Gender equality project for women factory workers in Zarqa governorate, Jordan. With the support of the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation, a team from the Jordanian Business and Professional Women´s Forum visited a number of...
Women’s participation in political and public life is one of the most concrete signs of their emancipation. In Tunisia, despite women’s expectations, their presence in decision-making positions remains low because of many factors such as...
In Palestine, women and youth are underrepresented in local councils, in political bodies and in the public life. Decision-making positions are held by middle-aged men. Therefore, the association The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of...
In Morocco, the legal framework supports equality between women and men, as evidenced by the introduction of the instance 79.14 under the Moroccan law, which is the instance of parity and the fight against all forms of discrimination. Nevertheless,...
Our Newsletter N.9 is now available! It includes news about the CSO WINS advocacy campaigns and other projects in favor of women's rights, other news about different members of the Foundation's networks, a list of the associations and...
WCLAC and Jericho Women’s Charitable Society (JWCS) held an event on the 25th of March to celebrate the International Women’s Day, where a survey about the level and type of gender-based violence (GBV) against women in the governorate of...
Together with 45 member states of United Nation’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), WCLAC participated both as an independent NGO and as a part of the official Palestinian delegation in the 61st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women...
The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) is offering a position to provide technical support in the Documentation Centre of the collaborative Internet platform on gender equality in English, French and Arabic as a component of the...
This project is the result of the mobilization pilot action of local actors "Strengthening the capacity of gender equality actors" that was implemented in Irbid governorate in 2015, it will allow BBA to keep in contact with the women candidates for...
In Libya, most of female-owned businesses and start-ups are not officially registered. Women often use social media and online-based outlets to promote their businesses in order to avoid government’s registration fees and the complicated tax...
This website provides information on six categories: legal framework, international treaties and conventions, common law, land tenure and related institutions, civil society organisations, and related statistics.
This database covering the 192 UN member countries concerns the scope and consequences of all forms of violence against women as well as the impact and efficacy of the policies and programmes aimed at combating this violence, including optimal...
This website introduces the UN programmes on the promotion of women (concerning gender equality and women’s empowerment as well as the issue “gender and the environment”). The website presents in detail the work on gender by the...
The interactive interface Gender Info 2010 enables users to create their own statistical documents based on UN data on gender. Gender Info 2010 is an initiative of the United National Statistics Division, developed in collaboration with the United...
This survey mainly focuses on a selection of development-related topics that have an impact on the role of women in the economy at a national, regional and international level. The theme of the survey is entitled “Women’s control over...
The Commission conducts surveys in European countries to study the social and demographic evolutions influencing the relations between parents and children (generations) and partners (gender). The databases on these surveys are available online.
This website provides the latest statistics and indicators on women and men in six specific fields: population, women and men in families, health, education, work and political decision making. The data is compiled based on official national and...
The Department of Women' s Rights and Equality (SDFE) works to encourage respect for women' s rights and parity and to increase equality between women and men. The online summary of the Department' s news on the issue of women' s rights and equality...
The European Women' s Lobby (ELF) is the largest umbrella organisation of women’s associations in the European Union (EU), working to promote women’s rights and equality between women and men. ELF membership extends to organisations in...
Partner organisation of the Ile-de-France Region, created at the initiative of the Regional Council of the Ile-de-France Region with and for the actors and actresses of equality, the Hubertine Auclert Center is a resource centre promoting equality...
This paper seeks to reflect on women’s movements in the Middle East. Within the general context of the region, the case studies of Egypt and Turkey illustrate two specific yet illustrative examples of some of the underlying issues, problems,...
The impact of crises on women and children is well documented, with high rates of maternal, neonatal and child mortality and morbidity due to poor access to sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health (SRMNAH) services. This...
The report reviews a vast body of literature to present a "thinking device" that visualizes water as an asset, a service, and a "space." It shows water as an arena where gender relations play out in ways that often mirror inequalities between the...
This study provides an overview of the main characteristics of education systems and labour markets in four Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs) – namely Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia – and discusses the difficulties...
This report analyses the ways in which unpaid care work is recognized and organized, the extent and quality of care jobs and their impact on the well-being of individuals and society. A key focus of this report is the persistent gender inequalities...
Care work is a crucial element for human well-being as well as an essential component for a vibrant, sustainable economy with a productive labour force. Care work ensures the complex and life-sustaining web on which our very existence depends. Women...
The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a gender inclusive perspective, seeking to explore and establish some of the ways in which Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza are affected by two interlocking...
Education today is increasingly being feminized with girls accounting for the large majority of the student population at all levels. This feminization is happening not only in terms of number of girls but also in terms of performance. The present...
This policy brief tries to answer the important question of whether firms gain from women participation in management positions. The debate on academic and policy levels have not reached a consensus regarding the existence of gender gaps in firm...
The article discusses the gendered implications of recent political developments in the region. It argues that women and gender are key to both revolutionary and counterrevolutionary processes and developments and not marginal to them. It explores...
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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