The study aims to explore the role customary institutions play in maintaining gender inequality and how changes in individual perceptions and attitudes on gender equality can lead to further changes in the social and political spheres. The study was done using a qualitative approach, th...
This annual report, assesses the gap in men/women parity in 136 countries and in four sectors: opportunities and economic equality; access to education; health; and political participation and representation in decision-making bodies. These sectors are sub-divided into 14 variables of which 13 ar...
This report presents the results from a cross-Nordic mapping of existing research and literature on gender, education and population flows in the peripheral areas of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and the autonomous territories of Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland. It aims t...
This report reviews the status of women and gender equality in the Arab region and the implementation of the Beijing declaration and platform of action, in the past 20 years. It highlights the accomplishments made, such as the changes in the Personal Status Code in some countries or some measures...
During the last decade, countries in the MENA region have made a progress in gender equality and women´s rights, still, these achievement haven´t ensured an equal role for women on a political and economic level, and women´s participation outside the home is still considered lim...
This report discusses the issue of women’s empowerment in Tunisia, the roots and obstacles, and the effect of political choices regarding state-society relations. It examines the policies related to women’s empowerment in areas of education, health and labour. It also highlights the i...
The report, highlights the situation of Palestinian women for the period from 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2014 based on information from the United Nations entities and individual experts in charge of monitoring. It provides an overview of the assistance provided by the entities of the United ...
The "Education for All" (EFA) is a 15-year agenda whose ambitious objectives were adopted by 163 nations in Dakar in 2000, including all Arab countries. The EFA seeks to ensure basic quality education for all children, youths and adults and it defined objectives for parity and gender equality in ...
In this document, the members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) commit to adopting practices promoting gender equality in education, implement family-friendly policies at work and help women gain more employment opportunities. The states should also take other me...
This report, prepared within the European Commission initiative "Equality Pays Off", examines the participation of women in employment and occupation. It addresses several aspects, including part-time work, qualification level and women's choice of education and their under or overrepresentation ...
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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