The violence that women face on the streets and in transport is regularly denounced. The Virage survey, conducted in 2015 by the National Institute of Demographic Studies, provides a better understanding of what women and men live in public spaces: what violence are people exposed to (v...
A survey conducted in 2016 by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics in Egypt indicates that the economic cost of “intimate partner violence” has amounted to 2.17 billion Egyptian Pounds, with around 2.4 million women sustaining at least one type of injury...
Lebanon provides a refuge for many women and teenagers driven away from neighbouring countries by wars and conflicts, as well as some who have come from other countries seeking better economic conditions. Trafficking and prostitution are exacerbated in a context of unemployment and inse...
This diagnosis analyzes the level and quality of the participation of the women of Douar Hicher (Tunisia) in public, civil and political life. It intends to understand the factors behind the exclusion of women from the management of local affairs and the decision-making in the region of...
"Hikayat Nihad" is a TV program broadcast on Cairo and the people channel, presented by Nihad Abul-Qumsan in a simple and easy language. The program includes number of illustrated stories aiming at educating and supporting Egyptian women, as well as discussing issues of concern to soci...
Alors que le récit dominant suggère que le Maroc est un champion de la stabilité et de la modération dans le «monde arabe», cet article conteste ce discours et affirme que le récit hagiographique de l’État sur les droits des fe...
L’un des évènements les plus marquants du mois de mai a été « Pas d’offre sans demande », une performance pensée et dirigée par Sahar Assaf en collaboration avec la Theater Initiative de l’Université am...
This report examines the different ways in which slavery is occurring among Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the multiple factors that combine to force people into situations of slavery.It focuses on issues such as: Child labour, sex trafficking, early marriage, and forced labour.The report address...
This report focuses on the issue of child/early marriage among young girls in Syrian refugee communities, with a special focus on the case of Zaatari camp in Jordan.It analysis the factors that contribute to this problem, such as the ecnonomic need, protecting girls from rape and sexual harrasmen...
The scale of violence against women is not reflected by official data in the EU, in many cases women don´t report violence, thus the only source in many cases is the official criminal justice data that are only able to record those few cases that are reported...This survey responds to a req...
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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