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Casa Mediterráneo in collaboration with IEMed celebrated 8 of March with a conference on female leadership in the Mediterranean

Created by Foundation's Team 982 days ago

...ework of the status of women in specific countries of the Mediterranean region, with useful recommendation...ity Foundation; Naïma Benaicha, associate professor in the area of Arab and Islamic Studies at the Univ...

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CAWTAR, as the gender focal point for the Arab region, has adopted the flagship programme: Combating Gender-Based Violence

Created by Foundation's Team 1125 days ago

In this year 2022, for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, CAWTAR announces its campaign entitled "Making the invisible visible" which will...

Andalib Adwan

The Community Media Center participates in a cross-border strike with the institutions of the Amal Alliance to Combat Violence against Women

Created by Andalib Adwan 1143 days ago

...ing of women in Palestine and the Arab world, and in rejection of al...violence against Palestinian and Arab women, and demanding that the...en practiced in Palestine and the Arab region. “My colleagues at the...murders against women in the Arab region reflects a state of decline a...

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The Executive Committee of EMWF unanimously elects Ms. Bouraoui new President of the Foundation

Created by Foundation's Team 1398 days ago

...round tables on equal rights between women and men in the Mediterranean region. During these workshops, v...elected Ms. Soukaina Bouraoui, Executive Director of CAWTAR (Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research...

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Online Gender-Based Violence: What Scenario For The MENA Region ?

Created by Foundation's Team 1658 days ago

...nce: What Scenario For The MENA Region ?" The 2011 Arab uprisings kicked off a decade of online activism in the MENA region. Blogs and social media becam...ions faced by women in the MENA region. The report shows for instanc...status. For young women in the region, the digital world still prov...

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Let's keep naming the outstanding women that conform the Euro-Mediterranean region!

Created by Foundation's Team 1814 days ago

...or 2020. The Al-Fanar Foundation has selected the most influential Arab women amongst these 100 women...eciate the richness and diversity that traverses the Euro-Mediterranean region.  Who would you inc...

Maria Àngels Roque

Call for internships at the IEMed for the year 2021

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1856 days ago

...licies and EuroMeSCo Resources; Euromed survey and yearbook; Arab and Mediterranean world; Mediterranean Regional Policies and Human Developm...ationality of one of the 43 states of the Euro-Mediterranean region. Deadline for applications:...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

Soukaina Bouraoui in charge of a mission at the Francophone Network of Women Leaders in Higher Education and Research

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 2106 days ago

...he is the executive director of the Centre of Arab Women for Training and Resear...n’s Foundation, since 1999. CAWTAR is a regional organization established...s and role of women in the development of the Arab region. As the Executive Director of...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

Women parliamentarians in the MENA region on confronting VAW and on changing policies

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 2107 days ago

...Federal Forum said that this regional program, which is implemented in nine Arab countries, connects with the fi...ssed the role of women in the Arab revolutions, commenting on the...that continue to exist in the region, especially wars and conflict...

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The winners of our illustration contest discuss about art and feminism in a successful dialogue

Created by Foundation's Team 2256 days ago

... unity and diversity of the Mediterranean region, and stressed the impo...y”, and Bartolomiej Juszak, Khamsa Harabi and Isamil Hamoumi, who are...he strong presence of women cartoonists in the Arab world, and the different experi...

Events

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Gendered Resistance: Academia and Activism

Created by Foundation's Team 1682 days ago

The Arab Council for Social Sciences&n...ter over zoom.  The Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) is a regional, independent, non-profit...wledge production in the Arab world. By supporting researcher...d inform public policy in the region....

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The Women of the Midan : the female body as a site that shaped the revolutions in the Arab world from 2011 to this day

Created by Foundation's Team 1762 days ago

...the events that shaped the revolutions in the Arab world from 2011 to this day a...idual’s relationship to the state in the Arab world today and how practices of citizenship evolve in the region. Register here: htt...

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The Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of Catalonia, with a focus on resistance

Created by Foundation's Team 1870 days ago

The Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival of C...14th edition to keep giving voice to Arab and Mediterranean cinema. It...in which, under the umbrella of the Arab and Mediterranean Film Festiv...knowledge on the Euro-Mediterranean region through its artistic tissue!...

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Regional workshop in Amman on women's engagement in public and political life

Created by Foundation's Team 2193 days ago

...ill participate in the workshop ‘’From Roadblocks to Roadmaps: Together to strengthen women’s political participation – Arab Region Learning and Exchange Worksho...

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CAWTAR hosts the Womenpreneur Experience Event in Tunis

Created by Foundation's Team 2206 days ago

...vember 27th, our founding member the Center of Arab Women for Training&...e global Wikimedia movement, especially within Arab and African communities. Wom...e of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the MENA region from a female perspective and...

Maria Àngels Roque

Art and feminism in cities: A vital link for human rights

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2653 days ago

...ivities starting on the 15th of October. The Xabaca project focuses on Arab women artists who -despite ce...st "Powerful women: Breaking stereotypes in the Euro-Mediterranean region". These are exhibited at the&...

Hend M’HAMDI

The participation of Tunisian women in political and associative life

Created by Hend M’HAMDI 2893 days ago

...n local politics. Starting from a research project in a locality in the region of Nabeul (Tazarka) and a g...Filmmaker and Tunisian Deputy. Moderator: Mrs AMER Noura, President of Arab Women’s Solidarity Association-...

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The Foundation to follow-up on Ministerial commitments on gender equality

Created by Foundation's Team 2960 days ago

...EM has supported the work of the associations in the Euro-Mediterranean region and encouraged them to moni...nts, as well as to prepare recommendations to advance women’s rights in Arab and European countries. In Cair...

Tala Harb

Panel Discussion on Estimating the Cost of Violence in the Arab Region

Created by Tala Harb 3276 days ago

...lence against Women (VAW) in the Arab Region”, to promote awareness agai...t speaker Blerta Alika, UN-Women Arab States Office, presented data...ultiple types of GBV in the Arab region, and offered solutions to add...of violence Against Women in the Arab Region', which aims to analyze the s...

Tala Harb

Online Video Competition

Created by Tala Harb 3323 days ago

...ent organized and launched by the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) in collaboratio...Western Asia (ESCWA), and Abaad. This event invites youth from the Arab region to create a short video (30 s...

Shared practices

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Promotion of sustainable water management among Bedouin women in Jordan

Created by Foundation's Team 2805 days ago

...n household management. This project was one of the winners of Karianet Competition (June 2017): Youth Initiatives in Rural Development in the Arab Region, and it aimed at contributing...

Calls and opportunities

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

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1547 days ago

...esources, Euromed Survey and Yearbook; Arab and Mediterranean World; Mediterranean Regional Policies and Human Developm...ional fabric of the Euro-Mediterranean region from a gender equality perspe...he 43 states of the Euro-Mediterranean region. Deadline for applications:...

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Call for Applications: women role models from the MENA region

Created by Foundation's Team 1554 days ago

...University of Beirut are cooperating on a new regional storytelling project aime...ort young women’s career choices in the Arab region. Criteria The organisers...ticipation. For more info: https://www.activearabvoices.org https://www.aub.edu.l...

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Call for Papers: Feminist Theory in University accross the Arab World

Created by Foundation's Team 1699 days ago

...sities across Lebanon and the Arab region to submit their reflections...niversity settings across the Arab region. The forthcoming issue asks...classroom? How has COVID-19, regional uprisings and unrest, and e...sues related to gender in the Arab region and the diaspora. Full a...

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Regional arts competition against Gender-based Violence

Created by Foundation's Team 1869 days ago

...U) launched their annual regional youth arts competition&nb...n to all young persons in the Arab region under the age of 30. Submis...the COVID-19 pandemic in the region, there has been an increase i...ves of women and girls in the Arab region.  Initiated in 1991 and...

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Call for Abstracts and Articles: Conference on Celebrating Arab Women

Created by Foundation's Team 1925 days ago

...ational Conference on Celebrating Arab Women: Agents of Change and P...ddle East and North Africa (MENA) region contend with social practic...te with examples of inspirational Arab women who transcend this soci...ds women’s equality in this Arab region. This call for papers invites...

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Call for Proposals: Regional Capacity Development on VAW Data Initiative

Created by Foundation's Team 2050 days ago

...World Health Organization : Regional Capacity Development on VAW Data Initiative for Arab States and East and Southern Africa Regions UN Women is implementin...call focuses on the following regional areas : The Arab States region covering the foll...

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Call for Papers UNESCO: Inequalities in the Arab region in light of Covid-19

Created by Foundation's Team 2060 days ago

...mations - Inequalities in the Arab region in light of Covid-19 Deadl...y in most streets of the Arab region was against an unequal neolib...s? What does it mean for most Arab countries to suddenly move to o...ing. In September, 2018, the regional debate was organized at the...

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UNDP is looking for Sustainable Development Goals Expert in Yemen

Created by Foundation's Team 2073 days ago

...le options; Strong written and oral skills in English, knowledge of Arabic will be an asset; A team p...communities and/or vulnerable groups is an asset; Experience in the Arab States region and knowledge of the nature o...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

Call for papers on gender equality directed to regional and local policymakers

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 2092 days ago

...thin this framework, the Center of Arab Women for Training and Resear...attract the interest of local and regional policymakers (governments...d must galvanize the actors in the region to take into account the gend...ument: 15 pages in Modern Standard Arabic. Submissions are to be sen...

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UN WOMEN is looking for a Communications Specialist in Cairo, EGYPT

Created by Foundation's Team 2101 days ago

...eace and security.  The Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) covers 17 countries in the Arab States region and provides support to UN...nbsp;  Good knowledge of regional media landscape ·&n...sh is required; Knowledge of Arabic and French is an asset. Ap...

Resources

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COVID-19 Resources: Initiatives, Campaigns, Statements, Calls and Opportunities

Created by Foundation's Team 2070 days ago

...Times of the COVID Outbreak (Arabic) Association D&eac...Victims of Violence (French, Arabic); Monitoring and Docum...esponds to COVID_19 (English, Arabic) Assiwar - The Feminis...rmations: Inequalities in the Arab region in light of Covid-19 (English...

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COVID-19 Resources: Articles, Essays, News and Press Releases

Created by Foundation's Team 2070 days ago

...dination of Women in the MENA Region: What the Covid-19 Pandemic...d Girls - a Snapshot from the Arab States UN Women & ES...-19 on Gender Equality in the Arab Region Nazra for Feminist...for Women Politicians in the Arab Region,Press release - Urgent P...

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Gender equality in the audio-visual sector: Arab women in films

Created by Foundation's Team 2388 days ago

Arab Women in Films is an online dir...emale representation. Moreover, Arab Women in Films directory supp...ctor in the South Mediterranean Region” the database serves...ers biographies and contacts of Arab female film-making professionals in the region and it is open for registrati...

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Each year For Women in Science programme offers several prizes and scholarships

Created by Foundation's Team 2485 days ago

..., the prize supports women from Africa and the Arab States, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America regions.   Every year the L’Oréal “National and Regional Fellowships programme&rdquo...

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E-Portal: Legal and human rights of women and men between equality and gaps

Created by Foundation's Team 2675 days ago

...rights and gender equality in 20 Arab countries. The portal aims to...the legal status of women in the Arab region. The portal allows users t...stice, the right to legislate all Arab countries. It also provides det...tal could also be used to produce regional and national comparison on...

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Documentary on MEAE's actions in favor of gender equality

Created by Foundation's Team 2807 days ago

...in the Mediterranean" (2014-2017) aims to support social change in the Arab world by focusing on the economic, political and social empowerment of women in the region.  This documentary summ...

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Al-Raida Journal

Created by Foundation's Team 2846 days ago

...Al-Raida, The Pioneering Arab Journal on Gender Issues, is...for Women’s Studies in the Arab World. Al-Raida amplifie...lived experiences of women in the Arab region by promoting scholarship on...y and women’s issues in the Arab region....

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Research projects on globalization, gender and mobility at the Colloquium in Tunis

Created by Foundation's Team 3469 days ago

...n Women and Gender (RUSEMEG) and the Center of Arab Women for Training and Resear...016, 15 PhD students of the Euro-Mediterranean region participated in a doctoral wo...he PhD students of the Euro-Mediterranean region exposed a resume of their pro...

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Research projects on gender violence at the Research seminar in Tunis

Created by Foundation's Team 3599 days ago

...sur la Femme – CREDIF and the Center of Arab Woman for Training and Resear...WTAR, 8 PhD students of the Euro-Mediterranean region participated in a doctoral wo...; PhD students of the Euro-Mediterranean region exposed the progress of their...

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Women and Memory Forum. WMF's Library and Documentation Center

Created by Foundation's Team 3726 days ago

...e negative representations and perceptions of Arab women in the cultural sphere. Dominant cultural views and images of Arab women constitute a major stum...n of alternative knowledge about women in the Arab region. It also aims to reread Arab...

Documents

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Youth, Women and Employment in the Mediterranean Region: Continuity and Change

Created by Foundation's Team 1190 days ago

...efront of discussions on international cooperation in the Mediterranean region, since SEMED countries rema...dapts itself and reacts to shocks such as the 2008 economic crisis, the Arab Spring, the refugee crisis and,...

Monia Braham

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

Created by Monia Braham 1400 days ago

...ucation and employment in the Arab region. In general, "Gender gaps h...s of natural resources in the Arab region, in addition to the heavy pat...ion of the 2030 Agenda in the Arab region which reconsiders the local d...e, relevant, reliable and comparable data. This research reveals a...

Monia Braham

Women Inclusion in Arab Cities

Created by Monia Braham 1482 days ago

...ining such a state. Gender inequality in the Arab Region is among the highest in the...orms of discrimination. In many cities of the region, and to varying degrees, sexi...ilities, and welcome women migrants coming to Arab cities with hopes of creating n...

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Women, Peace and Security. The Role of Institutions in Times of Peace and War in the Arab Region

Created by Foundation's Team 1554 days ago

The present publication explores the women, peace and security agenda, and how the Arab region is responding to it. It discusses the roles of national women’s mach...

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The Role of the Care Economy in Promoting Gender Equality - Progress of women in the Arab States 2020 - Report

Created by Foundation's Team 1814 days ago

...role in the care economy in the Arab States, performing 4.7 times...lysis of the care economy in the Arab States, this report produces...sting in the care economy in the region, and includes four country...and Tunisia. The report is the Arab States regional companion to UN Women&rsquo...

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Women's Political Presence in the Arab Mediterranean Region: Governance, Contentious Politics, and Agency

Created by Foundation's Team 1856 days ago

...al crisis and the Great Recession; the 2011 Arab uprisings, Occupy Wall Street...tims. In this paper, the author examine the Arab Mediterranean region to elucidate women’s pr...overnment, and societal change. Despite the region’s serious economic and...

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Gender Justice and Equality before the law: Analysis of Progress and Challenges in the Arab States Region

Created by Foundation's Team 1859 days ago

This report documents the progress achieved to...points to examples of good practice from across the region and encourages sharing of exp...and cross-fertilization of ideas, bringing a unique regional lens to the detailed examin...

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Audacity in Adversity: LGBT Activism in the Middle East and North Africa

Created by Foundation's Team 1867 days ago

...uced by Human Rights Watch and the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and E...dividual activists reaching out in Arabic to LGBT people living in th...g degrees. Many governments in the region reject the concepts of &ldquo...onal media coverage portraying the region as a black hole for LGBT righ...

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EU Approach to Gender Equality in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Region

Created by Foundation's Team 1870 days ago

...in realizing gender equality and human rights has, especially after the Arab Spring, been somewhat conflic...den influences and powers) over human rights and gender equality in the region. There was general agreement...

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Covid-19 and Essential Services Provision for Survivors of Violence Against Women and Girls - a Snapshot from the Arab States

Created by Foundation's Team 1878 days ago

...e 2020 by UN Agencies part of the Essential Services Packages in the Arab States Region, as well as on other experiences shared by UN Women country offices in the Arab States....

Tags

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International conference: Masculinities and feminisms in the Arab-Muslim world / / Colloque international: Masculinités et féminismes dans le monde arabo-musulman

Created by Foundation's Team 1734 days ago

Masculinities and Feminisms in the Arab-Muslim World In recent years, several studies speak of a "crisis" of so-called Arabo-Muslim masculinity. Is it really a crisis or an evolution of this kind of masculinity? Critical material discussing the role of women in the Arab world have alwa...

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Call for Papers UNESCO: Inequalities in the Arab region in light of Covid-19 / اليونسكو, دعوة للمشاركة: اللامساواة في العالم العربي في ظل انتشار فيروس كورونا / Appel à Communications UNESCO: Inégalités dans la région arabe face à Covid-19

Created by Foundation's Team 2060 days ago

Call for Participation: Rethinking Social transformations - Inequalities in the Arab region in light of Covid-19 Deadline: 30 April 2020 (Call for Abstracts) See point 3 for application procedure. 1. Overview The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide in early 2020 laid bare...

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Association Corrente Rosa
Tunisian Association for Cultural Action
Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD)
SIDRA Association
Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action
Forum on Festivals in the Arab Countries
Wafa Association for Awareness
Mediterravenir
Ankara University
Amel Association International
European Anti-Violence Network (EAVN)
NAWF Women Entrepreneurs
Liberated T
University El Maner Tunis
Sama Goods
SEMNID Association for Social Development
Association Voix d'Ève (AVE)
Nisaa Network
Association Marocaine des Femmes Progressistes (AMFP)
Association Djazairouna des victimes du terrorisme
Rede Portuguesa de Jovens para a Igualdade de Oportunidades entre Mulheres e Homens
The Lebanese Association of Women Researchers - Bahithat
Sihem Benallal Benrahou
2 RIVES TV (Lyon TV Cable)
Association BALODIREN
Mouwatinet Association
Wojoud for Empowering Civil Society
ABAAD - Resource Center for Gender Equality
Association Femme et Citoyenneté
Tunisian League of Women's Political Rights
Selena
Center for Women's Studies in Islam (CERFI)
Amal Association for the family and the child
Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences

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Documents

Understanding intimate partner violence in the EU: the role of data

The report analyses the current situation concerning data collection in each Member State and focuses on possible ways of using...

Charting a New course thought for Action Kit. Women Preventing Violent Extremism

This kit on the role of women in preventing violent extremism (PVE) is designed to help and guide activists and practitioners to...

Sahrawi refugee camps and Sahrawi refugee women: a unique phenomenon in North Africa

After her historical introduction to the Sahrawi conflict, the author of the report on Sahrawi refugee camps, Inès Daoudi,...

Promoting State Responsibility for Sexual Violence against Women in Morocco

MRA Mobilising for Rights Associates worked in collaboration with Association Amal pour la Femme et le Développement (El...

Key elements to take into consideration when applying Paris Agreement

Building on the Paris Climate Accord COP22, this report sets out a series of recommendations to ensure sustainable and inclusive...

“Do Not Underestimate my Strength!” From war to sustainable peace: a solidarity dialogue between Bosnian and Ukrainian women activists 7–9 June 2016 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

This report gathers the views and opinions expressed by women activists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine, who participated...

Adolescent Girls'Views on Safety in Cities - Findings from the Because I am a Girl: Urban Programme Study in Cairo, Delhi, Hanoi, Kampala and Lima

This unique participatory study - involving over 1,000 adolescent girls from 5 cities across the world - reveals that fear of...

Gender Equality and Ecological Transition, Convergences?

With the support of the Regional and Interdepartmental Department of Environment and Energy of Île-de-France (DRIEE), the...

Recommendations for addressing women's human rights in the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration

This document provides recommendations that underline the need for a human rights-based and gender responsive approach to...

Global Land Tool Network Gender Strategy 2019 - 2030: Towards securing women's and girls'land and property rights

Gender is central to Global Land Tool Network’s overall Strategy for 2018–2030.  The Gender Strategy presented...