Egypt ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1985 through act no. 85-68 of 12 July 1985. This document forms part of the reports that the Egyptian government must regularly submit to the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Ag...
This text features the amendments made in 2012 to the Tunisian Personal Status Code enacted in 1956. It addresses many aspects that have direct effects on women’s lives (marriage, divorce, parentage, custody, succession and donations, etc.). Among the most progressive measures of the code a...
In this action plan, the Swedish government sets out its position on how men’s violence against women, violence and oppression in the name of honour and violence in same-sex relationships must be fought. Moreover, it describes the main measures adopted against this type of violence in a wid...
This report reviews the achievements of Slovenia in gender promotion and women’s empowerment since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in 1995, and the 23rd UN extraordinary session and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Violence Against Women. It ...
This National Action Plan 2014-2019 aims at conceiving, implementing and coordinating a global national policy for the prevention and elimination of violence against women. The government approved it on 18 December 2013. this National Action Plan also provides measures for systematic assistance a...
This paper describes the experience of the Czech Republic in the promotion of equal opportunities between men and women, including since its EU membership. It briefly describes the efforts made to advance in relation to the common gender indicators (women's employment, pay gap between men and wom...
In Montenegro, the law on domestic violence was adopted by Parliament on 27 July 2010. It defines domestic violence as omission or commission by a family member in violating physical, psychological, sexual or economic integrity, mental health and peace of other family members, irrespective of whe...
This law on gender equality in Montenegro came into force on 8 August 2007. It regulates the method of providing and implementing the rights of men and women on the basis of gender equality in accordance with international regulations and general rules of international law, as well as measures to...
This plan aims to provide a detailed overview of the objectives for gender equality in the field of employment. It sets out new programmes on gender equality for the period 2009-2010 and reviews the progress made since 2005. Despite important efforts at a national level to introduce new policies ...
This report describes the measures taken by the Government of Luxembourg to ensure the integral and effective implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The recommendations issued by the Committee during the examination of the fourth ...
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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