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Jumana Salous

BWF conducts trainings for women and youth entrepreneurship in Palestine

Created by Jumana Salous 1881 days ago

...In August 2020, the Business Women Forum - Palestine held individual trainings and orientation meetings in the framework of a new product development initiative within a project f...

Ghida Abdallah Anani

The Real Test: Lebanon's anti-stigma campaign

Created by Ghida Abdallah Anani 1953 days ago

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) through the National Mental Health Programme, ABAAD, United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNICEF and the World Health O...

Maria Àngels Roque

A majority of women display their interest on sustainable development in the Euro-Med region

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1975 days ago

...  The motto of the thirteenth edition is "Young People Faced with Climate Change in the Mediterranean and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, and the participants...

Foundation's Team

Let's name March 8 every day and everywhere!

Created by Foundation's Team 1995 days ago

...women, female entrepreneurs, and executives seeking to foster female entrepreneurship. Her work focuses on valuing women’s participation in the development of their societies and the ec...

Milena Kadieva

Innovations for Social and Labour Inclusion for Migrant Women

Created by Milena Kadieva 2027 days ago

...e methodologies and approaches, aimed to empower and enhance the competences of women with a migrant background for their self and professional development. The POWER UP project pursue...

Ibtissame Betty Lachgar

Male Violence and Coronavirus

Created by Ibtissame Betty Lachgar 2055 days ago

...violence is inflicted on them. M.A.L.I. refers the public authorities to their responsibility and calls on the Minister for Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and the Family to t...

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European Commission's Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025

Created by Foundation's Team 2071 days ago

...tegy is the EU’s contribution to shaping a better world for women and men, girls and boys. It delivers on the gender equality Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 5), gender equality...

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 2078 days ago

...undation, since 1999. CAWTAR is a regional organization established in 1993 in Tunisia that aims to promote the status and role of women in the development of the Arab region. As the Ex...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

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

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 2078 days ago

...the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that leadership women can act...he fifth goal of the Agenda for Sustainable Development: to achieve gender equality a...Change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", "Violence against Women in...

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Union for the Mediterranean launches new regional mechanism to monitor gender equality in the area

Created by Foundation's Team 2078 days ago

...monitor and assess the progress made in advancing gender equality in the region and update their related strategies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In line with th...

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International Labour Organization (ILO) – Bureau for Gender Equality

Created by Foundation's Team 3831 days ago

...eption, monitoring and assessment of the projects. They work for the development of knowledge and also for bui...uality in analysis, planning and practice, while contributing to the development of knowledge.

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International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) – Division of Gender Equality for Development (UGED)

Created by Foundation's Team 3831 days ago

The Division of Gender Equality for Development (UGED) is responsible for implementing the OIF' s strategy in terms of gender equality. This strategy combines the implementation of spec...

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Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations (FAO) – Gender equality division

Created by Foundation's Team 3831 days ago

The division aims to help governments with gender mainstreaming in their development policies and programmes. It also endeavours to support training for the fight against inequalities (...

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United Nations (UN) – UN Women

Created by Foundation's Team 3831 days ago

...the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW); the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI); and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) – Gender and Economy Programme

Created by Foundation's Team 3831 days ago

...economic potential of women in South-eastern and Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus and Central Asia. One of the key points of its action is the development of women' s entrepreneurship...

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World Bank – Gender and development

Created by Foundation's Team 3831 days ago

Gender equality has become one of the strategic components of the World Bank in its fight to reduce poverty. In 2007, the World Bank launched an action plan in favour of gender equality aimed at increasing the economic opportunities for women to access land, work, agriculture and financial services.

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Wikigender. Data and statistics

Created by Foundation's Team 3832 days ago

...related to the main emergent questions and stresses the sustainable development objectives (ODD) especially O...nstitutions et développement” (Gender, institutions and development) (GID-DB) and the indicator &...

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Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) –Gendernet Practice Notes

Created by Foundation's Team 3832 days ago

...members of the DAC Network on Gender Equality (GENDERNET), provide guidance on how to address gender equality and women’s empowerment in development and cooperation. This assista...

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Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) – StatExtracts

Created by Foundation's Team 3832 days ago

This page includes data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies. It offers ways to access data on gender in the section “social protection and well-being”. 

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UN – International law and development

Created by Foundation's Team 3832 days ago

This website introduces the UN programmes on the promotion of women (concerning gender equality and women’s empowerment as well as the issue “gender and the e...

Documents

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The costs of professional inequalities between women and men in relation to their degrees: A challenge of 300 billion euros per year?

Created by Foundation's Team 2636 days ago

...Engineering Training for Gender Equality’ (Corif, Lille) on behalf of the Regional Directorate for Enterprise, Competition, Research and Development. Consumption, Labour and Empl...

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Practical Guide to Improving Gender Equality in Research Organisations

Created by Foundation's Team 2638 days ago

...of approaches to achieving gender equality in the research and research funding field. It highlights examples of good practices and guides the development of approaches concerning thre...

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Gender and Sport in Africa

Created by Foundation's Team 2638 days ago

...y in sport. They take a critical look at the place of women in sport and show the gender-related limitations that hinder their participation in development processes....

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Global Wage Report 2016-17: Wage inequality in the workplace

Created by Foundation's Team 2647 days ago

This report contributes to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by making comparative data and information on recent wage trends available to govern...

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Supporting Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality in Fragile States: Research Brief - Lebanon

Created by Foundation's Team 2647 days ago

...n fragile contexts, including what is working, what is not and what is needed to help women realize greater empowerment, equality and inclusive development. Through area-based research...

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The Development of Women's Studies and Gender Studies in Scandinavian Social Science

Created by Foundation's Team 2650 days ago

...five Nordic countries during the 1970s and 80s. Following the strong second wave of feminist mobilization in this period, the pressure for the development of scientific teaching and re...

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Strengthening the role of syndicates in supporting gender equality

Created by Foundation's Team 2651 days ago

...increase their awareness on the importance of the role that their unions can play in promoting gender equality, as well as to contribute to the development of their skills and abilities...

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Gender Equality and the New Urban Agenda

Created by Foundation's Team 2653 days ago

...learn more about how the New Urban Agenda strategically supports mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment across all social development goals....

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New Urban Agenda

Created by Foundation's Team 2653 days ago

...ed at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuad...ls in order to fully harness their vital contribution to sustainable development; improve human health and wel...

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World Development Report 2018 - LEARNING to Realize Education's Promise

Created by Foundation's Team 2658 days ago

This report is the first ever devoted entirely to education. It explores four main themes: 1) education’s promise; 2) the need to shine a light on learnin...

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Zakher Association to develop the capacity of Palestinian Women / / Association Zakher pour développer les capacités des femmes palestiniennes

Created by Foundation's Team 3700 days ago

Zakher association is the only female assembly in Al-Shijaia area - Gaza. The Assembly began its work in 2000 and then obtained a full license for its activities in 2003.  Zakher operates in the following four sectors of development: - Enabling and supporting women and children. ...

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Association Najdeh / / Najdeh Association

Created by Foundation's Team 3700 days ago

L’association Najdeh est une organisation de femmes laïque établie au début de la guerre civile libanaise en 1976 et enregistrée en tant qu’organisation non gouvernementale indépendante en 1978. Depuis sa création, l’association cible l...

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Women's Studies Centre (WSC) / / Women's Studies Centre (WSC)

Created by Foundation's Team 3700 days ago

The Women’s Studies Centre is a secular, dependent, feminist non-governmental organization. It is active in protecting and advocating for human rights and women’s’ rights; in enhancing the gender equality; and in supporting women’s rights as an integral part of human rights....

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TAMKINE "Multi-sectoral Programme to Fight against Gender-Based Violence through the Empowerment of Women and Girls in Morocco" / TAMKINE « Programme multisectoriel de lutte contre les violences fondées sur le genre par l' autonomisation des femmes et des filles au Maroc » / "تمكين" برنامج متعدد...

Created by Foundation's Team 3738 days ago

The programme TAMKINE was launched in Morocco in 2008 in the framework of numerous initiatives aimed at promoting women's rights. The programme firmly insists on the empowerment of women and girls as well as the eradication of violence against women. This programme consists of developing two stra...

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Gender equality policy. Review report / La politique d' égalité entre les sexes. Rapport d' examen / سياسة المساواة بين الجنسين. تقرير مراجعة

Created by Foundation's Team 3744 days ago

This report examines the Ireland's foreign aid policy in terms of gender equality established in 2004 with a view to supporting the achievement of equality as an essential component of sustainable human development. This foreign aid policy is based on two strategies: gender mainstreaming and dire...

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National Council of Women of Malta / Conseil national des femmes de Malte / المجلس الوطني لنساء مالطا

Created by Foundation's Team 3808 days ago

Founded in 1964, this non-governmental organization comprises individual members and national organizations. Its aim is to present a broad and comprehensive view of women’s opinions on matters of public interest, and to improve the quality of life for all. In particular it works to pro...

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Arab Human Development Report 2005 - Towards the rise of women in the Arab World / Rapport sur le développement humain des pays arabes 2005 - Vers la promotion des femmes dans le monde arabe / تقرير النتمية البشرية العربي

Created by Foundation's Team 3812 days ago

This publication forms part of a series of reports of the United Nations Development Fund (UNDF) on development, notably the potential and challenges of the women's empowerment process in the Arab world. The report describes the trends on development and human rights and it analyses the status of...

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Manual of Systematic Integration of Gender Approach (ISAG) / Manuel d' Intégration Systématique de l' Approche Genre (ISAG) / دليل منهجي لمقاربة تعميم النوع الاجتماعي (ISAG)

Created by Foundation's Team 3812 days ago

This manual seeks to be a reference for any action aimed at gender mainstreaming at the level of analysis, planning, implementation and evaluation of development projects. It enables readers to become familiar with basic concepts and it gets a historical and anthropological view of this approach:...

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Women Migration between MEDA Countries and the European Union / Migration féminine entre les pays MEDA et l' UE / هجرة النساء بين بلدان الشراكة الأورومتوسطية و الإتحاد الأوربي

Created by Foundation's Team 3812 days ago

This study examines women migration between the two shores of the Mediterranean, highlighting the contribution of migrant women to development and social change. The study approaches this issue from different points of view: women legal migration and employment; women migration in irregular situa...

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Deuxièmes conclusions ministérielles sur le renforcement du rôle des femmes dans la société / الإستنتاجات الوزارية الثانية حول تقوية دور المرأة في المجتمع / Second Ministerial Conclusions on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society

Created by Foundation's Team 3814 days ago

La Conférence ministérielle euro-méditerranéenne qui s’est tenue à Marrakech en 2009 a permis d’envisager des actions concrètes pour  renforcer le rôle des femmes dans la société. Lors de leur précédente ...

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

Journalists Without Borders (JWB)
League of Female Executives of the National Union of Tunisian Women
Development Association of South Gafsa -  DGSC
EKOTEK CEVRE SISTEMLERI LTD STI
The Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering (RDFL)
Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development
Assiwar- the Feminist Arab Movement
Mediterranean Network against Trafficking Women (MNATW)
Sana Hafsa Consulting Office
International Center for Rights and Freedoms (ICRF)
EMUI_ EuroMed University
Saba Hamlet for Gender Equality
Musawa Women’s Study Center
Aswat Nissa
Human Development Network
Women'  s Alliance for Virtual Exchange (WAVE)
United Religions Initiative
Djerba Solidarity & Development Association
Ibsar Association for the Culture and Leisure of blind and visually handicapped people
Space Starting Point (ESPOD)
Juzoor for Health and Social Development (Juzoor)
Young Men Christian Association (YMCA)
Bidaya Association
FILASTINIYAT
Amadal Presse
Ibn Battuta Foundation
Mediterraneo Sociale
The Lebanese Association of Women Researchers - Bahithat
Regards de Femmes
Association Féminine pour le Développement de la Famille (AFDF)
Elham Ibrahim Younis Abdelaal
The Individual Initiative for Human Rights  - Masir
Nezha El Medhmed
Wafa Association for Awareness
Association Femme et Citoyenneté
Association Entrelles Entrepreneures SM

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