The 2019 EU annual report on human rights and democracy in the world marks the final phase of implementation of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy (2015-2019). It presents the progress achieved to date, by means of a comprehensive set of actions taken by the European Exter...
In the spring of 2011 when citizens in Arab countries rose up against their regimes, it appeared that the “third wave” of democratization had begun in the Middle East and the Maghreb, and that countries would embark on successful democratic transitions. Issues such as the ge...
This report warns that gender discrimination practices truly limit the ability of many developing countries to grow and reduce poverty. It also notes that ‘differences between girls and boys in performance at school are more linked to home and school environments than dependent on...
This study explores the initiatives taken so far on women’s rights by international organisations and the authors attempt to map EU instruments and entry points for further action. Finally, the study provides a list of pragmatic recommendations to the EU as an external promoter of...
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,...
This documents is the result of the Dastoor (Constitution) project, a project designed to advocate for women’s constitutional rights. The project was launch in May 13 by Gender Concerns International in partnership with Women Youth Empowerment Forum with the support of the Europea...
Gender equality and the political empowerment of women are key elements for the consolidation of sustainable democracies worldwide. Global and regional organizations play an important role in the development of legal and policy frameworks, as well as in the design of effective action pl...
The Tunisian Coalition for Equality in inheritance called for a national march on March 10, 2018, to demand gender equality in inheritance. The coalition calls "all the friends and comrades of the civil society and all fellow citizens of justice, freedom, equality, dignity and progress...
This study aims to understand and analyse the processes of drafting constitutions from a gender sensitive perspective. The reason for choosing this perspective is two-fold. First, it is impossible to speak of any democratisation process without taking into account the gender power dimen...
Social effect and impact of many social movements and the collective action promoted by them cannot be conceived only in terms of success or failure in face of the immediate aims that it incorporates in a specific campaign. Sustained efforts in time by movements such as the environmenta...
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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