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The Foundation - Civil and political rights - - Euro-Mediterranean region

The EMWF at the project MAGIC

Created 10.06.2021

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...

The Foundation - Culture / Sports / Leasure - - Euro-Mediterranean region

Check out the winners and finalists of our art contest Collaging a Gender-Equal Future!

Created 11.03.2021

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...

The Foundation - Miscellaneous - - International

Virtual Torino Forum for Sustaining Peace - Women and Youth at the Frontlines

Created 10.09.2020

Virtual Torino Forum for Sustaining Peace - Women and Youth at the Frontlines

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...

The Foundation - Types of Violence - - European Union

EU guidelines on Violence Against Women and Girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them

Created 25.06.2020

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 Foundation - Miscellaneous - - Euro-Mediterranean region

Let's name March 8 every day and everywhere!

Created 26.05.2020

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...

The Foundation - Types of Violence - Bosnia-Herzegovina

Domestic violence can no longer be treated as a minor offence in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Created 15.05.2020

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...

The Foundation - Civil and political rights - - International

UN Women statement for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, 2020

Created 15.05.2020

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...

The Foundation - Civil and political rights - Tunisia

Tunisia invited to accede to the Istanbul Convention

Created 30.04.2020

Tunisia invited to accede to the Istanbul Convention

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...

Council of Europe calls member States to change their legal definitions of rape based on lack of consent

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...

The Foundation - Miscellaneous - - European Union

European Commission's Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025

Created 11.03.2020

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...

The Foundation - Culture / Sports / Leasure - Spain

Our Illustration Exhibition Drawing 4 Equality at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Created 10.03.2020

From the Ateneu L’Harmonia, our illustration Exhibition Drawing 4 Equality: Challenging gender roles on both sides of the Mediterranean moves to the Facultat de Traducció i d’Interpretació de la Universitat...

The Foundation - Miscellaneous - - Euro-Mediterranean region

Union for the Mediterranean launches new regional mechanism to monitor gender equality in the area

Created 04.03.2020

Union for the Mediterranean launches new regional mechanism to monitor gender equality in the area

Barcelona, 2 March 2020The Union for the Mediterranean embraces the celebration of the International Women’s Day with the implementation of projects and initiatives in the framework of its regional agenda for women’s empowerment. UfM M...