Communication of the Council of Europe Ahead of International Women’s Day on Sunday 8 March 2020, Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has called on all member states to change how rape is defined. In an opinion...
On March 5, the European Commission presented its strategy for equality between women and men in Europe. While the EU is a global leader in gender equality and has made significant progress in the last decades, gender-based violence and stereotypes...
From the Ateneu L’Harmonia, our illustration Exhibition Drawing 4 Equality: Challenging gender roles on both sides of the Mediterranean moves to the Facultat de Traducció i d’Interpretació de la Universitat...
Soukaina Bouraoui has been elected President of the Scientific Committee of the Francophone Network of Women Leaders in Higher Education and Research (RESUFF) in 2019. She is the executive director of the Centre of Arab Women for Training and...
On February 26 and 27, the Forum on Women parliamentarians in the Middle East and North Africa took place in Tunis, organized by the Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research, CAWTAR, the Canadian Federal Forum and the Canadian Embassy....
Barcelona, 2 March 2020 The Union for the Mediterranean embraces the celebration of the International Women’s Day with the implementation of projects and initiatives in the framework of its regional agenda for women’s...
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation launches a campaign to name and give visibility to outstanding women and girls of the Euro-Mediterranean area who are making an impact on their...
Coeur de Femmes is a time for meeting, sharing, discovering know-how and the possibilities of creation. A place for debate on the situation of women in the world. A citizen’s space. During this event organized by Forum Femmes...
Do you know women in Morocco who have suffered violence from an intimate partner? We want to listen to these stories! This survey is part of an action research carried out by a network of women’s rights associations across the country, which...
On December 4th, the human rights lawyer of Gender Alternatives Foundation (Bulgaria), Milena Kadieva, won the Women of Europe Award for the category of ‘’Women in Action’’ in recognition of her extraordinary actions at...
This training is a Capacity Building activity, taking place from the 19th to the 26th February 2017 in Tallinn, Estonia, and it is supported by the Anna Lindh Foundation in the frames of the midterm project "Expressions in Dialogue". "Expressions...
ESCWA in partnership with IWSAW, ABAAD, and UN Women hosted a panel discussion entitled “Estimating the Cost of Violence against Women (VAW) in the Arab Region”, to promote awareness against gender-based violence (GBV), in the event of the 16 Days...
Women’s bodies is at the heart of the changes in the Mediterranean societies. This is a major challenge from the democracy’s point of view as the recent debates on sexual harassment, freedom of dress, women's access to public space,...
Also this year, in occasion of the 10th Anniversary, the association AFAEMME participated in the Mediterranean Week, an event for businesses, corporations, governments and multilateral organizations for the promotion of the economic integration in...
La Fundació ACSAR presenta la Jornada sobre el dret d'asil per motius de gènere que porta per títol “La situació de les dones als països d'origen, de trànsit i de destinació” que organitzen conjuntament amb el Centre d'Estudis Jurídics i Formació...
STRANE STRANIERE Ideated and written by Maria Antonietta Mariani. Documentary (70'), Italia 2016. Five women moved to Italy form different countries. Ana (Croatia), Ljuba (Serbia), Radi (Bulgaria), Sihem (Tunisia) and Sonia (China). Brought...
Isha L'Isha – Haifa Feminist Center and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Haifa invite you to a seminar on Between Marginality and Prostitution: A Feminist Perspective on Prostitution Tuesday | 29 November 2016 Campus HaNamal |...
The online video competition is an event organized and launched by the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) in collaboration With United Nations Women (UN Women), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia...
The IEMed organizes a conference where the writer, Najat El Hachmi (El Nador, 1979) will talk about her last book "The Foreign Daughter" (2015). The event also will present the prizes for those 15 young candidates of the Euro-Mediterranean region,...
STRANE STRANIERE will be featured at Festa del Cinema di Roma 2016 Alice nella Città – Kino Panorama | Italia STRANE STRANIERE Documentary film (70') Ideated and written by Maria Antonietta Mariani Cast Ana Laznibat, Ljuba...
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Women in rural and agricultural areas play a key role in the development of the territories. Because of their role in the agricultural economy or fisheries, women are at the heart of the resilience of the most vulnerable societies. This publication...
Morocco’s 2011 Constitution affirmed the principle of equality between men and women (art. 19) and officialised the (indigenous) Amazigh language (art. 5) alongside Arabic. However, despite apparent progress in the areas of minority...
The report sheds light on the challenges Syrian women face in Turkey and how they have evolved over time, with an emphasis on their knowledge of and access to rights and means of civic engagement, and the role of Turkish and Syrian organizations in...
This article focuses on girls’ access to school education in "Area C" where security and administrative authorities are under Israeli control since the Oslo Accords in 1993, including factors that lead to girls’ recurrent absences and school...
SenseMaker® is a mixed qualitative/quantitative data collection tool used to empower individuals to anonymously record and interpret their own stories about their experiences of accessing a GBV service. In collecting these stories,...
Women and men do not use cities the same way. Women are still the primary caretakers of children, elders and domestic chores, in addition to their responsibilities outside the home, as employees and students. As a result, they must often develop...
In the present report, the contribution of social protection systems, public services and sustainable infrastructure to the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are examined. The report underlines the potential of...
The 2012 World Development Report recognized that expanding women’s agency - their ability to make decisions and take advantage of opportunities is key to improving their lives as well as the world. This report represents a major advance in global...
This guide is generally intended to provide imams, preachers and community leaders with information and guidance to expand their knowledge on gender-based violence in order to support them in awareness raising and counselling, as well as in helping...
This study analyzes the countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia and is executed so as to address the following issues: Economic-social factors relevant to women’s...
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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