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Andalib Adwan

The Community Media and Development Center launches the Youth Academy to defend women's rights in society and academic institutions

Created by Andalib Adwan 680 days ago

Gaza - Community Media and Development Center (CDMC) “The training was the golden period in my scientific journey, and it contributed to refining my pers...

Andalib Adwan

Respect It training camp gathers 25 students and graduates of the faculties of media and law in Gaza universities

Created by Andalib Adwan 1030 days ago

The Community Media Center CMC concluded the training camp for youth of both sexes “Respect Her”, with the participation of 25 students and graduate...

safaa Ali

NADRF launches its campaign Grandma Amina's Tales to raise awareness on women's rights

Created by safaa Ali 1121 days ago

The Women’s Rights Unit of the National Association for the Defense of Rights and Freedoms (NADRF) launched its online campaign "Grandma Amina’s Tales" in...

Rabha Fathi

A National Call to Protect Children's Rights and Criminalize Early Marriage

Created by Rabha Fathi 1223 days ago

The Association of Egyptian Female Lawyers (AEFL) calls the Egyptian Parliament to rapidly issue the law that criminalizes child marriage. AEFL denounces the Pa...

Andalib Adwan

Our Safe Spaces training programme, to tackle GBV in Palestine

Created by Andalib Adwan 1372 days ago

Our Safe Spaces: a training programme to tackle GBV in Palestine For 5 days, 18 programmers were able to build a data base on topics related with gender-based...

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International Non-Binary Day 2021

Created by Foundation's Team 1383 days ago

International Non-Binary Day, celebrated around the world every year on July 14th, is an occasion to lift up non-binary members within the LGBTQ community. At...

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First-ever strategy on LGBTIQ equality in the EU

Created by Foundation's Team 1627 days ago

On the 12th of November 2020, The European Commission presented  the first-ever EU Strategy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and que...

Ana Sofia Fernandes

Portuguese Platform for Women's Rights (PpDM) presents Council of Europe's initiative to prevent and combat sexism

Created by Ana Sofia Fernandes 1649 days ago

The Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (PpDM - Plataforma portuguesa para os Direitos das Mulheres) presents the European project of the Council of Eu...

Mozn Hassan

Mozn Hassan Receives the Hrant Dink Award 2020

Created by Mozn Hassan 1684 days ago

Press release – Tuesday, 15 September 2020 Nazra for Feminist Studies has the honor of having its founder and CEO, Mozn Hassan, a feminist activist and w...

حياة قادري

Tunisia: New support centre for women victims of violence in Regueb

Created by حياة قادري 1980 days ago

On November 14, 2019, ‘’Voice of Eve’’ association opened ‘’Markazuhunn’’ (Their Centre), a new space for listen...

Events

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The EU Parliament holds its 3rd Gender Equality Week

Created by Foundation's Team 921 days ago

The European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) is organising the third European Gender Equality Week at the end of...

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Research Colloquium “Globalization, Gender and Mobility”

Created by Foundation's Team 3291 days ago

Human mobility and its stakes play a relevant role in the contemporary debate about migration from the political, societal and media perspective. The questionings brought...

Shared practices

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Functional Literacy Programme for Women of the Argan Cooperative

Created by Foundation's Team 2789 days ago

With a population of over 32 million, literacy rates in Morocco stand at an average of 56%, representing over 10 million people lacking basic literacy skills. W...

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Establishing a coalition and advocacy for the introduction of the quota policy in Algeria

Created by Foundation's Team 3576 days ago

This practice addressed the need to improve the representation of women in the political life. In 2005, CIDDEF conducted a comparative study on the representati...

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The street belongs to us - Campaign against sexual harassment: Making Egypt' s streets safer for women

Created by Foundation's Team 3576 days ago

The practice was initiated in 2004 with the aim of breaking the taboo that existed at that time, of sexual harassment. The campaign started with an approach of quantifyin...

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Family Status Laws'Campaign

Created by Foundation's Team 3576 days ago

This practice was conducted to counter the rising demands from opponents to repeal the family laws tackling custody and visitation articles. Mothers affected by...

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16 days of activism - Qanun Nashaz (wrong notes of the law)

Created by Foundation's Team 3576 days ago

The “16 days of activism”is an international campaign conducted by different organizations in different countries. The aimed at shedding the light o...

Calls and opportunities

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Call for project proposals: Responding to anti-LGBTI forces in Europe

Created by Foundation's Team 1470 days ago

ILGA-Europe is launching a scheme to support efforts that enable work on communication, alliance building, and cohesion and resilience within the LGBTI mov...

Mozn Hassan

Task Based Researcher Vacancies - Feminist Research Consultancy

Created by Mozn Hassan 1733 days ago

Nazra for Feminist Studies is opening its call to receive CVs regarding three vacancies to hire task based researchers, as soon as possible, to work on 3 resear...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

Call for papers on gender equality directed to regional and local policymakers

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 1867 days ago

The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development seeks to realize the human rights for all, advocating for gender equality and women’s empowerment, through a series of goal...

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Call for papers focusing on media representations of gender roles in Europe

Created by Foundation's Team 2091 days ago

The journal Social Studies launched a call for papers for its upcoming monothematic issue “Media representations and narratives of masculinities across Eu...

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UN Women launches a new call for grants to eliminate violence against women

Created by Foundation's Team 2727 days ago

The United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women calls for applications for its 21st grant cycle (2017). Civil society organizations are in...

Resources

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Legal definitions of gender based violence in the EU

Created by Foundation's Team 2372 days ago

The term Gender Based Violence (GBV) includes any harmful act that affects or is likely to affect a woman, a man, a girl or a boy whether physically, sexually o...

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Gender and Land Rights Database - GLRD

Created by Foundation's Team 2491 days ago

The GLRD  was launched by FAO in 2010 to highlight the major political, legal and cultural factors that influence the realisation of women’s land rig...

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WEBSITE: Women's eNews

Created by Foundation's Team 3213 days ago

Women’s eNews is an award-winning nonprofit news service covering issues of particular concern to women and providing women’s perspectives on public...

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Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR)

Created by Foundation's Team 3503 days ago

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), founded in April 1985 and with its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, is a non-profit NGO and one of the longest-s...

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United Kingdom: Ministry for Women and Equalities. Government Equalities Office

Created by Foundation's Team 3634 days ago

The Government Equalities Office is the body responsible for the equality strategy and the corresponding legislation within the government. The office aims to e...

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Ireland: Department of Justice and Equality. Gender Equality Division

Created by Foundation's Team 3634 days ago

Gender equality is enshrined in the Irish Constitution. The Irish government, through the Gender Equality Division of the Department of Justice and Equality, is...

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Hungary Ministry of Human Capacity. State Ministry of Family Affairs and Youth. Department of Family Policy and Demography

Created by Foundation's Team 3634 days ago

The Department of Population, Family Affairs and Gender Equality within the Department of Family Policies is the main national gender equality mechanism in Hung...

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Finland Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Created by Foundation's Team 3634 days ago

For many years, gender equality has been a fundamental value in Finland. It is stated in the Constitution and, more specifically, in the Act on Gender Equality....

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Bulgaria Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. Department for Equal Opportunities, Anti-Discrimination and Social Assistance Benefits

Created by Foundation's Team 3634 days ago

Department for Equal Opportunities, Anti-Discrimination and Social Assistance Benefits of Bulgaria develops and coordinates the implementation of the state poli...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. Gender Center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Created by Foundation's Team 3634 days ago

The Gender Center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the body responsible for the protection of women’ s rights and gender equality in Bosnia and He...

Documents

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Regional Index - Combating violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)

Created by Foundation's Team 1291 days ago

The overall objective of the 2020 Regional Index is to provide a global documentation on laws, public policies and services related to VAWG and WPSA, that allow...

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Gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities

Created by Foundation's Team 1403 days ago

In order to showcase the breadth of gender-based violence (GBV) and its link to gendered inequalities,the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and...

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Women's Political Presence in the Arab Mediterranean Region: Governance, Contentious Politics, and Agency

Created by Foundation's Team 1630 days ago

The first two decades of the 21st century has seen its share of dramatic events: the “war on terror” launched in the aftermath of the 11 September 2...

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Promoting Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: an overview on main donors and key stakeholders'contributions in the Euro-Mediterranean region

Created by Foundation's Team 1635 days ago

The positive contribution of women to economic growth, poverty reduction and societal well-being has been well documented in many studies. In the Euro-Mediterra...

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Recommendation on Preventing and Combating Sexism - Council of Europe

Created by Foundation's Team 1648 days ago

On 27 March 2019, the Committee of Ministers adopted the Recommendation CM/Rec(2019)1 on preventing and combating sexism. It comprises a comprehe...

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A study on combating discrimination in Libyan legislation

Created by Foundation's Team 1684 days ago

This study sheds light on the issue of Libyan women’s rights, particularly from a legal approach, by analysing the Libyan legislation. The report has a m...

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Challenges and achievements in promoting women's political participation in Palestine

Created by Foundation's Team 1743 days ago

Despite much progress in recent years, gender disparities in Palestine remain very present in different contexts, particularly in those tied to political partic...

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A study of the Employers of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon: Intertwined

Created by Foundation's Team 1965 days ago

This study focuses on the critical role of employers in recruiting and managing the employment relationship within the current normative framework of Lebanon....

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Women's Participation in Local Politics in Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Created by Foundation's Team 2038 days ago

While gender stereotypes, roles and expectations intimidate women’s participation in political and public life in some countries, legislation and the abse...

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Gender and Trade: Empowering Women towards Gender Equality in the MENA Region through Gender Mainstreaming in Economic Policies and Trade Agreements

Created by Foundation's Team 2042 days ago

This report is one of the fruits of the collaboration of the Center of Arab Women/CAWTAR and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency/Sida who s...

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A study on combating discrimination in Libyan legislation / Étude sur la lutte contre la discrimination dans la législation libyenne / دراسة حول مكافحة التمييز في التشريعات الليبية

Created by Foundation's Team 1684 days ago

This study sheds light on the issue of Libyan women’s rights, particularly from a legal approach, by analysing the Libyan legislation. The report has a multifarious aim: to contribute to enlarge a database on the rights of Libyan women; to look into the most prominent legal texts...

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Call for Legal Experts - Tunisia and Algeria / / Appel à candidatures pour expert.e.s juridiques - Tunisie et Algérie

Created by Foundation's Team 1686 days ago

The African Legal Think Tank on Women’s Rights is looking for Two legal experts (Tunisia - Algeria) to support the production of the "Comparative Manual on Revenge Porn in North Africa: Tunisia and Algeria" and to be consulted on the 28th and 29th of September 2020. Download the ...

Maria Àngels Roque

Women's Economic Empowerment: An Overview for the MENA Region / التمكين الاقتصادي للنساء: نظرة عامة على منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا / L'Autonomisation économique des femmes: un aperçu de la région MENA

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1994 days ago

This article provides an overview of women’s economic empowerment in the MENA region. It aims to contribute to available knowledge through: first, providing an overview of women’s economic empowerment in the region in selected labour markets; second, following the evolution ...

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Gender and Trade: Empowering Women towards Gender Equality in the MENA Region through Gender Mainstreaming in Economic Policies and Trade Agreements / Genre et commerce: autonomiser les femmes vers l'égalité femmes-hommes dans la région MENA par l'intégration du genre dans les politiques économiq...

Created by Foundation's Team 2042 days ago

This report is one of the fruits of the collaboration of the Center of Arab Women/CAWTAR and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency/Sida who signed an agreement related to economic empowerment of women with focus on their participation to and presence in Trade markets ...

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Sexual exploitation: New challenges, New Answers / Système prostitutionnel, nouveaux défis, nouvelles réponses / الاستغلال الجنسي: تحديات جديدة، إجابات جديدة

Created by Foundation's Team 2043 days ago

Through an in-depth assessment inventory of 35 countries and the study of recent major trends, this report provides the latest overview of sexual exploitation at regional and global levels. It sets out not only the 6 major challenges to be met in view of the latest developments and thei...

Nsreen Amer

Assessment of the status of women in Libya between reality and law - Part 4 / Evaluation du statut des femmes en Libye entre réalité et droit - Partie 4 / دراسة تقييم وضع المرأة في ليبيا بين الواقع والقانون - الجزء 4

Created by Nsreen Amer 2133 days ago

This study assesses Libya’s compliance with legal norms on women’s rights and gender equality. It is a complex legal and factual research on Libya’s efforts to ensure gender equality and the opportunities and challenges that underpin women’s empowerment and their...

Nsreen Amer

Assessment of the status of women in Libya between reality and law - Part 3 / Evaluation du statut des femmes en Libye entre réalité et droit - Partie 3 / دراسة تقييم وضع المرأة في ليبيا بين الواقع والقانون - الجزء 3

Created by Nsreen Amer 2133 days ago

This study assesses Libya’s compliance with legal norms on women’s rights and gender equality. It is a complex legal and factual research on Libya’s efforts to ensure gender equality and the opportunities and challenges that underpin women’s empowerment and their...

Nsreen Amer

Assessment of the status of women in Libya between reality and law - Part 2 / دراسة تقييم وضع المرأة في ليبيا بين الواقع والقانون - الجزء 2 / Evaluation du statut des femmes en Libye entre réalité et droit - Partie 2

Created by Nsreen Amer 2133 days ago

This study assesses Libya’s compliance with legal norms on women’s rights and gender equality. It is a complex legal and factual research on Libya’s efforts to ensure gender equality and the opportunities and challenges that underpin women’s empowerment and their...

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Badr impulse un dialogue politique au Caire pour appliquer la loi sur l'héritage / جمعية بدر تقود حواراً سياسياً في القاهرة لتعزيز إنفاذ قانون الميراث / Badr leads a policy dialogue in Cairo to foster the inheritance law enforcement

Created by Foundation's Team 2252 days ago

En 2017, le Parlement égyptien a adopté une nouvelle loi relative à l’héritage, la loi 219, accordant aux femmes leur droit légitime à l’héritage pour mettre fin à une coutume très répandue, en particulier...

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Dialogues politiques de suivi des 8 campagnes CSO WINS sur les droits des femmes / حوارات سياسية لمتابعة حملات مشروع CSO WINS المعني بحقوق المرأة / Political dialogues to follow up on CSO WINS's 8 campaigns on women's rights

Created by Foundation's Team 2279 days ago

Les 8 associations ayant mené des campagnes de plaidoyer dans le cadre du projet CSO WINS vont réaliser des actions de dialogue politique au cours du premier semestre de 2019. Ces actions visent à diffuser les campagnes de défense des droits des femmes men&ea...

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

Wafaa Ziti
Youth & Women Empowerment Forum
Association AGIR pour le Developpement et l'Epanouissement de la Jeunesse
Femmes-Education Arts-Médiation (FEDAM)
Association Irtikaa
Egyptian Center for Women'  s Rights (ECWR)
Center for Women's Studies in Islam (CERFI)
Ibsar Association for the Culture and Leisure of blind and visually handicapped people
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies: Contemporary Medusa
Tunisian Association of Development Law - ATDD
University of Mohammed V Rabat
Women & Cinema
The committee of vigilance for democracy in Tunisia (CDVT)
Women's Center AlThouri Silwan
Yala Academy
The Entrepreneurs Forum (FCE)
Amel Association International
Womenpreneur Initiative
Association des Femmes Tunisiennes pour la Recherche sur le Développement (AFTURD)
Nansen Dialogue Montenegro
Faculté de droit et de science politique Aix Marseille Université
Inclusión, Ciudadanía, Diversidad y Educación
Horus Foundation for Development and Training
Nisreen Alami
Try Center for Training and Education
International Alliance of Women (IAW)
Réseau Doustourna
Syrian Women's Network
CEDAW Association for Democracy and Human Rights
EÖTVOS LORÁND University
Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation (PYALARA)
Elmehwar Association for Developing the Egyptian Family
Africa Women's Forum (AWF)
University El Maner Tunis
Nahda Association for Relief and development
União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta

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Shared practices

Bringing Young Mothers Back to Education in six European countries

The problem of young mothers dropping out of education and facing difficulties in going back to education or training or entering...

Protection of women's rights through concerted actions at national, regional and international levels.

GAF uses legal mechanisms to force the Bulgarian state to meet its obligations regarding the improvement of the role of women in...

Transnational Campaigning - European Women's Lobby 5050 campaign across Europe

The 5050 campaign, which was launched in 2012, is one of the most successful practices among the projects organized together with...

Success Stories following visits to companies run by women in Setif

As part of a field diagnosis on the development of female entrepreneurship in Setif (Algeria), the Women in Business of Algeria...

Access to justice for women victimes of violence

The program “Access to justice for women victimes of violence” focuses on coordination and partnership with...

Right to Inheritance

The main objective of the practice is the improvement of economic empowerment and the respect of economic women’s rights in...

How to report a harassment, simplified guide to fight sexual harassment in Egypt

In the recent years, the magnitude of sexual violence in Egypt increased significantly, especially following the 2011 popular...

Call for social, cultural and health rights for young street mothers

The practice focuses on the case of young street mothers aged 14 to 22 who are often victims of violence and are pregnant after...

Solar mamas: It takes one woman to light a village!

Jordan’s poorest desert villages on the Iraqi border, was given a chance to travel to India to attend the Barefoot College, where...

Soulaliyates women' s right to ownership and enhancing their role in local governance.

Despite the problem of illiteracy among Soulaliyates women, the Fédération de la Ligue Démocratique des...