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Visit our touring drawing exhibition now in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada: Drawing 4 Equality. Challenging gender roles on both shores of the Mediterranean

Created by Foundation's Team 545 days ago

From 11 to 25 July 2023, Biblioteca Cal Gallifa hosts the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation (EMWF)’s drawing exhibition "Drawing 4 Equality. Desafiant els rols de gènere a les dues ribes de la...

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Visit our touring photo exhibition now in Castellcir: Women breaking barriers. Transforming Mediterranean cities

Created by Foundation's Team 545 days ago

From 10 to 24 July 2023, Sala Sant Jordi hosts the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation (FFEM)’s photo exhibition "Dones trencant barreres. Transformant les ciutats mediterrànies" ("Women breaking barriers....

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Visit our touring photo exhibition now in Canovelles: Women breaking barriers. Transforming Mediterranean cities

Created by Foundation's Team 573 days ago

From 26 June to 10 July 2023, Biblioteca Frederica Montseny hosts the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation (FFEM)’s photo exhibition "Dones trencant barreres. Transformant les ciutats mediterrànies" ("Women...

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Visit our touring drawing exhibition now in Cabanyes: Drawing 4 Equality. Challenging gender roles on both shores of the Mediterranean

Created by Foundation's Team 573 days ago

From 27 June to 11 July 2023, Església Vella de Sant Valentí hosts the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation (EMWF)’s drawing exhibition "Drawing 4 Equality. Desafiant els rols de gènere a...

Andalib Adwan

The Community Media and Development Center (CDMC) implements a training on advocacy campaigns and influencing policies related to the rights of female academics.

Created by Andalib Adwan 584 days ago

Gaza - Community Media and Development Center (CDMC) - June 2023 The academies believe that the training constituted a unique opportunity for them to learn about the concepts of advocacy from a comprehensive perspective, and to rearrange their...

Andalib Adwan

The Community Media and Development Center (CDMC) implements a training on advocacy campaigns and influencing policies related to the rights of female academics.

Created by Andalib Adwan 584 days ago

Gaza - Community Media and Development Center (CDMC) - June 2023 The training constituted a unique opportunity for academics to learn about the concepts of advocacy from a comprehensive perspective, in addition to learning about developments in the...

Andalib Adwan

The Community Media and Development Center launches the Youth Academy to defend women's rights in society and academic institutions

Created by Andalib Adwan 584 days ago

Gaza - Community Media and Development Center (CDMC) “The training was the golden period in my scientific journey, and it contributed to refining my personality and providing me with a huge amount of knowledge and experience related to...

Andalib Adwan

The Community Media and Development Center (CDMC) organizes an interactive day with the participation of members of the Palestinian Academics and ambassadors of young women's rights

Created by Andalib Adwan 584 days ago

Gaza - Community Media and Development Center (CDMC) - May 2023 The Community Media and Development Center (CDMC) organized an interactive meeting, on Saturday, May 17, 2023, at the headquarters of Al-Aqsa University in Khan Yunis with about 100...

Andalib Adwan

The Center for Development and Community Media holds two workshops entitled : Women's Rights and Reality in Academic Institutions and Media Treatment

Created by Andalib Adwan 584 days ago

Gaza - Community Media and Development Center (CDMC) - May 2023 The Community Media and Development Center (CDMC) held two workshops this month on the rights and reality of women in academic institutions and addressing them in the media, with the...

Andalib Adwan

The Development and Community Media Center holds a series of orientation sessions for facilitators of digital security workshops

Created by Andalib Adwan 584 days ago

Gaza - CDMC Community Media and Development Center - May 2023 “It was a valuable experience that developed our previous experiences and strengthened our role as young men and women in the process of raising awareness about digital security in...

Events

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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS - YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST ON GENDERED ISLAMOPHOBIA

Created by Foundation's Team 825 days ago

Youth Contest on Gendered Islamophobia is launched in the framework of the project MAGIC (Muslimwomen and communities Against Gender Islamophobia in society), which aims to prevent gendered Islamophobia in Spain and Belgium, particularly in media...

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - AWARENESS RAISING CAMPAIGNS ON GENDERED ISLAMOPHOBIA

Created by Foundation's Team 825 days ago

This call is launched in the framework of the project MAGIC (Muslim women and communities Against Gender Islamophobia in society), which aims to prevent gendered Islamophobia in Spain and Belgium, particularly in media outlets, and to draw lessons...

Amel Arbaoui

Announcement of the radio program: Badal

Created by Amel Arbaoui 828 days ago

The Jusoor Citizenship Association and the Youth House Muhammad Al-Qamoudi have the honor to announce the radio program “Badal” within the framework of the Badal project. It combates violent extremism with a gender approach in...

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Visit our travelling photo-exposition being now hosted in Sant Boi de Llobregat!

Created by Foundation's Team 828 days ago

In the Ajuntament de Sant Boi de Llobregat you can now visit our photo exhibition "Dones trencant barreres. Transformant les ciutats mediterrànies" ("Women breaking barriers. Transforming Mediterranean cities") from 17 to...

Lamia BENHABIB

Webinar: Rural Women's Contribution to Sustainable Development: Realities and Perspectives

Created by Lamia BENHABIB 836 days ago

On the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, the University of Mostaganem (Algeria) organizes, in the framework of the activities of the International Consortium for Gender Equality on AUF campuses, the webinar "Contribution of rural...

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Our photo exhibition is now touring the Barcelona province: Women breaking barriers. Transforming Mediterranean cities.

Created by Foundation's Team 842 days ago

Different locations in the Barcelona province are now hosting the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation (FFEM)’s photo exhibition "Dones trencant barreres. Transformant les ciutats mediterrànies" ("Women breaking barriers....

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Come to see our travelling exposition being now hosted in Igualada!

Created by Foundation's Team 845 days ago

In the Vestíbul del Center Cívic Nord. Carrer Sant Martí de Tous, 6 Igualada you can now visit our photo exhibition "Dones trencant barreres. Transformant les ciutats mediterrànies" ("Women breaking barriers. Transforming...

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High Level Conference on Women for the Mediterranean 2022

Created by Foundation's Team 845 days ago

On 26 and 27 October 2022, the Conference on Women for the Mediterranean organized by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will take place in Madrid. Ministers from UfM member states, UfM co-presidencies (EU and Jordan) and representatives of...

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The Foundation met to discuss next steps

Created by Foundation's Team 847 days ago

During the Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation (EMWF) held at IEMed on September 27, next steps have been planned to advance on the topic of equal rights between women and men in the...

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2nd Congress of Abolitionist Women on the Anniversary of Universal Suffrage

Created by Foundation's Team 860 days ago

From October 1st to 2nd, 2022, the Andalusian Congress of Abolitionist Women will take place in Granada and online, organised by the Plataforma Andaluza de Mujeres Abolicionistas (PAMA). On October 1, 1931, the Spanish courts approved...

Shared practices

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Empowering Nefta's women artisans through cloth recycling

Created by Foundation's Team 2309 days ago

Co-founded in 2016, SHANTI is a social enterprise whose mission is to promote the design of innovative and creative solutions to the social, economic, cultural and environmental issues of Tunisia. Based on this principle, SHANTI has developed along...

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Success Stories following visits to companies run by women in Setif

Created by Foundation's Team 2367 days ago

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...

Life Foundation

'A Step of hope'Award for short film on women defying social stigma

Created by Life Foundation 2474 days ago

Life Foundation for development and community integration participated at Alexandria Short Film festival by providing a special award entitled ‘’A Step of Hope’’, a golden award to highlight the challenge of change,...

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Promotion of sustainable water management among Bedouin women in Jordan

Created by Foundation's Team 2483 days ago

Women have an important role in the household management within the Bedouin community of Qatrana (Jordan); however, they have limited opportunity to learn about current issues relevant to best practices in household management. This project was one...

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AFIF: Literacy, Training and Employment for Women in Algeria

Created by Foundation's Team 2554 days ago

In 1962, when Algeria became independent, it set up a huge literacy programme. More than 85 percent of the population was illiterate, and despite considerable investment and progress in education, low levels of literacy remain a challenge today. As...

Noha El Khouly

Stories of Nihad: A TV program discussing women's issues

Created by Noha El Khouly 2555 days ago

"Hikayat Nihad" is a TV program broadcast on Cairo and the people channel, presented by Nihad Abul-Qumsan in a simple and easy language. The program includes number of illustrated stories aiming at educating and supporting Egyptian women, as well...

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Solar mamas: It takes one woman to light a village!

Created by Foundation's Team 2592 days ago

Jordan’s poorest desert villages on the Iraqi border, was given a chance to travel to India to attend the Barefoot College, where illiterate women from around the world are trained in 6 months to become solar engineers.  This documentary...

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SheFighter, inspiring initiative to end violence against women and girls

Created by Foundation's Team 2624 days ago

An estimated 80% of women in Jordan have faced street harassment, and 1 in 3 women in this country are survivors of physical violence. To this reality, Lina Khalifeh, a Jordanian citizen who didn’t like the fact that women don’t stand up...

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Functional Literacy Programme for Women of the Argan Cooperative

Created by Foundation's Team 2693 days ago

With a population of over 32 million, literacy rates in Morocco stand at an average of 56%, representing over 10 million people lacking basic literacy skills. With literacy programmes frequently being carried out in urban areas, opportunities for...

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How to report a harassment, simplified guide to fight sexual harassment in Egypt

Created by Foundation's Team 2697 days ago

In the recent years, the magnitude of sexual violence in Egypt increased significantly, especially following the 2011 popular uprising when mass rape and sexual assault occurred during several protests. Since then, organized efforts by civil society...

Calls and opportunities

Maria Àngels Roque

Apply to become Project Manager for CLUSTER

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1224 days ago

This year, the IEMed was awarded a grant to tackle social exclusion and poverty amongst vulnerable groups, through the ENI CBC Med project CLUSTER.   CLUSTER is currently looking for a Project Manager. WORK FUNCTIONS  The...

Maria Àngels Roque

Call for traineeships at the Gender Programme of the IEMed for the year 2022

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1225 days ago

The IEMed just launched its call for applications for 8 paid internships (January-December 2021) for young people with high education degrees in the following fields: Gender Equality in the Mediterranean; Euro-Mediterranean policies...

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Consultant on contestations and backlashes to gender equality in the MENA

Created by Foundation's Team 1225 days ago

EuroMed Rights is looking for an external consultant to document attempted and successful forms of contestations/‘backlashes’ to gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa from the beginning of 2021 and until now. The...

Sana Afouaiz

SURVEY on the impact of Covid-19 on women entrepreneurs in Brussels

Created by Sana Afouaiz 1226 days ago

Womenpreneur-Initiative is a Belgian non-profit association founded in 2016. The mission of the association is to promote and support women in entrepreneurship, innovation and technology. Its goal is to encourage women’s economic independence...

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Ensuring Women's Decent Work and Transforming Care Provision

Created by Foundation's Team 1227 days ago

The COVID-19 pandemic and policy responses to its economic fallout have significantly undermined efforts to advance women’s economic justice. One year into the pandemic, it is now widely recognized that the pandemic, associated lockdowns and...

Caroline Brummelhuis

Call for applications for women entrepreneurs based in Tunisia

Created by Caroline Brummelhuis 1231 days ago

The British Embassy in Tunis is funding a programme to support business capacity building in Tunisia. The programme is delivered by OCO Global, a private sector organisation specialising in international trade with a proven track record in...

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Call for Applications: women role models from the MENA region

Created by Foundation's Team 1232 days ago

The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship and The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut are cooperating on a new regional storytelling project aimed at promoting positive...

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Traineeships for Gender Equality at EIGE

Created by Foundation's Team 1274 days ago

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) announces traineeship opportunities lasting up to six months for graduates who are either nationals of an EU Member State or an EFTA country or an IPA qualifying country. The traineeships are...

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The Generation Equality Girls'Fund

Created by Foundation's Team 1283 days ago

This fund is for Administrative costs, COVID-19, Campaigning and advocacy costs, Community services, Emergency / Quick Access Funding, Equipment, Event costs, Materials, Salaries, Technical Support, Transport costs in ODA-eligible...

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Team Leader on Communications at EIGE

Created by Foundation's Team 1289 days ago

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is organising a call for applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for the post of Team Leader - Communications. The registration of applications will begin on 22 June 2021 and will...

Resources

Sana Afouaiz

Womenpreneur Digital Hub

Created by Sana Afouaiz 1350 days ago

Women Digital Hub is the first digital space for women in the MENA region to learn, connect and grow. Womenpreneur Digital Hub is a knowledge and resource space that provides free access to entrepreneurship skills, financial education, tech...

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A free international directory of women gender experts

Created by Foundation's Team 1359 days ago

Les Expertes has launched an online platform that is a free international directory of women experts on gender issues and gender equality. The aim of this website is to make women and their expertise visible in the media and the public...

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Take a Good Look at me, a Women's Foundation podcast

Created by Foundation's Team 1377 days ago

Discover the first podcast of the Fondation des Femmes By Mahaut Chaudouët Delmas and Luna Gay-Padoan The Covid-19 crisis has revealed the condition of women and their rights. While they make up the overwhelming majority of workers that...

Stephanie Willman Bordat

Promoting best practices in the state response to GBV in Morocco

Created by Stephanie Willman Bordat 1380 days ago

In Morocco, gender-based violence (GBV) remains pervasive, affecting all segments of the population irrespective of their age, ethnicity, education level or economic status. While the Government of Morocco is committed to addressing GBV, the...

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Women experts: They do exist

Created by Foundation's Team 1392 days ago

Expertes Expertes is the first free, 100% digital directory of all French and French-speaking women experts. While in 2020, only 41% of the experts invited to the French media were women, the Expertes project offers a unique database of women...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

SafeNess: an app to prevent sexual harassment and fight against violence in public spaces

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 1399 days ago

SafeNess offers you a solution for the prevention of sexual harassment and the fight against violence in public spaces. Free, easy to use and fast, it allows you to: 1- Choose a list of trusted people from your contacts. 2- Send your location...

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COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker Fact Sheets

Created by Foundation's Team 1402 days ago

The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker monitors policy measures enacted by governments worldwide to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, and highlights responses that have integrated a gender lens. It includes national measures that are...

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Machi Rojola - a Podcast that Questions Masculinities

Created by Foundation's Team 1427 days ago

What is it to be a man? This is one of the questions discussed in the podcast, "Machi Rojola," created by Soufiane Hennani. The approach aims to question the role of the dominant, virile male, this rigid concept that has imposed itself in society....

Ikrame Moucharik

What is feminist self-defense?

Created by Ikrame Moucharik 1435 days ago

By Ikrame Moucharik In 2012, we formed a feminist awareness group. Our first discussions concerned the violence that we suffer as women. One book particularly nourished our reflections on gender; it’s a practical manual written by Irène Zeilinger...

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GUIDE Domestic cyber-violence: Identifying, accompanying and referring victims

Created by Foundation's Team 1471 days ago

Guide for professionals in contact with women victims of domestic violence  The aim of this tool is to help professionals to better understand domestic cyber-violence, to better identify it and to offer specialised support to victims. This...

Documents

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Testimonials of gender-based violence from Palestine

Created by Foundation's Team 995 days ago

The Community Media Center (CMC) has published a series of testimonies, in the format of short stories, of women living in Palestine and suffering different types of violence. Hadeel Gharbawy, Sahar Alnahaal, Raghda Madi, Hana Abu Quta,...

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2021 Regional Progress Report on Gender Equality: UfM Regional Dialogue on Women Empowerment in the Euro-Mediterranean region

Created by Foundation's Team 1029 days ago

The UfM launched the first-ever Intergovernmental Monitoring Mechanism on Gender Equality in one of the Senior Official Meetings of the UfM Member States in 2020. This ongoing reporting exercise allows measuring and reporting of the progress made on...

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Why the veiling of women's bodies is at the heart of the Islamists'project

Created by Foundation's Team 1056 days ago

According to the professor and researcher Leila Tauil, the veiling of the body of women is part of the project of an Islamist society - having as its model of society the mythified Medinan period of the seventh century - based on a...

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Kayan's Key Findings on Femicide in Palestinian Society in Israel

Created by Foundation's Team 1059 days ago

Kayan is pleased to present you an overview of its groundbreaking report on the phenomenon of femicide in the Palestinian society. Kayan - Feminist Organization is proud to add significant contribution to the existing body of research on...

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Social movements: Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria

Created by Foundation's Team 1059 days ago

The year 2019 was marked by intense social movements in different countries of the world, where they appeared simultaneously. They were inspired by previous movements and stimulated each other. This is the case of Lebanon, Iraq and Algeria, whose...

Naima Fdil

Consanguineous marriage, a form of violence practiced against women and children in Morocco

Created by Naima Fdil 1062 days ago

Consanguineous marriage in Morocco is a risk factor for hereditary metabolic diseases also called rare diseases. Consanguineous marriages are generally prohibited by law in Europe and America. However, the rules concerning kinship and the notion...

Monia Braham

Implementing the 2030 Agenda in the Arab Region with a Gender and Green Local Development perspective

Created by Monia Braham 1079 days ago

Since the adoption of the international convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) and the Beijing platform for Action, women have made significant strides in achieving equality in health, education and...

Hala Bugaighis

A Novel Virus with Familiar Results: the impact of covid-19 on women in Libya

Created by Hala Bugaighis 1086 days ago

In Libya, covid-19 has increased suffering for a population that is already reeling from the scourge of armed conflict, the deterioration of the economy, the high cost of living and the lack of public services. This report assesses the...

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Classic tales revised for gender equality

Created by Foundation's Team 1097 days ago

In the context of the project "Des stéréotypes à l’égalité de genre" funded by the European Union and with the participation of four schools from Finland, France, Greece and Romania, and three NGOs from...

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The effects of the Covid-19 crisis on increasing gender-based violence in the MENA region

Created by Foundation's Team 1135 days ago

November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Almost a year ago, on this occasion, the European Institute of the Mediterranean, (IEMed) in collaboration with the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation...

Comments

Amel Arbaoui

Comment on "Women's organizations laid out strong relationships for future actions / منظمات نسائية تقيم علاقات متينة كقاعدة لأعمال مستقبلية / Des organisations de femmes construisent des liens solides pour l'avenir"

Created by Foundation's Team 2735 days ago

Les femmes dans le monde sont soumises des griefs des degrs divers, donc elles doivent travailler ensemble Agrable de partager leurs expriences et leurs ap...

Amel Arbaoui

Comment on "Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue on Advocacy for Gender Equality / Dialogue euro-méditerranéen sur le plaidoyer en faveur de l'égalité femmes-hommes / حوار أورومتوسطي حول المناصرة من أجل المساواة الجندرية "

Created by Foundation's Team 2737 days ago

De tels dialogues servent de portails pour les femmes mditerranennes part et les femmes du monde d'autre part Domaines auxquels les femmes doivent renforcer et changer des expriences et dvelopper leurs comptences

They are registered on the platform of the Euro-Mediterranean Women's Foundation

The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy (MIFTAH)
Socio-cultural centre for women in action
Tunisian Association for Cultural Action
Coalition for Tunisian Women and the International Network of Women
La-Femme.tn
Ecological Universe for Development and Climate Association
Social Association  Active Woman  of the Tizi-Ouzou Wilaya
Libyan Women ORG
Ntic et Citoyennete - Maurifemme
Infakto Research Workshop
Organization of Backing Liberal and Social Development (OBLSD)
Women'    s Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)
Anne Laure Humbert
Center for Women's Studies in Islam (CERFI)
Organization Dihya for Development
Europeans Without Borders
SIDRA Association
Alèxia Carrasco
Association des femmes pour le développement et la culture
FILASTINIYAT
Info-Com Jeunes de Guelma
Jordanian Journalist Association
Women in Business of Algeria
Syrian Women's Network
Hope Village Society (HVS)
Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality
RUSEMEG - Réseau Universitaire et Scientifique Euro-Méditerranéen
National Association for the defense of rights and freedoms (NADRF)
Jurists without chains
Association Irtikaa
Hillary Rodham Clinton Center for Women'    s Empowerment (HCC)
Research Team on Gender
Centre for Women's Legal Research &Counselling and Protection
Independent Researcher
Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences
Youth Capacities Development Association-Biskra (YCDB)

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Egal’actu: A news platform about gender equality

The Egae group has launched egal’actu, a news online platform about the equality between women and men. The main goal is...

Scholarship program for girls in school failure

Many girls from the villages of Upper Egypt are deprived of education and, therefore, they cannot improve their situation or...

Young Women as Job Creator - Phase I

The practice was structured around seminars by promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship. Around 800 students have...

The Wednesdays of CREDIF

The practice consists of sessions aimed at raising awareness of and mobilising a large and diverse public (academics,...

Because they are my children, my nationality is their right

The campaign targeted 18,000 Lebanese women married to foreigners. The majority of them live in Lebanon and they have problems...

Croatia: Lobbying in support of women survivors of wartime sexual violence

In many armed conflicts and throughout history, rape and sexual violence were used as a weapon of war, as a tool to terrorize,...

How to report a harassment, simplified guide to fight sexual harassment in Egypt

In the recent years, the magnitude of sexual violence in Egypt increased significantly, especially following the 2011 popular...

Migrant Women: A Resource

This practice began in 2014 and it was supported by the European Commission Representation in Italy, Provincia di Roma and...

WIKIGENDER: Online collaborative platform

Wikigender is a collaborative platform addressed to political decision makers and experts in both developing and developed...

Support for women's empowerment in the North-East of Morocco

The project aims at the emancipation of women living in the rural environment in the province of Berkane. To strengthen the...