The “Women in politics: 2019” map, created by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women, depicts global rankings for women in the executive and parliamentary branches of government as of 1 January 2019. The map shows progress towards gender equality in these areas at ...
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...
This study is based on interviews with 123 female MPs and parliamentary staff in Council of Europe member States. It provided figures and document a range of sexist and violent behaviour against women in parliaments. It also seeks to assess the extent and highlight the particular forms ...
The second Global Parliamentary Report shines the spotlight on one of parliament’s critical functions: its power to hold governments accountable for their actions and decisions. Based on the contributions of 150 national parliaments, the report is a practical and useful tool for M...
The Brussels Binder est une ressource pour les organisateurs/organisatrices de conférences et les médias qui cherchent à inclure des voix de femmes expertes dans leurs débats politiques. Il vise à améliorer l’équilibre entre femmes ...
Less than a third of all parliamentarians in the EU are women. With the current speed, it will take almost twenty years to achieve gender-balanced national parliaments. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)’s new online tool gives ideas on needed changes. It helps to ...
This study aims at addressing the issue of the representation of women in the Moroccan parliament after the two parliamentary elections of 2011 and 2016, and after the ratification of a new constitution in the country in July 2011. The study is based on an in-depth description of legisl...
Lebanon may witness a remarkable rise in the number of women serving in Parliament come May 2018 due to initiatives from women’s groups, “civil society” activists, and the substantial number of female candidates – 113 at the start of the election period. However,...
ECWR expresses its support and welcome for the Parliament’s approval on the ministerial reshuffle according to which four ministries were reshuffled and women’s share in this reshuffle included two female ministers. By this, women occupied half of the partial ministerial re...
In June 2017, the Lebanese Government approved a new electoral law based on proportional representation for the first time in the country’s history, yet it failed in passing important reforms to this law, and most importantly the female quota. Despite frustration, women and femin...
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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