In 2011, many countries of the southern shore of the Mediterranean lived the so-called ’Arab revolutions’ or, as the West called it, the ’Arab spring’. The people of Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Libya and Syria, among others, tired of police repression, unemployment ...
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the Lebanese judiciary has witnessed an increase in the proportion of female judges out of the total number of judges. At the time, some judicial officials and the Ministry of Justice expressed concern about the feminization of the judiciary and sometim...
In 2008, Jordan adopted the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence (No. 6). The law, which was heavily amended in 2017, does not mention the concept of gender-based violence. In general, it can be regarded as a protective law, as it provides for restraining orders to be issued against...
This report documents the third edition of the Gender Equality Index of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The third edition provides scores for 2005, 2010, 2012 and 2015. It relies on a conceptual framework that embraces different theoretical approaches to gende...
The Arab perspective is often absent when international bodies prepare guides to measure the status of women or monitor the gender gap in the Arab region. Therefore, the Arab Women Organization prepared this guide, taking into account the specific cultural and social contexts surroundin...
The first part of this research paper tackles the general economic and historical framework of the evolution of the alternative economy, while the second part highlights different patterns of social and solidarity economy as a model for the alternative economy and a solution to social a...
This study focuses on the phenomenon of marriage of underage girls between legalization, jurisprudence and practice: the case of girls from the province of Azilal where it is customary to force marriage at girls at a very young age. The diagnosis finds that the problem of the marriage ...
This report examines a number of sustainable development goals, specifically Goal 5 on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls. It tracks various development plans and women strategies in seventeen Arab countries, in view of monitoring the relationship between Arab ...
The purpose of this paper is to identify the role of the Palestinian National Authority in activating the political participation of Palestinian women; to monitor and analyse thelegal legislations related to the political participation of Palestinian women and to know the impact of such...
This guide aims to improve the capacity of national human rights institutions to protect and promote women’s rights and gender equality. It provides examples and questions to consider to guide national human rights institutions in strengthening their institutional capacities and practic...
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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