During the Forum of Mediterranean Worlds held in Marseille on February 7-8, EMWF with its founding members – including FFM, IEMed, and CAWTAR – organized workshops and round tables on equal rights between women and men in the...

On June 30, the round table “COVID-19 in the MENA region: What Gender Policy Responses Do We Need?” brought experts together to explore the inclusive gender responses needed for a better future for women and communities in the region....

The Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation participated on June 8, 2021 at one of MAGIC’s internal meetings.  The project MAGIC (lead by the IEMed) will map gendered Islamophobia in Belgian and Spanish newspapers. MAGIC (Muslim...

Check out the results of our art contest  "Collaging a Gender-Equal Future: Tailoring the Transformations of the Euro-Mediterranean Space", launched together with the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) as part of the...

From 7 to 11 September 2020, The Virtual Torino Forum for Sustaining Peace brings together the Women, Peace and Security community and the Youth, Peace and Security community for a new series of virtual discussions revolving around the overall...

June 19, 2020The adoption of guidelines on violence against women and girls is (in addition to being a clear reaffirmation of the universality of human rights) a mark of the EU’s clear political will to treat the subject of women’s r...

The Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation and the European Institute of the Mediterranean thank all those who participated in the campaign “Let’s Name March 8”. This initiative was conceived to highlight the work of women and girls leading...

Thanks to the efforts of Ivanka Marković, president of the Council for Combating Domestic Violence, and the civil society organisations working with her, Domestic Violence in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina will be treated as a...

Breaking the silenceDate: Sunday, May 17, 2020 UN Women statement for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating existing inequalities, including those ba...

PRESS RELEASE – Council of Europe & European Union Joint Programme – South Programme  On 24 April 2020, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe responded favourably to Tunisia’s official request to be i...

Communication of the Council of EuropeAhead of International Women’s Day on Sunday 8 March 2020, Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has called on all member states to change how rape is defined. In an opinion article...

On March 5, the European Commission presented its strategy for equality between women and men in Europe. While the EU is a global leader in gender equality and has made significant progress in the last decades, gender-based violence and stereotypes...