This research note provides an overview of current EU policy and subsequently the current state of play in relation to pensions through the EU Member States. It then contextualises the gender gap in pensions in the context of the core domains of the Gender Equality Index and describes current ine...
Even with their strong presence during the uprisings started in 2011, women are still politically under-represented in the Arab countries.This article discusses the gender relations in the Arab world, and their misconception in the European Union.It emphasises the fact that to better understand t...
This guide has been designed in order to prevent the production of stereotypes through internal or external governmental communication. This aspect herein is important since public communication could involuntarily reproduce gender stereotypes, contributing in this sense to reinforce inequa...
This report summarizes the findings and proceedings of the Expert Group Meeting, which was held in May 2013, organized by ILO Regional Office for Arab States, with the participation of a group of regional and international experts to address women’s economic empowerment in the Arab transiti...
The report, highlights the situation of Palestinian women for the period from 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2014 based on information from the United Nations entities and individual experts in charge of monitoring. It provides an overview of the assistance provided by the entities of the United ...
This study documents how the current personal status system, which is composed of 15 separate laws for the country´s different religious communities, discriminates against women. Based on the review of existing personal status laws and more than 70 interviews with lawyers, judges, social wo...
This survey has three main objectives: to analyse the obstacles found by women in the labour market in Turkey, Tunisia and Morocco; to identify the priority levers of action, and to establish recommendations aimed at the French Agency for Development. It is based on a scientific and institutional...
This law on gender equality in Montenegro came into force on 8 August 2007. It regulates the method of providing and implementing the rights of men and women on the basis of gender equality in accordance with international regulations and general rules of international law, as well as measures to...
This report attempts to provide the context for dynamics favourable and unfavourable to the development of women's rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It synthesises the existing information on discrimination and violence against women in the MENA region and highlights the n...
This report studies women's rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP). The first part identifies the legislation and practices related to women’s rights in this region. The second part introduces the social and civi...
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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