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 has served as a milestone to appraise and take stock of what has been achieved over the past 25 years, to learn from what has worked and to further identify areas that still require improvement. While laying the foundations for the coming years towards closing the gender gap in the region in the current context, the Conference analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women and girls and highlighted the key role played by women in addressing the pandemic. It also identified what is needed to better value the role of women and foster women’s participation in policy and decision-making to address the pandemic.

The Conference served as the occasion to launch the UfM Institutional Ministerial follow-up mechanism and its indicators, adopted this year by the UfM Member States, that will allow to monitor and measure for the coming years gender equality progress in the region and will provide policy and action-oriented recommendations to close the gender gap.

You can watch the videos of the sessions by clicking on the link below. 

Access the Messages for the High-Level representatives here. 

Access the Conference virtual exhibition here.