Women in Egypt are often subject to violence not only from family members and community members, but also by institutions of the state. ِAdditionally, women are constantly subjected to violence in the form of sexual harassment and abuse on the street, and approximately 97% of Egyptian w...
The purpose of the project was to bring out the need for a shelter for women victims of violence in the wilaya of Oran where Algeria’s second biggest city (Oran) is located. In a first phase, the association Femmes en communication – FEC made a diagnosis regarding Violence a...
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 Palestinian Council of Ministers issued Decision No. 18 of 2013 on the national referral system (NRS) for women victims of violence and published it in the Palestinian Official Gazette on 5 January 2014. The System became effective and binding for all relevant institutions as of tha...
Despite the fact that law criminalizes sexual and verbal harassment, women and girls are still suffering of this type of violence which intimidates them and limits their presence and participation in public and recreational activities. Early in 2017, the Information and communication am...
Seasonal or tourist marriage is a wide-spread phenomena in Egypt that women’s rights and feminist organization are struggling to end. In this type of marriage, non-Egyptian men vacationing in the country marry girls much younger than them for an undetermined period of time that us...
This research examines sexual violence against women through the presentation and analysis of direct testimonies of 50 female victims who were exposed to violence that was committed against them in the dark by individuals and institutions. The family (as the first social institution) is...
In this article on the adoption by the Tunisian Parliament, on 26 July 2017, of a historic law against violence against women, Frida Dahmani of Jeune Afrique, reviews the new law’s measures to protect and care for the victims of Violence in which the State is now committed to prot...
This report is a result of an assessment mission to Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which are transit countries for a massive movement of refugees trying to cross to Europe. Bearing in mind the difficult route the refugees are taking, women and girls are among the most vulne...
Gender equality is a fundamental right provided for by the Treaty of Lisbon and an EU priority policy. This regulation, which came into force on 19 January 2007, officially created the European Institute for Gender Equality whose mission is to help European institutions and EU member states to in...
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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