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Andalib Adwan

The Community Media Center (CMC) launches a media campaign with the aim of combating violence and gender-based discrimination against women and girls in the digital space

Created by Andalib Adwan 17 days ago

...ender Equality,” as the Arab world stands at the risk of th...ned that 2 out of every three women Palestinian women were subjec...ated to the digital rights of women and girls in particular in or...g the Level of Protection for Women and Youth from Gender-Based V...

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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 69 days ago

...timonies on leadership led by women in the Mediterranean, their c...nean, but the reality is that women continue to encounter barrier...own the barriers that prevent women the development of their pote...iate professor in the area of Arab and Islamic Studies at the Uni...

Andalib Adwan

The Community Media Center (CMC) launches a media campaign with the aim of combating violence and gender-based discrimination in the digital space

Created by Andalib Adwan 69 days ago

...ender Equality”, as the Arab world stands at the risk of th...ut of every three Palestinian women were subjected to digital vio...enhance their role in guiding women and girls during their presen...g the Level of Protection for Women and Youth from Gender-Based V...

Wedad Sourani

Report on the compatibility of Palestinian labour law with the needs of working women on the Gaza Strip

Created by Wedad Sourani 89 days ago

...Law with the needs of Working women in the Gaza Strip in a way th...labor conventions related to women, such as Convention No. 191,...ing rules and regulations for women’s work in kindergartens...ety Studies (Civitas) and the Arab World Observatory for Democrac...

Andalib Adwan

Achievements that exceed the plan for the year 2022 by the Community Media Center (CMC).

Created by Andalib Adwan 129 days ago

...Support Foundation (IMS), UN-WOMEN, and the International Media...rs in the fields of human and women’s rights, combating gen...ce 24, Anatolia, DW, Sky News Arabia TV, TRT Arabic, Arab TV, Al-Ghad TV, and ot...human rights, with a focus on women and youth issues and highligh...

Nawal Mustafa

The Child Creativity Center distributes school bags on the occasion of the new school year

Created by Nawal Mustafa 206 days ago

The Child Creativity Center of the Association of Children of Women Prisoners organized an enter...thanks and appreciation to the donors of the Association and the Modern Arab Foundation, which publishes th...

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 230 days ago

...on of violence and killing of women in Palestine and the Arab world, and in rejection of al...phenomenon of murder against women practiced in Palestine and the Arab region. “My colleagues...lects the basic incubator for women. “Therefore, we demand...

Leandra Hettenbach

KFO and Jusur Forum meet to plan for a Better Future

Created by Leandra Hettenbach 430 days ago

...roots movement composed of 27 Arab Women leaders from 14 Arab localit...develops and organizes local women’s activism in Palestinian Arab towns and villages. It also de...develop existing progress in Arab society. Moreover, the women in the Forum critically exami...

Wedad Sourani

The Society of Women Graduates participates in a study day entitled The Gender reality of women in Palestinian Civil Society Organizations

Created by Wedad Sourani 453 days ago

...onjunction with International Women’s Day, the Society of Women Graduates participated in the...ety Studies (Civitas) and the Arab World Observatory for Democrac...ed the reality of Palestinian women in general and university gra...and reviewing the reality of women and the gender reality in the...

Wedad Sourani

Discussing the social audit report on the reality of divorced women in obtaining their legitimate rights in the Gaza Strip

Created by Wedad Sourani 481 days ago

...to violence by the husband or wife and  the necessity of including women’s rights in school cur...partnership with the Center for Civil Society Studies (Civitas) and the Arab World Observatory for Democrac...

Events

Samira MUHEYA

SEMINAR - Wich protection for women from digital violence?

Created by Samira MUHEYA 696 days ago

The Federation of Women’s Rights League (FLDDF in French) is organizing, within the framework of the Danish Arab Partnership Program, a digit...minar on the topic: « Wich protection for women from digital violence ? &raqu...

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Colonialization, Neo-Liberalization and Patriarchy: Search for an Alternative Approach to Economic and Social Empowerment

Created by Foundation's Team 781 days ago

...The talk will explore how and why women were disempowered in the Pal...ment models, featuring examples of women who challenged and resisted t...e is also a founding member of the Arab Council for Social Sciences (A...ements (especially the Palestinian women’s movement). ...

Maria Àngels Roque

Conference on queer activism, intersectional feminism and national struggles in Palestine

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 783 days ago

...to the cause of Palestinian queer women and to promoting a greater u...the struggle of Palestinian queer women. Fighting a triple oppression...mmunities to advance the rights of women and LGBTQI persons and create...nd co-director of the MA programme Arab and Islamic world (University...

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International conference: Masculinities and feminisms in the Arab-Muslim world

Created by Foundation's Team 821 days ago

...linities and Feminisms in the Arab-Muslim World In recent years...terial discussing the role of women in the Arab world have always existed, bu...orollary of the patriarchy of Arab-Muslim societies or is he als...olitical metamorphoses of the Arab world and in particular among...

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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 849 days ago

...Association for Middle East Women’s Studies is co-sponso...on March 5 at 12 pm EST: The Women of the Midan foregrounds the...that shaped the revolutions in the Arab world from 2011 to this day an...s relationship to the state in the Arab world today and how practices...

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ONLINE DEBATE - Women in a men's world: how gender defines the path to success

Created by Foundation's Team 865 days ago

...still an important social bias and women who aspire to have a career...tent to which gender interferes in women’s career development a...using on the politics of identity, Arab & African diaspora, scienc...nstitute in Tunisia and teacher of Arabic language for foreigners over...

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Palestinian Mai Masri tailors the classic section of the Arab and Mediterranean Film festival of Catalonia

Created by Foundation's Team 867 days ago

In November 2020, the Arab and Mediterranean Film Festival...th edition to keep giving voice to Arab and Mediterranean cinema. Due...cus on portraying the realities of women and children in Palestine and...he realities of two generations of women at a prince’s palace at...

Helena González Fernández

Understanding the editing profession: a conversation with Margaret Obank, editor of Banipal

Created by Helena González Fernández 953 days ago

...d Genres”, organized by the UNESCO Chair Women, Development and Culture (di...azine Banipal, which disseminates contemporary Arab literature through translation...ch has the support of the Catalan Institute of Women, is framed within the Sustain...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 957 days ago

...ition to keep giving voice to Arab and Mediterranean cinema. It...n portraying the realities of women and children in Palestine an...ch, under the umbrella of the Arab and Mediterranean Film Festiva...Palestine through the eyes of women” was born. Don’t...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1280 days ago

...o;’From Roadblocks to Roadmaps: Together to strengthen women’s political participation – Arab Region Learning and Exchange W...rship Development Foundation (YLDF) in collaboration with UN Women, this workshop aims to enhanc...

Shared practices

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Promotion of sustainable water management among Bedouin women in Jordan

Created by Foundation's Team 1892 days ago

Women have an important role in the household manageme...s in Rural Development in the Arab Region, an.... It included a survey of the women’s current knowledge of Rain Harvesting (RWH). Women included NGO activists, munic...oup of young and enthusiastic women in Qatrana. More details are...

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Right to Inheritance

Created by Foundation's Team 2888 days ago

...rment and the respect of economic women’s rights in Jordan, th.... JOHUD in collaboration with the Arab Women Legal Network (AWLN) conducte...ation of the advocacy messages on women’s inheritance rights. T...dges and organisations working on women rights. Regular meetings were...

Calls and opportunities

Maria Àngels Roque

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

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 634 days ago

...rranean policies and EuroMeSCo; Resources, Euromed Survey and Yearbook; Arab and Mediterranean World; Medi...ou will also help develop the online platform of the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation and provid...

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Call for Applications: women role models from the MENA region

Created by Foundation's Team 641 days ago

...romoting positive role models for women and girls in order to support young women’s career choices in the Arab region. Criteria The organ...two pages. If you have particular women in mind, please feel free to...For more info: https://www.activearabvoices.org https://www.aub.edu....

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Regional arts competition against Gender-based Violence

Created by Foundation's Team 956 days ago

...Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Arab Institute for Women (AiW) at the Lebanese Americ...n to all young persons in the Arab region under the age of 30....increase in violence against women and girls, both in the home a...f emergencies on the lives of women and girls in the Arab region.  Initiated in 19...

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Call for Abstracts and Articles: Conference on Celebrating Arab Women

Created by Foundation's Team 1012 days ago

...nal Conference on Celebrating Arab Women: Agents of Change and Progress Women in the Middle East and North...ith examples of inspirational Arab women who transcend this socio-cult...omen’s equality in this Arab region. This call for papers i...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

CALL for TENDERS: Technical Assistance for InnovAgroWoMed

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 1035 days ago

The Center of Arab Women for Training And Research (CAWTAR), partner of the InnovAgro...IDES, CAWTAR and ASALA. InnoAgroWoMed aims at boosting women labour participation and entr...

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Call for Papers: Conference Women in Revolt (Univ. Paris 1, February 2021)

Created by Foundation's Team 1052 days ago

"Women in revolt. Mobilizations, pathways, imaginations – the Arab Mediterranean 1950-2020" Uni...e-day conference dedicated to women in revolt in the Arab Mediterrane...uestion of the role played by women in the struggles for emancipa...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

Call to participate: Women and COVID-19 photo exhibition

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 1121 days ago

...rship with the Association of Women Photographers, a photo exhibition entitled "Women and COVID- 19". Both amateur...sional photographers from the Arab world are invited to send betw...avirus. The images might show women at work, families at home or...

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Call for Proposals: Regional Capacity Development on VAW Data Initiative

Created by Foundation's Team 1137 days ago

...nt on VAW Data Initiative for Arab States and East and Southern Africa Regions UN Women is implementing a 5-years Jo...owing regional areas : The Arab States region covering the fol...te of Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian, Tunisia, the...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1146 days ago

...Iraq. This new wave of “Arab Uprisings” was clearly...employment benefits, housing, women’s rights, etc. People a...at does the lockdown mean for women and children who suffer from...s? What does it mean for most Arab countries to suddenly move to...

Foundation's Team

UNDP is looking for Sustainable Development Goals Expert in Yemen

Created by Foundation's Team 1160 days ago

...contrary contribute to empowering women and girls.  A key deli...ngaging, benefiting and empowering women across the three PSF windows...al skills in English, knowledge of Arabic will be an asset; A team pl...ps is an asset; Experience in the Arab States region and knowledge of...

Resources

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

SafeNess: an app to prevent sexual harassment and fight against violence in public spaces

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 807 days ago

...is to improve safety in public spaces and to allow the user to act quickly in the event of danger. This service is provided by CAWTAR (Center of Arab Women for Training and Research) at...

Maria Àngels Roque

The Press and the Feminist Struggle in Morocco - Interview and Lecture videos with Fedwa Misk on 27.02.2019

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 939 days ago

...nalist argued that in Morocco women come from a long historical s...erged in the framework of the Arab Spring, was a new awakening by Moroccan women, who also went onto the stree...the status and empowerment of women, partly because of the econom...

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Support and Resources for Women in Lebanon

Created by Foundation's Team 956 days ago

During summer 2020, the Arab Institute for Women has put together a list of women/LGBT/queer/refugee/migrant-led and -focused initiatives and contents in Lebanon for interested people follow, fund,...

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Decolonising Women and Gender in Middle East Studies - podcast interview Nicola Pratt - ArabSouth

Created by Foundation's Team 961 days ago

...out Muslim and Middle Eastern women, but through their scholarsh...the ways Islam, Muslims, the Arab World and the Middle East have...alist approach to Middle East women’s and gender studies? H...odcast from the Department of Arabic Language and Cultures at the...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1157 days ago

...nbsp;about COVID-19 (English, Arabic, French) Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECWR), EGYPT...bsp;Coronavirus Resources for Women Victims of Violence (French, Arabic); Monitoring and Docume...rmations: Inequalities in the Arab region in light of Covid-19 (E...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1157 days ago

...tersectional Examination Women Now for Development, Syria: C...for Women Politicians in the Arab Region,Press release - Urgent Policies for Women Refugees, Displaced Women, an...esources COVID-19 Resources: Women’s Helplines in the Euro...

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COVID-19 Resources: Women's Helplines in the Euro-Mediterranean Countries

Created by Foundation's Team 1157 days ago

...90  (Open line of Israel Women’s Network)  04-85...-3044 (Assiwar - The Feminist Arab Movement in support of Victims...Femmes Tunisia (French & Arabic) TURKEY:   183...SAY NO! STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN  WAVE - WOMEN AGAINST V...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1474 days ago

Arab Women in Films is an online directory that promotes gender equality...non-stereotyped female representation. Moreover, Arab Women in Films direc...he directory gathers biographies and contacts of Arab female film-making professiona...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1572 days ago

...world’s researchers are women. With the aim of empowering g...g scientists. The “For Women in Science Program” hig...rts women from Africa and the Arab States, Asia-Pacific, Europe,...ting and encouraging 15 young women scientists at doctoral or pos...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1762 days ago

...s, rights and gender equality in 20 Arab countries. The portal aims to help policy makers, women’s organizations and civil so...d understanding the legal status of women in the Arab region. The portal allows use...justice, the right to legislate all Arab countries. It also provides de...

Documents

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

Created by Foundation's Team 277 days ago

...ress the issue of unemployment, particularly affecting young people and women in southern and eastern Medi...dapts itself and reacts to shocks such as the 2008 economic crisis, the Arab Spring, the refugee crisis and...

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Social movements: Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria

Created by Foundation's Team 468 days ago

...h particular attention to the participation of women who have been very active in...as an e-book on the publisher’s website (Arab Scientific Editions, Beirut) www.NWF.com (the website is in Arabic, click to translate and down...

Monia Braham

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

Created by Monia Braham 487 days ago

...rms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) and the Beijing platform for Action, women have made significant stride...ion of the 2030 Agenda in the Arab region which reconsiders the l...d by the 7th session of ESCWA Women Committee, highlighted the cl...

Monia Braham

Women Inclusion in Arab Cities

Created by Monia Braham 569 days ago

...) and is a primary driver of women exclusion. However, women’s e...deology. All are grounds for women’s exclusion. Tackling gender...come women migrants coming to Arab cities with hopes of creating...rough equal opportunities for women and vulnerable groups require...

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How to Promote Men Caregiving to Advance Gender Equality

Created by Foundation's Team 585 days ago

...amming and influence a policy environment that promotes equality at work and at home This note was produced under the UN Women Men and Women for Gender Equality Programme, Arab States Regional Office, funded...

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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 641 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 machineries, national...

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The Current Faces of Arab Feminisms. Micro-Rebels, Art Activists and Virtual Heroines

Created by Foundation's Team 641 days ago

...efugee,working-class or queer women. Their agenda is also seldo...culture as the sole source of women’s oppression – d...chy. To move forward, Iargue, Arab feminists need to expand their...yat explores what drives Arab feminists, then examines femin...

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Reaching Refugee Survivors of Gender-Based Violence: Evaluation of a Mobile Approach to Service Delivery in Lebanon

Created by Foundation's Team 769 days ago

...non-camp based Syrian refugee women living within Lebanese commun...gely by the war in the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) which has res...ettings, the risks to refugee women and girls are exceptionally h...tional Center for Research on Women (ICRW) collaborated with IRC...

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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 901 days ago

Women play an outsized role in the care economy in the Arab States, performing 4.7 times...d Tunisia. The report is the Arab States regional companion to UN Women’s global report Progress of the World’s Women 2019–2020: Families in...

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The Care Economy in the Arab States: Towards recognizing, reducing and redistributing unpaid care work - brief

Created by Foundation's Team 901 days ago

Women play an outsized role in the care economy in the Arab States, performing 4.7 times...as been produced under the UN Women-ILO Joint programme “Pr...gional companion report to UN Women’s Progress of the World...um.” The report is the Arab States regional companion to U...

Tags

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Let's keep naming the outstanding women that conform the Euro-Mediterranean region! / / Continuons à nommer les femmes exceptionnelles qui conforment la région euro-méditerranéenne !

Created by Foundation's Team 900 days ago

This year, the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation, together with the European Institute of the Mediterranean, launched a campaign to highlight the work of women and girls leading transformative projects and actions in the Euro-Mediterranean space that contribute to more eq...

Foundation's Team

Call for Abstracts and Articles: Conference on Celebrating Arab Women / Appel à résumés et à articles: Conférence pour rendre hommage aux femmes arabes / دعوة لتقديم مختصرات وورقات: مؤتمر مباشر على الإنترنت لتكريم النساء العربيات

Created by Foundation's Team 1012 days ago

International Conference on Celebrating Arab Women: Agents of Change and Progress Women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region contend with social practices founded on patriarchal values, confining them to a secondary position in these male-dominated societies. History, past...

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Apply to an innovative fellowship for female researchers in agriculture / Bourse pour des chercheuses dans le domaine de l'agriculture / برنامج أَوْلَىّ: فرصة هامة لإبراز دور الباحثات العربيات في مجال الزراعة

Created by Foundation's Team 1542 days ago

The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and CGIAR Research Program on Wheat have launched a call for applications for the first edition of the Arab Women Leaders in Agriculture (Awla) fellows...

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Where are the women in the positions of leadership within Arab Parties? / أين المرأة من مواقع القيادة داخل الأحزاب العربية / Où sont les femmes dans les postes de leadership au sein des partis arabes?

Created by Foundation's Team 1840 days ago

Is politics a masculine act? This question is not only asked in the Arab world, but in various parts of the world. The number of women who have been in the political arena and managed to lead parties and intellectual currents does not exceed dozens throughout history. In most societies,...

Sihem Benallal Benrahou

Political empowerment of Algerian Women : theorical and empirical study / L'autonomisation politique des femmes algériennes: étude théorique et empirique / التمكين السياسي للمرأة الجزائرية : دراسة في الأطر النظرية والميدانية

Created by Sihem Benallal Benrahou 2117 days ago

Gender gaps are spreading throughout the world without exception, especially in terms of political participation in the Arab countries. This has been evident in Algeria in the post-independence years, starting from the period of unilateralism till it reached the stage of pluralism. Howe...

They are registered on the platform of the Euro-Mediterranean Women's Foundation

Coalition for Tunisian Women
Psycho Social Counseling Center for Women (PSCCW)
La Presse
Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH)
Center for Women's Studies in Islam (CERFI)
Associació Catalana de Dones Directives i Empresaries
European Observatory on Femicide
Women'    s Affairs Technical Committee (WATC)
University Hassan II Casablanca
Women and Gender Unit – Ministry of Social Development
Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation (PYALARA)
Sawt Nssâ
Jazeera Media Network
Amal Association for the family and the child
Association des Filles de la Renaissance
March Lebanon Association
Al-Bait Assamed Association Society
National Broadcasting and Television Society - SNRT
Challenge Association of Sustainable Development (A.C.D.D.)
Center for Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue
Sawa Organization - All Women Together Today and Tomorrow
Actions in the Mediterranean - AIM
Arab Women Parlamentarian Network
Association Femmes en Communication (FEC)
Women Entrepreneurs Accelerator (WEAccelerator)
Horus Foundation for Development and Training
Association Djazairouna des victimes du terrorisme
Association Tazghart
Jordanian Journalist Association
Association du Docteur Fatiha (ADF)
Wafa Association for Awareness
European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed)
Women'  s Alliance for Virtual Exchange (WAVE)
Women'  s Solidarity Fund (WSF)
Centre de Recherches, d'Etude de Documentation et d'Information sur la Femme, CREDIF
Intermediaries Changing Center for Sustainable Development

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Documents

Global Employment Trends for Women March 2009

This edition' s Report on World Employment Trends is devoted to women. It seeks to assess the impact of the financial crisis...

Solutions for gender fair cities

Women and men do not use cities the same way. Women are still the primary caretakers of children, elders and domestic chores,...

Cracking the code: Girls'and women's education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

Despite large efforts made over the past decades to narrow the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics...

Female Education and Employment

In many Moroccan regions, young men and young women do not have the same opportunities. Young women leave school earlier and...

Occupation, conflict and patriarchy: Impacts on Palestinian women

Decades of occupation and militarisation, periodic escalations of hostilities and Israeli policies of blockade, segregation and...

Gender Analysis of Conflict: Toolkit

This toolkit is aimed at helping national and international non-governmental organisations, and other peacebuilding practitioners...

Recommendations on preventing and combating violence against refugee women and girls on the Move

The recent flows of refugees to and throughout Europe have highlighted the lack of interest and understanding for the specific...

Women's Struggle for Citizenship: Civil Society and Constitution Making after the Arab Uprisings

Civil society played a pivotal role in the Arab uprisings. By reconfiguring the social contract in a region distinguished by...

Women and Media: Libyan Female Journalists from Gaddafi Media to Post- revolution: Case Study

This article closely examines the status of women journalists in Libyan traditional media and how this status transformed from...

Declaration of the Euro-Med Women's Rights Civil Society Conference

Since the first Ministerial Conference in Istanbul 2006, the UfM Ministerial Process on strengthening the role of women in...