres, local organisations, the media and the enterprises working for gender equality at a decentralised level in 7 southern...

The Foundation - Miscellaneous - - International

Call for advocacy and political dialogue of successful practices for equality

Created 15.05.2015

Call for advocacy and political dialogue of successful practices for equality

10 March 2015This call was launched within the framework of the CSO WINS project funded by the CEuropean Union. The general objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations working for gender equality in the s...

The Foundation - Types of Violence - - International

Participation in Beijing+20 activities of the Commission on the status of women

Created 15.05.2015

Participation in Beijing+20 activities of the Commission on the status of women

New York, 14 March 2015In 2015, the annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women took on a special dimension as it coincided with the twentieth anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995 that had brought t...

The Foundation - Civil and political rights - - Multi-country

Seminar on the participation in economic and political life and violence

Created 15.05.2015

Seminar on the participation in economic and political life and violence

Barcelona, 15 and 16 December 2014In 2014, the Euro-Mediterranean Women's Foundation asked several women experts on equality from different generations and sectors (researchers and activists of civil society organisations) to examine the progress...

The Foundation - Civil and political rights - - Multi-country

Launch of the project CSO WINS

Created 15.05.2015

Launch of the project CSO WINS

January 2015 January 2015 marked the start of the project "Capacity-building in the Southern Mediterranean to Open Policy Dialogue and Monitoring for Women IN Society – CSO WINS", implemented by the European Institute of the Mediterranean...

The Foundation - Civil and political rights - - Multi-country

Launch of the project Strengthening the capacities of equality actors

Created 15.05.2015

Launch of the project Strengthening the capacities of equality actors

In December 2014, the Foundation began this project, of an estimated length of three years, which mainly concerns southern Mediterranean countries, namely Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia. It is led by the European...

The Foundation - Miscellaneous - - International

Constitution of the Euro-Mediterranean Women' s Foundation

Created 15.05.2015

Constitution of the Euro-Mediterranean Women' s Foundation

On 6 September 2013 the Euro-Mediterranean Women's Foundation was constituted with the aim of promoting women's emancipation and empowerment and strengthening their role in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The new organisation, based at the...

Research - Civil and political rights - - Multi-country

International Conference: “Gender through the current crises and democratic challenges in the Mediterranean”

Created 11.05.2015

International Conference: “Gender through the current crises and democratic challenges in the Mediterranean”

6 April 2013, Auditorium of Marseille Provence Métropole-Pharo in MarseilleThis conference, the first international meeting organised by RUSEMEG, has launched the pilot project of a Euro-Mediterranean University Network on Gender a...

Research - Culture / Sports / Leasure - - Multi-country

Research seminar: "Gender and narrative"

Created 11.05.2015

Research seminar: 

5 and 6 February 2015 in BarcelonaFrom the outset, gender studies have been partly related to language, writing and words for several reasons: first, because the feminist perspective can be seen as a gesture of reading of all kinds of discourses...