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Let's name March 8 every day and everywhere!

Created by Foundation's Team 1817 days ago

...er of the network “Femmes solidaires pour l’égalité” (which fosters the labour rights of women in trade unio...iciency and renewable energy solutions that ultimately lead to a better world. Khalifa’s contribution consi...

Maria Àngels Roque

IEMed's Gender Equality Programme is now a member of the CNDC

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2133 days ago

..., which hosted 17,000 participants and 30,000 activists from around the world, and resulted in the adoption...quo;’ in six areas: human rights of women; education and culture; labour and economic rights; social...

Ghida Abdallah Anani

A White Dress Doesn't Cover the Rape Campaign by ABAAD wins the UN SDG Award!

Created by Ghida Abdallah Anani 2160 days ago

...oid penalty of no less than five years of hard labour if a valid contract of marria...rsquo;s and feminist organizations in the Arab world; first changing mind-sets and...s representing 142 countries from all over the world....

Events

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20-21 July 2022 UfM-UNIDO Women Business Forum

Created by Foundation's Team 1061 days ago

...ses and taking them to the next level. The MENA region, having the world’s largest entrepreneuria...compared to a global average of 23%-26%) and one of the weakest female labour participation rates, is part...

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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 1216 days ago

...the "Forum of Mediterranean Worlds" to be held on 7 and 8 F..., the Forum of Mediterranean Worlds will bring together civ...he framework of the Mediterranean World Forum. The overall objec...kills adapted to the needs of the labour market in the sustainable ec...

Shared practices

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Soap making to support unemployed women in Lebanon

Created by Foundation's Team 2005 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 economic participation...

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Bringing Young Mothers Back to Education in six European countries

Created by Foundation's Team 2112 days ago

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

Calls and opportunities

Sana Afouaiz

Ambassador for the Womenpreneur Digital Hub

Created by Sana Afouaiz 1535 days ago

...pulation in the MENA region, however women are under-represented in the labour market. Indeed, women’s econo...ion in the region only constitutes 25% which makes it the lowest in the world. The women unemployment rate...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1853 days ago

...reak of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide in early 2020 laid bare th...ions of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide are expected to be even m...social protection in the Arab world? Finally, how does the pandem...c Policy and State Responses (Labour market, healthcare system, H...

Resources

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1895 days ago

...nd acknowledge the value of their labour. 2.  Call out sex...nce and discrimination across the world—is an inherent part of...ap compiles an annual list of the world’s 100 most gender-equit...hitting puberty, girls across the world already carry internaliz...

Documents

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Global Gender Gap Report 2020

Created by Foundation's Team 1919 days ago

...cannot be accepted in today’s globalized world, especially among younger gene...of gender equality. This is the reason why the World Economic Forum is supporting...a matter of facts, the 2020 edition focuses on labour market segregation along gen...

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Convention and Recommendation on the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work - 2019

Created by Foundation's Team 2054 days ago

...n the final day of the Centenary International Labour Conference, in June 2019 in G...recognizes that violence and harassment in the world of work “can constitute...rst new Convention agreed by the International Labour Conference since 2011, when...

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Gender Inequalities and Food Insecurity: Ten years after the food price crisis, why are women farmers still food-insecure?

Created by Foundation's Team 2104 days ago

...erscored how fragile livelihoods are among the world’s extremely vulnerable p...(FAO) estimated that almost one billion people worldwide were undernourished. As t...ssions for female household heads. They suffer labour market discrimination, which...

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Internet Resource Guide on Gender and Women's Empowerment in and for the Maghreb / Guide de ressources internet sur le genre et l'empowerment des femmes au et pour le Maghreb / دليل موارد الإنترنت حول النوع الإجتماعي و تمكين المرأة في و من أجل المغرب

Created by Foundation's Team 3509 days ago

This document brings together Internet resources that can be useful to people and organisations working in the Maghreb on gender-related issues. It particularly features Internet websites proposing resources for gender mainstreaming in health, the economy, migrations, political participation and ...

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Gender Equality Action Plan 2012-2014 / Plan d'action sur l'égalité entre les sexes 2012-2014 / خطة عمل للمساواة بين الجنسين 2012-2014

Created by Foundation's Team 3509 days ago

This document is a roadmap that seeks to guide the planning of equality policies in Latvia. It describes the country's acts, policies and commitments as well as the EU legal documents and policies providing a framework for the preparation of this plan. It puts forward measures in the following ar...

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Gender equality in the UK: The next stage of the journey / L'égalité entre les sexes au Royaume Uni : la prochaine étape du voyage / المساواة بين الجنسين في المملكة المتحدة: الخطوة القادمة من الرحلة

Created by Foundation's Team 3509 days ago

This report is based on a survey among 800 professionals on gender equality in companies. It identifies the main obstacles for gender parity and offers recommendations on actions to be implemented to improve equality and equal treatment of men and women in the business world, including women's ac...