The present policy brief discusses ESCWA States members’ obligations to protect, protect and fulfil the human rights of women. It examines the various forms of institutional mechanisms and how they address accountability and gender discrimination in Arab countries. It considers ho...
This study questions the impact of the absence of young women from the workplace in the MENA region, at all the working levels. It emphasizes the potential and the economic benefits of increasing women´s employment in the region. The study furthermore seeks to understand the expectations of...
This report emphasizes the importance of gender equality in the world of work, for both men and women. The report looks closely at existing constraints as well as policies and practices regarding women participation in the world of work, which show promise in closing the gaps. The report advocate...
The study analyzes the situation of Gender Equality in the Arab countries, in light of culture, Islam and gender relations. It gives examples of women´s economic and political participation in the region. The study explains the feminist critique of Islam and the feminist movement within Isl...
This document is designed as a country-file addressing the legal framework in terms of gender equality, the institutions and the mechanisms in this field. It also provides data and statistics on women's political and economic participation, reproductive health and education. / Ce document e...
This document is designed as a country-file addressing the legal framework in terms of gender equality, the institutions and the mechanisms in this field. It also provides data and statistics on women's political and economic participation, reproductive health and education. / Ce document est str...
This document summarises five national reports on the participation of women in economic, social, political and trade union life in five southern Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia). Its aim is to assess the situation of working women and offer guidelines to ...
The National Women's Strategy addresses all the key fields concerning women, in keeping with the international commitments made by Ireland in the framework of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDA...
This document examines the progress achieved since the United Nations World Women's Conference (1995) and the challenges in terms of gender promotion and women's empowerment. It features the main laws in this field, provides statistics and introduces the programmes and projects implemented at a n...
This successful practice aims to accompany women to integrate themselves to local economic activities, particularly in the area of the valuation of the rose fragrance. This action raised awareness to rural population, particularly to women. The challenges of the successful practice&rsqu...
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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