This report is part of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children of the UN Commission on Human Rights. It highlights Bosnia and Herzegovina’s commitment to combating trafficking in persons, as evidenced by its legislative and policy. The report focuses ...
This report forms part of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children of the UN Commission on Human Rights. It highlights Jordan’s commitment to combating trafficking in persons, as evidenced by its legislative and policy. The report focuses on the human ...
This report sheds light on the multiple human rights violations that Syrian girls and women are witnessing, inside the country, and while fleeing the conflict as refugees. It focuses on issues such as: women and girls’ access to education; access to healthcare; gender-based violence; forc...
Data on the prevalence of human trafficking show that the majority of the victims are women and girls. Sexual exploitation is by far the first purpose of trafficking in women. This briefing highlights the special vulnerabilities of women and girls and the efforts of the European Union and the int...
In 2015, over one million asylum seekers made their way towards Western Europe by sea, resulting in the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.This report aims at gaining a better understanding of the specific needs, priorities and risk factors women and girls face on the migration r...
More than one million refugees from Syria lives in Lebanon, of which almost 26% are women above 18 years. This report summarizes the difficulties that face Syrian and Palestinian women refugees, fleeing from the Syrian conflict to Lebanon, where many of them became breadwinners. This report casts...
As a result of the armed conflict in Syria ongoing since 2011, Syrian women have been taking on new roles and responsibilities related to livelihood and economy. This study examines the shifts in gender roles, both inside Syria and in the neighbouring countries. It highlights the risks, barriers ...
This report is a part of a multi-stage assessment of the protection needs of women and girls in the flow of refugees through Europe, examining their situation in Serbia and Slovenia. The report shows that through the routes the refugees undertake, there is no consideration of the gender...
This document corresponds to the first complete action programme on violence against women adopted by Greece. It takes into consideration most of the dimensions of violence against women (legal, psychosocial, economic, health, link with human rights) and deals with trafficking, domestic violence,...
The study reviews the national analyses of the state of play in the nine partner countries of the regional programme "Enhancing Equality between Men and Women in the Euromed Region (2008-2011)" on Gender-based Violence (GBV) and considers the conclusions of two regional expert-group meetings held...
This platform is part of the Axis 1 "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors" of the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women for the future in the Mediterranean" funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, in the framework of the project “Developing Women's Empowerment” labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean.
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