...der gap in the Euro-mediterranean region. In this sense, UfM will jo...sm on Gender Equality for the UfM region report, which will be...n a business in Europe and in the MENA region represent just the 6,2% of th...Africa, to launch the first MENA Women Business Club. This initi...
...line with #16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, AEFL attends the webinar "Accelerating the End of Child Marriage in the MENA Region. From Evidence-based Research...
...und table “COVID-19 in the MENA region: What Gender Policy Respons...for women and communities in the region. The discussion was...dopted by decision-makers in the MENA region to inform evidence-based poli...uo;s economic empowerment in the MENA region. The round table was moderat...
...Violence: What Scenario For The MENA Region ?" The 2011 Arab uprisings...ecade of online activism in the MENA region. Blogs and social media becam...ituations faced by women in the MENA region. The report shows for instanc...status. For young women in the region, the digital world still prov...
...enpreneur-Initiative and SANAD Entrepreneurship Academy are conducting a survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on female entrepreneurs in the MENA region! If you are a female entrepre...
...es and intersection with the world, the “Feminist Coalition for MENA Region Towards Beijing 25+”...online pages and accounts, joining the “Feminist Coalition for MENA Region Towards Beijing 25+" its firs...
...ld protection –topics on which she has published extensively, creating also toolkits and pedagogical material focusing on Lebanon and the MENA region. Her continuous work towards...
...Mozn Hassan being the first Egyptian to receive it. Mozn is receiving this award for the work she conducted on several issues, in Egypt and the MENA region, including and not limited to...
On February 26 and 27, the Forum on Women...g so that no one is left behind. The Regional Director of the Women Entre...Canadian Federal Forum said that this regional program, which is implement...llenges that continue to exist in the region, especially wars and conflict...
...an countries. Within the UfM region, gender parity is estimated a...ciety, and following a 3-year regional process involving governmen...progress made globally and at regional level, we need at least 99....achieve gender parity) and in MENA region at 61.2% (140 years) ind...
...ung’s Political Feminism project in the MENA region commenced a project in partne...ives, institutes, and networks from different regions across the globe. The aim i...eloped principles within the context of their regions and provide insights to furt...
..., women in the Euro-Mediterranean region face a persistent gender ga...digital gender divide in the MENA region and explore how the digital d...Es Grow your network in the MENA Business Club speed networ...en-led companies in the MENA region through the virtual tours...
In the MENA region, women are overrepresented in industries that COVID-...better future for women and communities in the MENA region during a post-COVID-1...that can be adopted by decision-makers in the MENA region to inform evidence-based poli...
The Caucus For Women Politicians in the MENA Region organises an interactive event to discuss the intersections of different feminist generations, and their activism. Particip...
...ame into full play during the pandemic in the MENA region. On the occasion of...uss how gender-based violence unfolds in some MENA countries in times of COVID, an...violence against women after COVID-19 in the region The webinar can be followe...
...uo;Tourism: Generating jobs for Youth in the MENA Region” will take place at t...urism, held on 30 November 2018, to set up a regional platform for networks and e...creation of jobs for youth and women in the MENA region, the workshop will mainly foc...
...port women in #tech in the Middle East and North Africa. It seeks to assess the current state of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the MENA region from a female perspective and...
...of experience and networking opportunities for women-owned and women-led-businesses for women’s economic empowerment, particularly in the MENA region, and with African and Europea...
On the 10th of December, 2018, the Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR) and the Europ...vernance Network, the Institute of Political Science (Sciences Po) and UN Women MENA,...
...work or with a particularly useful approach for the Euro-Mediterranean region: - Young Mediterrane...tices on effective women coordination and networking mechanisms in the MENA region - Wednesday June 6, 2018 -&n...
...rsquo;s Day 2017, Oxfam Great Britain’s Regional Gender Justice Programme...Women from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region who have contributed to their...celebrating and paying tribute to a sample of MENA pioneer women who have contribu...
...DO and UfM have launched today a MENA Women Business Club to scale-...women’s businesses in the region. The MENA Women Business Club will offe...businesses from across the MENA region the opportunity to grow their...rammes. To join the initiative, MENA Women entrepreneurs and busines...
...ldren. In other parts of the MENA Region, conservatism is growing.&n...roles, in other parts of the Region, women’s rights are inc...bsp;international, national, regional levels, both offline and on...d Rights’ membership in the MENA Region, namely: Morocco, A...
...University of Beirut are cooperating on a new regional storytelling project aime...young women’s career choices in the Arab region. Criteria The organisers...al female candidates, or role models, from the MENA region to collect their life st...
...a Successful Green Transition in the Euro-Mediterranean Region • Boosting Social Protection Reforms in the MENA Region • Algeria, Morocco, Tun...elligence, Law Enforcement and Security Agencies in the MENA Region: Risks and Opportunities...
...an half of the population in the MENA region, however women are under-re...’s economic participation in the region only constitutes 25% which ma...uption continue to emerge in the region, gender inequality is exacerb...space dedicated to women in the MENA Region. - Great to add on your resu...
...andidate to review its “Regional Manual on Monitoring and Documentation in the MENA Region” and develop the part c...least two countries from the region. a media officer Nazra is l...ment of Nazra goals. on local,regional international levels 2. Dr...
Become part of a network of "Senior" women entrepreneurs in the MENA region, thanks to our "Senior Women in Business" incubation programme! What? Senior Women in Business is...
Are you a civil society leader in South Asia or the MENA region? Are you working for a more gender equal world? SI Leader Lab is an online leadership programme for advocates o...
...s Women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region contend with social practic...rganized to celebrate the variety of roles of MENA women, past and present, to cel...e towards women’s equality in this Arab region. This call for papers invites...
...squo; needs and issues in the MENA Region. Are we in need of a New CE...least two countries from the region) 2. Women’ Rights and Topics in the MENA Region After COVID-19 The pape...least two countries from the region) 3. Struggle Of Feminist Movement in the MENA Region For Combating Sexual Vio...
...n of feminist movement in the MENA region has access to more and bett...endent feminist groups in the MENA region are at the forefront of the f...and for the feminists of the region, we know that feminist groups in the MENA region - especially nascent one...
...Women Digital Hub is the first digital space for women in the MENA region to learn, connect and grow....networking, and skills development opportunities for women across the MENA region. Their investment is to ensu...
...fically on the Euro-Mediterranean region. Will you help us to...the Subordination of Women in the MENA Region: What the Covid-19 Pandemic H...for Women Politicians in the Arab Region,Press release - Urgent P...Perspectives on Care Work in the MENA Region, 2020. Council of Europ...
...map female tech entrepreneurs and digital talents. In the MENA region, women are over 50% of the po...mote female entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa region, particularly in th...
...ry year for 30 mid-to-senior level editors or senior journalists from MENA region to join the platform and bene...is awarded to one outstanding woman editor in the sub Saharan Africa region and in the Middle East and No...
...nication experts, human rights defenders and other professionals of proven expertise in the cultural, social and human rights field in the MENA region. Languages: English and Ital...
...Women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) face many difficulties and i...ties in their daily lives, and conflict in the region only exasperates the situatio...f webinars on gender justice hosted by Oxfam’s Regional Gender Justice Programme, e...
IFES and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) have united their years of experience in research and capacity building to enhance the st...
...Within the Euro-Mediterranean region, gender parity in Western E...achieve gender parity) and in MENA region at 61.2% (140 years), ac...ation of working-age women in MENA could add as much as USD 3.1 tr...men in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The lack of gender-specific...
November 25 marks the International Day for th...es of this violence, and the responses of local and regional Euro-Mediterranean initiati...le aims to highlight violence against women in this region and the initiatives deployed...
...n the Middle East and North Africa region and beyond (Turkey and Geor..., especially for women and girls. MENA is at a critical stage in con...displacement, and migration in the region significantly complicate a ma...e challenging. Women and girls in MENA, already facing discrimination,...
...h gender experts and activists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to discuss the subtleties of...9 pandemic in 2020, the modalities of its enfolding and the local and regional Euro-Mediterranean response...
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 13...cussions and opinions by feminist activists in theMiddle East and North Africa (MENA)...
...n’sempowerment in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The Conference welcomed mo...ain international organisations working in the region such as the UN Women and WHO,...impact of COVID-19 for women entrepreneurs in MENA and violence against women and...
...Like women all around the globe, MENA women are at the frontline of...gender-based violence. However, region-specific restrictive social...obstacles faced by women in the MENA region. This brief takes stock of th...oment for gender equality in the MENA region and an opportunity to rethink...
...ountries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are looking to accelerate ec...qually involved as men in labour markets, the MENA region could see its gross domestic...rt reveals that change is underway across the region. It presents 24 detailed case...
...of the context of Covid-19 in the MENA region with emphasis on the ways i...feminist work in Lebanon and the region at the level of activism, res...st networks within and beyond the MENA region in an attempt to visibil...ity, or rather inequality, in the region and the activism around it be...
...ces, knowledge and experience shared by various stakeholders from seven MENA countries during a workshop o...UN Agencies part of the Essential Services Packages in the Arab States Region, as well as on other experien...
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will continue to raise awareness and promote women’s rights by providing policy recommendations to close the gender gap in the Euro-mediterranean region. In this sense, UfM will join the international celebrations for Women’s Day by rele...
The present publication explores the women, peace and security agenda, and how the Arab region is responding to it. It discusses the roles of national women’s machineries, national human rights institutions, security sector institutions, and civil society organizations in ti...
On June 30, the round table “COVID-19 in the MENA region: What Gender Policy Responses Do We Need?” brought experts together to explore the inclusive gender responses needed for a better future for women and communities in the region. The discussion was organised by W...
Are you a civil society leader in South Asia or the MENA region? Are you working for a more gender equal world? SI Leader Lab is an online leadership programme for advocates of gender equality who wish to grow in their role while exploring new tools and forms for collaboration. Apply to...
Women play an outsized role in the care economy in the Arab States, performing 4.7 times more unpaid care work than men – the highest female– to–male ratio anywhere in the world. This policy brief is based on the report Progress of Women in the Arab States 2020:...
Like women all around the globe, MENA women are at the frontline of the COVID-19 response and also suffer from expanding unpaid care burdens and gender-based violence. However, region-specific restrictive social norms and legal frameworks exacerbate the obstacles faced by women in the M...
This report documents the progress achieved to realize the aspirations of the Muscat Declaration and analyzes the remaining challenges that States face in their ongoing efforts to make gender justice a reality for all. The report focuses on the laws and law enforcement practices that m...
Les militantes féministes et les universitaires estiment que l’économie des soins est vitale pour le bien-être et des communautés de la région arabe, en particulier lorsque ces communautés rencontrent des difficultés pour assurer leu...
افتتحت بتونس العاصمة أشغال ملتقى "برلمانيات" الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا والمنعقدة يومي 26 و27 فيفري/فبراير 2020، بتنظيم من مركز المرأة العربية للتدريب والبحوث "كوثر" ومنتدى الفيدراليات الكندي وسفارة كندا. وخلال الجلسة الافتتاحية، أكدت الدكتورة سكينة بوراوي المديرة التنفيذية لكوثر أهمية الأدو...
On 4 December 2019, a Workshop on “Tourism: Generating jobs for Youth in the MENA Region” will take place at the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)’s Headquarters in Barcelona. The event is a follow up of the UfM Secretariat’s Brainstorming Meeting on Tourism, hel...
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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