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Report on the compatibility of Palestinian labour law with the needs of working women on the Gaza Strip

Created by Wedad Sourani 631 days ago

The audit team of the report "The extent to which the Palestinian Labor Law is compatible with the needs of working women in the Gaza Strip" held a meeting wi...

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CLUSTER participated in the launch of the first farm in Catalonia using the aquaponics method

Created by Foundation's Team 765 days ago

...le economy: Aquaponics, Hydroponics, Organic Farming and Food Processing. Such training-oriented curricula aim to reduce the mismatch between labour market demand and the skills...

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Jordan: CLUSTER met to promote social inclusion in the Mediterranean

Created by Foundation's Team 856 days ago

...under the coordination of ARCES Association (Italy), when mapping their labour needs in 7 Mediterranean...rming and food processing) to reduce the mismatch between the labour market demand and youth skill...

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CLUSTER conducts Focus Groups to create inclusive training materials for young people and women

Created by Foundation's Team 861 days ago

...e economy: aquaponics, hydroponics, organic farming and food processing. Such trainee-oriented curricula will reduce the mismatch between the labour market demand and youth skill...

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CLUSTER joins the Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Policy Conference, an event to foster employment among youth and women in the region

Created by Foundation's Team 926 days ago

...oner for Jobs and Social Rights, and H.E. Mr Nayef Stetieh, Minister of Labour of the Hashemite Kingdom of J...The goal of this initiative was to discuss the most pressing labour market challenges in the Medi...

Maria Àngels Roque

Launch Conference of CLUSTER: advanCing youth and women sociaL inclUSion in The MEditerRanean project

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1108 days ago

...and hurting young people more than other age groups. Moreover, demand-supply skills mismatch is a key factor behind high unemployment and changing labour market demands highlight the...

Maria Àngels Roque

IEMed awarded a grant to tackle social exclusion and poverty amongst vulnerable groups

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1197 days ago

...and equipping NEETs and women with marketable skills in the Sustainable Economy sectors. To that end, CLUSTER seeks to: Facilitate access to the labour market for NEETS, in particul...

Antonia Tsirigoti

Exchange of good practices in handling domestic violence cases and protecting abused women and their children between Greece and Iceland

Created by Antonia Tsirigoti 1394 days ago

...ental organizations that provide support and protection to victims of domestic violence. Opening speeches were addressed by the Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Ms. Maria...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

EU cross-border cooperation programme celebrates International Day of Rural Women

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 1517 days ago

...f October is to analyse the situation of employment of rural women in the Mediterranean, discuss the main constraints for rural women to reach the labour market and highlight solution...

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Let's name March 8 every day and everywhere!

Created by Foundation's Team 1653 days ago

...ational human rights organization focused on female empowerment) and a member of the network “Femmes solidaires pour l’égalité” (which fosters the labour rights of women in trade unio...

Events

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The EU Parliament holds its 3rd Gender Equality Week

Created by Foundation's Team 775 days ago

...nd simultaneously strengthening women’s position as workers in these industries, as a necessary step to ensuring women’s access to all labour markets and that employers ca...

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20-21 July 2022 UfM-UNIDO Women Business Forum

Created by Foundation's Team 897 days ago

...trepreneurial disparity between men and women (ca. 5% of women-led business compared to a global average of 23%-26%) and one of the weakest female labour participation rates, is parti...

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EMWF and CLUSTER participate in the Forum of Mediterranean Worlds in Marseille on 7 and 8 February 2022

Created by Foundation's Team 1051 days ago

...oups in Cyprus, Spain, France, Italy, Jordan, Palestine, and Tunisia by equipping NEEFs and women with relevant skills adapted to the needs of the labour market in the sustainable eco...

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The 2021 UfM Women Business Forum

Created by Foundation's Team 1269 days ago

...presents a major tool for empowering women to enable their inclusion in labour markets, in entrepreneurial a...s and use of digital technologies, in digital skills and in the digital labour market, and face certain onli...

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COVID-19 in the MENA region: What Gender Policy Responses Do We Need?

Created by Foundation's Team 1274 days ago

...able to the health and economic impacts of the virus. However, economic instability and pandemic responses are compounded with increases in unpaid labour by women, affecting their psy...

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Colonialization, Neo-Liberalization and Patriarchy: Search for an Alternative Approach to Economic and Social Empowerment

Created by Foundation's Team 1323 days ago

...alk will explore how and why women were disempowered in the Palestinian labour market, and how their role in..., in the context of a patriarchal society biased towards unskilled male labour. Finally, it will highlight a...

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A Feminist Lens on Migration and Trade

Created by Foundation's Team 1337 days ago

...globalised economies, nations and corporations depend on a mobile labour force to meet labour demands while migration polic...or a bottom-up, women-centric approach to international trade and labour architecture....

Maria Àngels Roque

International Conference – Youth in Arab Mediterranean Countries: Youth Cultures, Values and Gender

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2819 days ago

...Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia. There will be four panels devoted to the main research topics of the project, such as Education and Labour Market; Political and Civic e...

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Research seminar: "Restraints and obstacles to women' s economic empowerment”

Created by Foundation's Team 3495 days ago

...ling of women has become widespread, in many Mediterranean countries there is a notable gap between the growing entrance of women graduates in the labour market and their access to em...

Shared practices

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Tasharuk: Gender, Culture and Resistance in Palestine

Created by Foundation's Team 1160 days ago

...their personal and collective empowerment processes. The project’s actions aim to enhance the professional integration of young women in the local labour market by strengthening their...

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Soap making to support unemployed women in Lebanon

Created by Foundation's Team 1841 days ago

Women make up only 28% of the total labour force in Lebanon According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2018, many studies attribute this huge gap in eco...

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Bringing Young Mothers Back to Education in six European countries

Created by Foundation's Team 1948 days ago

...ing difficulties in going back to education or training or entering the labour market with low qualification...ld in re-entering education or training for a better access to the labour world. The project which was...

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Success Stories following visits to companies run by women in Setif

Created by Foundation's Team 2318 days ago

...ldquo;: This company is managed by Ms. Nadia Hamidat, a graduate of the National Institute of Vocational Training (INFP). Ms. Hamidat entered the labour market as a secretary in vari...

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Equality for local development: gender mainstreaming in municipalities

Created by Foundation's Team 3430 days ago

...dinator of the project in Bulgaria, in partnership with the Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson and the Ministry of Social Security and Labour (Lithuania) as well as the Ge...

Calls and opportunities

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EuroMeSCo Euromed Survey on social justice in the Mediterranean: Participate now

Created by Foundation's Team 791 days ago

...time to respond and to share this within your organisation. Participate now! Building fairer and more inclusive societies by fostering social and labour rights, reducing inequalities...

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Call for Proposals: Promoting Women's Productive Participation in Jordan

Created by Foundation's Team 1338 days ago

Call for Proposal for CSOs to form a cohort of media partners on positive stories on women’s participation in the labour market As part of the project “Promoti...

Sana Afouaiz

Ambassador for the Womenpreneur Digital Hub

Created by Sana Afouaiz 1371 days ago

Women make up more than half of the population in the MENA region, however women are under-represented in the labour market. Indeed, women’s economic participation in the region only...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

CALL for TENDERS: Technical Assistance for InnovAgroWoMed

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 1577 days ago

...2,8 million. It is implemented by UTV,  CESIE, JOVESOLIDES, CAWTAR and ASALA. InnoAgroWoMed aims at boosting women labour participation and entrepreneu...

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Call for Papers UNESCO: Inequalities in the Arab region in light of Covid-19

Created by Foundation's Team 1689 days ago

...on one of following themes: Economic Inequalities in the Arab world in the aftermath of COVID-19 Rethinking Public Policy and State Responses (Labour market, healthcare system, Ho...

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Call for Proposals - Conference: The Body at Work : Gender, Labour, Migration

Created by Foundation's Team 1724 days ago

...d, exploited, and displaced across different regimes of labour. From sex work to construction, from agricultural day labour to domestic dervices, such re...: - Remuneration and the value of work - Reproductive labour - The feminization of povert...

Maria Àngels Roque

Call for papers on Alternative Economies and gendered Labour

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2205 days ago

...papers on various topics related to alternative economies and gendered labour. Kohl is particularly intere...of leftist organizing; the positionality of women and gender justice in labour movements in the MENA are som...

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Interesting opportunity for female entrepreneurs from MENA

Created by Foundation's Team 2623 days ago

...nt, personal development, networking and marketing. The program encourages female entrepreneurs to involve other women of their communities in the labour market....

Maria Àngels Roque

PROGRAMME OF SHORT-TERM POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH GRANTS FOR THE YEAR 2016

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 3107 days ago

...Evolutions of the political, social and demographic processes of Southern Mediterranean countries. - Modernisation processes of the economies and labour markets of Southern Mediterra...

Resources

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COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker Fact Sheets

Created by Foundation's Team 1353 days ago

...ens. It includes national measures that are directly addressing women’s economic and social security, including unpaid care work, the labour market and violence against w...

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Twelve Small Actions with big impact for Generation Equality - UN Women

Created by Foundation's Team 1731 days ago

...all genders to be involved equally in household chores. If one partner works full-time in the home, recognize and acknowledge the value of their labour. 2.  Call out sex...

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Tamkeen for Legal Aid and Human Rights

Created by Foundation's Team 3358 days ago

...tection and prosecution. The goal of this organization is to increase legal awareness within Jordanian Society, with a focus on issues related to Labour Laws, the rights and duties o...

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Slovenia. Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Equal Opportunities and European Coordination Department

Created by Foundation's Team 3488 days ago

The Slovenian Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities is the body responsible for gender policies through two bodies: the Equal Opportunities Department,...

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Slovakia: Ministry of Labour, Social and Family Affairs. Gender and Equal Opportunities Department

Created by Foundation's Team 3488 days ago

The Gender and Equal Opportunities Department is the body responsible for the coordination of gender equality policies at a ministerial level and throughout the country. It develops, monitors and assesses gender policies related to violence against women.

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Romania: Ministry of Labour, Family Affairs, Social Protection and Senior Citizens. Department for Equal Gender Opportunities

Created by Foundation's Team 3488 days ago

The Department for Equal Gender Opportunities, attached to the Ministry of Labour, is the body responsible for implementing the equality policies, monitoring the application...

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Poland: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Gender Equality Department

Created by Foundation's Team 3488 days ago

The Gender Equality Department works on raising awareness in terms of gender equality, particularly in the labour market but also in the public sphere. Poland actively addre...

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Lithuania Ministry of Social Security and Labour Gender Equality Division

Created by Foundation's Team 3488 days ago

The Gender Equality Division aims to ensure that equal opportunities for women and men are respected in a coherent, integrated and systematic way in all field...

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Italy: Department of Equal Opportunities

Created by Foundation's Team 3488 days ago

...e Department of Equal Opportunities to guarantee gender equality affect numerous fields, such as the definition of financial laws, the adoption of labour laws, social policies, immigr...

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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 3488 days ago

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

Documents

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Youth, Women and Employment in the Mediterranean Region: Continuity and Change

Created by Foundation's Team 819 days ago

...editerranean’s (UfM) 5th Ministerial Conference on Employment and Labour, held on 18 May this year in...ly high levels of unemployment, a large informal economy and low female labour participation. The UfM Minist...

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Gender Equality in Morocco: Local Perspectives about the Constraints on Political Participation

Created by Foundation's Team 1443 days ago

...nership with the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Sciences Sociales (CERSS) also involved local and regional media, and the Federation of Labour and the government of Souss-M...

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Gaps in the EU Labour Market Participation Rates: an intersectional assessment of the role of gender and migrant status

Created by Foundation's Team 1464 days ago

...raphy study uses data from the EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) to anal...ntersecting social statuses shape labour market participation. The re...to participate in the EU’s labour market. Additionally, it cons...complex mechanisms that may shape labour market participation of women...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

Changing Laws and Breaking Barriers for Women's Economic Empowerment in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 1485 days ago

...more stable, open societies, enabling women’s economic empowerment holds one of the keys. If women were to be as equally involved as men in labour markets, the MENA region coul...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

Cawtaryat n. 77 - issue on women and Covid-19

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 1500 days ago

...d place them at the heart of the strategies for change. The issue tackles digitalization, digital divide, education, life chances and the informal labour market in the wake of COVID w...

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The gendered impact of the Covid-19 crisis and post-crisis period

Created by Foundation's Team 1510 days ago

...ole of healthcare workers and care workers, domestic violence, the impact of quarantine on feminised sectors of the economy, the additional unpaid labour on women as a result of lockd...

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EIGE Sectoral Brief : Gender and Migration

Created by Foundation's Team 1517 days ago

...gender inequality issues related to migration status in the EU, according to this report from EIGE (European Institue for Gender Equality) are: labour market participation, deskill...

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Feminist Perspectives on Care Work in the MENA Region

Created by Foundation's Team 1682 days ago

...policies and institutional arrangements that encourage women to do so. As such, it is no surprise that Arab states have the lowest rates of female labour force participation globally....

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Global Gender Gap Report 2020

Created by Foundation's Team 1755 days ago

...f gender gaps across industries and the role of gender-based occupational and skills imbalances. As a matter of facts, the 2020 edition focuses on labour market segregation along gend...

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Women's access to the political sphere in Lebanon: an obstacle race

Created by Foundation's Team 1785 days ago

The conditions of Lebanese women’s access to education, as well as their presence in the labour market, are among the best in the MENA region (Middle East and North Af...

Tags

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Key Comparable Gender Indicators for the European Neighbourhood Policy - South countries / مؤشرات جندرية مقارَنة لسياسة الجوار الأوروبية - بلدان الجنوب / Indicateurs comparatifs principaux par sexe pour les pays de la politique européenne de voisinage - sud

Created by Foundation's Team 1983 days ago

Gender statistics are statistics on gender issues, measuring the status of men and women in various fields and during their life cycle. They are one of the many other statistical branches; they have their own concepts, tools and methodologies. At the same time, however, they intersect ...

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 1987 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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The future tech workforce: Breaking Gender Barriers / La main d'œuvre en technologie dans le futur : briser les barrières liées au genre / اليد العاملة المستقبلية في التكنولوجيا: كسر الحواجز بين الجنسين

Created by Foundation's Team 2008 days ago

In 2017, ISACA conducted a global survey of women in tech to uncover why women remain underrepresented in the field. The results, presented in this document, show that women in tech are still facing significant barriers in the workplace—from a shortage of women role models, to gen...

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Gender Justice and The Law: Assessment of laws affecting gender equality in the Arab States region / La justice de genre et le droit: Evaluation des lois affectant l'égalité femmes-hommes dans la région des États arabes / عدالة النوع الاجتماعي والقانون: تقييم للقوانين المؤثرة على المساواة بين الج...

Created by Foundation's Team 2074 days ago

Conducted by United Nations Development Program (UNDP), UN Women, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA), this study provides a comprehensive assessment of laws and policies affecting gender equality and protection...

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Les conditions de travail des femmes dans les usines en Jordanie / ظروف عمل النساء في المصانع في الأردن / Working conditions of women in factories in Jordan

Created by Foundation's Team 2079 days ago

Cet article s’intéresse aux conditions de travail des femmes jordaniennes dans les usines, en prenant comme étude de cas la région de Zarqa où les perspectives de formation et de perfectionnement professionnel sont limitées, ce qui réduit ...

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Workplace stress: A collective challenge / Stress au travail: un défi collectif / الإجهاد في مكان العمل: تحدٍّ جماعي

Created by Foundation's Team 2080 days ago

This report aims at presenting trends on work-related stress in both developed and developing countries with a view to raising awareness of the magnitude of the problem in the new context of the world of work. It also explores the gender dimension of the impact of stress in the working ...

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Dépenses publiques dans le secteur social du point de vue de la justice sociale / الإنفاق الحكومي على القطاع الاجتماعي من منظور العدالة الاجتماعية / Government expenditures on the social sector from a social justice perspective

Created by Foundation's Team 2143 days ago

Cette étude décrit les orientations politiques du gouvernement palestinien en matière de dépenses publiques dans le secteur social. Elle présente plusieurs recommandations qui aideraient à formuler des politiques plus inclusives pour rédu...

Maria Àngels Roque

Call for papers on Alternative Economies and gendered Labour / دعوة للمساهمة بمقالات حول الاقتصادات البديلة والعمل المجندر / Appel à contributions sur les économies alternatives et le travail genré

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2205 days ago

In preparation of its 9th issue slated for publication in June 2019, Kohl: a Journal for Body and Gender Research recently launched a call for papers on various topics related to alternative economies and gendered labour. Kohl is particularly interested in intellectual production of Yo...

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

Mafraq Youth Gathering for Civil Society Development
Bint Bladi Association
Palestinian Businesswomen's Association ASALA
Center for Research in Applied Economics for Development-CREAD
Women'  s Solidarity Fund (WSF)
Children of Female Prisoners Association
Université Antonine
Youth Capacities Development Association-Biskra (YCDB)
ABAAD - Resource Center for Gender Equality
Association Aspirations féminines
Association for Women's Total Advancement & Development (AWTAD)
Egyptian Female Lawyers
Isha L'Isha - Haifa Feminist Center
University El Maner Tunis
Fadilia Foundation
Femmes-Education Arts-Médiation (FEDAM)
Palestinian Centre for Peace and Democracy
Equality Unit
Gender equality and parity commission - Municipality of Enfidha
Association du Développement et des Études Stratégiques de Medenine (ADESM)
Women Programs Centre - Rafah
Vision Communication Consultancy
Genre en Action
FLSH Ain Chock
Community Development and Caring Children with Special Needs Association (SCDA)
Kenzy Associacion for Development
For You Libya Group
Nezha El Medhmed
Nazra for Feminist Studies
Al-Bait Assamed Association Society
Coalition for Tunisian Women and the International Network of Women
Centre de Recherches, d'Etude de Documentation et d'Information sur la Femme, CREDIF
Seed of Peace - Oran
Association BALODIREN
Anouar Association
European Observatory on Femicide

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The report is based on a combination of desk review and interviews with key informants and focus groups in Jordan. The...

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Expert Group Meeting; Women and Economic Empowerment in the Arab Transitions

This report summarizes the findings and proceedings of the Expert Group Meeting, which was held in May 2013, organized by ILO...

Local strategy for the implementation of the EU Guidelines on violence against women and girls and combating all forms of discrimination against them

This strategy responds to the commitments made by the European Union (EU) and Albania in the framework of this country’ s pre-EU...

Unstereotype Alliance Annual Report: 2020

The following report highlights the Unstereotype Alliance’s progress in 2020. It encompasses tools produced across the Alliance...

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This study examines the reasons behind women dropping out of research careers, which results in an underrepresentation of women...

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This booklet is a valuable tool for all students in Feminist Studies, Gender and Sexuality. It will help to identify the...