Although the MENA region has achieved a lot of progress in the field of women´s education, a huge gender gap still persists in the field of women´s economic participation, and access to employment. This briefing argues that introducing diversity through gender parity will benefit econ...
This brochure reflects how the United Nations system and the young people it serves are growing together. By taking stock of UN system activities related to youth development, the brochure provides a chance to assess how effectively the United Nations system is responding to this important develo...
This report presents on child marriage in the Arab region for the year 2013. It explains how ending child marriage would help countries achieve their Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that aim to combat poverty and improve health and quality of life for all. It emphasizes the importance of taki...
This study focuses on the socio-economic indicators that cause gender discrimination (inequality) in enrolment in basic education in Egypt.It aims at enhancing the findings of previous studies on narrowing education gender gap, and suggests further research on the possible socio-economi...
Whereas the general prospects about gender equality remain quite pessimistic, recent changes have occurred within family institutions in some countries and show a determining example. This short report is a text framed in the "Insights" series from the OECD ‘s Development Center. The autho...
The function of this toolikt is to provide approaches and tools that will first strengthen the internal capacity on gender issues but also formalize gender mainstreaming in the project cycle and to provide input into the assessment and the capitalization of experience. This manual is part of a se...
Since the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation has been launched, It is committed to monitoring progress in achieving commitments of the Union for the Mediterranean States on strengthening the role of women in the society. In 2014, the Foundation has selected to work with 12 Eu...
In many Moroccan regions, young men and young women do not have the same opportunities. Young women leave school earlier and have less access to key skills for economic development, such as foreign languages and information and communications technology. This article reveals a feeling of gender d...
This study focuses on finding ways to support women to fulfil their potential on the economic level. It highlights the importance of women´s participation in economy and access to leadership positions, and explains the difficulties they still face in accessing boardrooms, property, educatio...
This article discusses whether girls, especially those from poor families in Egypt, will be disadvantaged in terms of school expenditures and the transitions to secondary and higher education. The article debates that girls, even those from poor families, are not disadvantaged in terms of expendi...
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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