Click on the following links to get access to coronavirus-related contents, resources and updates on gender equality and gender-based discriminations in the Euro-Mediterranean region:
Image credit: “Money is Changing” (illustration for VISA) by Sara Andreasson
The current pandemic has triggered different governmental responses in each of the Euro-Mediterranean countries. Despite their differences, however, all these measures will entail a restructuring of the economic, social, cultural and political pillars sustaining the Euro-Mediterranean region. Civil society actors are also generating responses to counter the short- and long-term consequences of the virus, responses that in many cases consider and demand a gender perspective.
At the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation, we are monitoring information produced by relevant actors, partners or members in order to tackle the gender-based issues that have become more evident and acute due to the virus management, and to help us all develop an in-depth understanding of the pandemic and its consequences in the region with a gender perspective. Thus, the resources we have gathered include articles that focus on particular geographical contexts and sectors, manifests that aim to influence policy-makers, press releases and declarations, and information on how to possibly act when experiencing some sort of gender-based inequalities tied to confinement.
The content will be updated regularly, and we encourage you to drop us a line at euromedwomen@iemed.org if you think relevant information is missing.
To promote dialogue and encourage networking, we keep disseminating knowledge on gender equality during these COVID-19 times and support the visibility of actors’ initiatives aimed at empowering women and advocating for public policies sensitive to women’s rights in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
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