News and events / Calendar

30 Nov
2020


  • Network of networks
  • Conference / Debate / Forum
  • Miscellaneous
  • - Euro-Mediterranean region

Mediterranean Tech Women Week 2020

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation Madrid office, together with Mujeres Tech and Womenpreneur Initiative, cordially invite you to the Mediterranean Women Tech Week (MTWW 2020), from the 30th of November to the...

27 Nov
2020


  • Network of networks
  • Conference / Debate / Forum
  • Types of Violence
  • - Euro-Mediterranean region

Online debate: Women of the Mediterranean, between violence and strategies for freedom

Wthin the framework of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women celebrated on 25 November, the European Parliament’s office in Marseille is organising this citizen’s debate to discuss the situation of women on both sides...

26 Nov
2020


  • Network of networks
  • Conference / Debate / Forum
  • Types of Violence
  • Tunisia

The prevention of Gender-Based Violence at University: From Knowledge to Action for Change

As part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign (25 November-10 December) 2020, CAWTAR is organizing in close collaboration with its partners a virtual seminar (zoom) on "The prevention of Gender-Based Violence at...

24 Nov
2020


  • The Foundation
  • Conference / Debate / Forum
  • Types of Violence
  • - Euro-Mediterranean region

WEBINAR - Rethinking Gender-Based Violence in 2020: Perspectives from Egypt, Lebanon and Syria

Tuesday the 24th of November at 11:00 am (CET)Please register via Zoom here or follow the webinar via YouTube here. The Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation (EMWF) has been monitoring the initiatives of the members of its network r...

20 Nov
2020


  • Network of networks
  • Conference / Debate / Forum
  • Economy / Employment
  • - Euro-Mediterranean region

XII Mediterranean Women Entrepreneurs Virtual Forum

The 2020 edition of the Mediterranean Women Entrepreneurs Forum will be held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The main topic for this year is "Resolving the impact of the pandemic on Mediterranean women". Speakers will discuss to what ex...

16 Nov
2020


  • Network of networks
  • Conference / Debate / Forum
  • Miscellaneous
  • Spain

UfM High-Level Conference, 16-20 November 2020 - Accelerating Gender Equality in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Coinciding with the 25th Anniversary of the Barcelona Process adopted in 1995, and the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and its Platform for Action, the Women4Mediterranean Conference this year is intended to serve as a milestone to...

12 Nov
2020


  • The Foundation
  • Ceremony / Events
  • Culture / Sports / Leasure
  • Spain

The Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia, with a focus on resistance

The Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia reaches its 14th edition to keep giving voice to Arab and Mediterranean cinema. It will take place between November 12-15, 2020 entirely online, adjusting its format to the restrictions...

10 Nov
2020


  • Network of networks
  • Conference / Debate / Forum
  • Types of Violence
  • - Europe

DECIDES Europe: Final Conference on GBV

The final conference of the DECIDES Europe project, Preventing Gender-Based Violence – the Youth’s Outlook, will take place on 10th and 11th November 2020 online, via Zoom. The DECIDES Europe project runs from 2018 to 2020 and is...

03 Nov
2020


  • Network of networks
  • Conference / Debate / Forum
  • Culture / Sports / Leasure
  • Spain

Understanding the editing profession: a conversation with Margaret Obank, editor of Banipal

The cycle of debates “Talking about Genders and Genres”, organized by the UNESCO Chair Women, Development and Culture (directed by Mònica Rius Piniés, ADHUC—Universitat de Barcelona), continues with a dialogue on the...

28 Oct
2020


  • Network of networks
  • Conference / Debate / Forum
  • Miscellaneous
  • - MENA region

Covid-19 and Gender Justice: Feminists in MENA Defying Global Structural Failure

28 October 2020 | 2:00 PM - 3:30PM CET | 9:00 - 10:30 ESTJoin this event for a discussion on the militarisation and securitisation of the virus; the role of the United Nations in conflict, feminist peace, and COVID-19; and the impact of the p...

28 Oct
2020


  • Network of networks
  • Conference / Debate / Forum
  • Types of Violence
  • - Multi-country

Dialogue on the impacts of COVID-19: Fighting gender-based violence in the four motors for Europe

Within the framework of the 2nd Congress on the Eradication of Gender-Based Violence (organized by the Institut Català de les Dones and held on October 26-28, 2020), the side event “Fighting Gender-Based Violence in the Four Motors for...

26 Oct
2020


  • Network of networks
  • Conference / Debate / Forum
  • Civil and political rights
  • - European Union

European Gender Equality Week 2020 - October 26-29

At the initiative of the FEMM Committee, the European Parliament is holding its first ever European Gender Equality Week during the last week of October 2020. 2020 is a special year, marking the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and...