On 4 December 2019, a Workshop on “Tourism: Generating jobs for Youth in the MENA Region” will take place at the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)’s Headquarters in Barcelona. The event is a follow up of the UfM Secretariat’s Brainstorming Meeting on Tourism, hel...
On 25 September 2019, the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) organized the dialogue “Youth creators transforming the Mediterranean”, which brought together the young winners of the contests “Drawing 4 Equality: Challenging gender roles ...
In partnership with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting and the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation in Libya, the Trajectories for Peace and Development Association carried out the first phase of the "Peacemakers" project which consisted in training 12 Libyan women on the Unit...
The February 20th movement shows new modes of engagement with feminism, despite a striking absence of feminist organizations from the protest movement. Nevertheless, and in sharp contrast with most accounts that posit the irrelevance of feminism for Moroccan youth’s identification...
The political and public participation of women is today a major imperative for the realization of democracy and the consolidation of gender equality in society. In Tunisia, despite the constitutional gains regarding women’s rights, their participation in community life and in dec...
Two out of three youths engaged in subsidized recreational activity are boys. From the start of college, girls stop using leisure equipment and quickly become invisible in the public space. Boys are more present and occupy almost alone "city stadiums", "skate parks", youth centers, gymn...
This news qualitative, global research provides an analysis on the situation of young persons with disabilities concerning discrimination and gender-based violence, including the impact on their sexual and reproductive health and rights. It also provides an assessment of legal, policy a...
As part of a field diagnosis on the development of female entrepreneurship in Setif (Algeria), the Women in Business of Algeria association (WIBA) organized a series of visits to several women-managed enterprises in different communes of the wilaya of Setif. Women entrepreneurs, ...
The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy – MIFTAH recently concluded a project advocating for the inclusion of women and youth in high decision-making positions within the Palestinian political system, especially within the Palestine Liberation...
Cross-nationally, having a working mother during childhood is associated with more egalitarian attitudes among both adult men and women. However, no previous studies have explored this relationship in the Middle East and North Africa, where women’s employment rates have remained p...
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