In December 2009, the Italian government submitted its 6th periodic report to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The organizations linked to the platform “30 years CEDAW: work in progress” drafted an alternative repor...
Through case studies, this report examines the legal system regarding women' s access to their rights. It emphasizes the importance of the role played by women legislators, lawyers and activists as agents of change within the legal system and the fact that, despite the legal reforms, the judicial...
This study focuses on the role of the media and the attitudes towards women and the representation of violence against women based on an analysis of the Media Watch Unit reports on the mass media in Egypt. The study includes an analysis of the media coverage of violence against women, a reflectio...
This study focuses on the feminization of the national police and examines the obstacles to access the related careers (training, competitive examination) in the different bodies (technical and scientific police, patrolmen, officer, superintendent, etc.) and ranks (police superintendent, police i...
The Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is the main international legal instrument to make recognition of the exercise of the fundamental women' s rights advance in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil and domestic fields. Gender equality, non-dis...
"Because I am a Girl" is an annual report published by Plan International examining the rights of girls in the world. Although women and children are recognized as belonging to specific categories in terms of politics and planning, the particular needs and rights of girls are often ignored. Based...
The present compendium is conceived to help policy-makers and programme leaders to integrate non-discrimination and equality in the production, implementation and assessment of their policies in all their initiatives and all fields (markets and public expenditure, drafting of laws or actions plan...
This kit is aimed at member organizations of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, as well as human rights organizations and other civil society groups. It seeks to enhance the integration of the gender and women' s rights dimension in their policies, programmes and interventions. It is bo...
This publication brings together all the rules adopted by the Council of Europe since 1981 related to the fight against discrimination towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The work presents both the recommendations and resolutions and the messages and responses of the Committee ...
This study brings together the discriminatory laws and practices as well as acts of violence committed against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity in all fields (employment, healthcare, education, family...). It sheds light on the states' obligations in terms of huma...
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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