...wyers (AEFL) calls the Egyptian Parliament to rapidly issue the law that...ld marriage. AEFL denounces the Parliament’s failure to discuss an...arriage, although many CSOs and Parliament’s members have submitte...various members of the Egyptian Parliament. There was a social dialogue...
...partners of the project are CSOs, the National Council for Women, the parliament and senate. In the context of.... 22 experts participated in this roundtable including members of the parliament and senate in addition to the...
...illegally and puts lives at risk. In November 2020, the European Parliament “strongly condemned&rdq...titutional Tribunal, which is no longer independent. In addition, the Parliament has repeatedly demanded that...
...6) and UN Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008) on women, peace and security, as well as resolution 2005/2215 of the European Parliament on the situation of women in...
...o end gender based violence and protect women. From her side, CNDC Second Vice President, Montse Pineda, spoke about the "Parliament of Women", an initiative of the Parliament of Catalonia and the CNDC tha...
...fe Foundation’s CEO, and Mr. Atef Hafez, Campaign manager. The policy dialogue gathered 45 political figures, decision makers, Members of Parliament (MPs), journalists, non-gover...
...ed in European politics such as the European Commission, the European Parliament’s (EP) FEMM Women&rsquo...rmation with these regards. The round table, entitled “European Parliament elections, what’s at stake fo...
...terms of leadership, auto-development and team work. It also tackles important issues that illustrate the differences between the role played by parliament and local councils, whether e...
In 2017, the Egyptian parliament passed a new Inheritance law, law 219, giv...society members, journalists and members of parliament, along with representatives o...xperts to draft a new law to be submitted to parliament for discussion. Meanwhile Bad...
...of municipal councils (APC), the popular assembly of wilaya (APW) and parliament deputies (APN) of those regio...s remains very difficult and advocacy actions are required to achieve parliamentary female quota. The proje...
The European Parliament’s Committee on Women&rsquo...quality Index (FEMM). The aim of Parliament’s European Gender Equal...change still needs to happen and Parliament is keen to advance legislatio...t suited to women’s needs. Parliament is championing greater partic...
...as, to discuss some of the issues in this first of a series of planned webinars. The panelists will be: ~Gabi BISCHOFF, Member of the European Parliament.“State of play, partici...
Wthin the framework of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women celebrated on 25 November, the European Parliament’s office in Marseille is organisi...
At the initiative of the FEMM Committee, the European Parliament is holding its first ever European...and women’s rights and gender equality. Therefore, the European Parliament is holding for the first time...
...tions with a view to constituting an independent proposing force in the dialogue with the French government, the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the UN, European and interna...
...uo;’ scheduled for Wednesday 20th of November in Barcelona. Salwa El Gharbi, jurist expert in diversity and elected member of the Catalan Parliament, will also participate in thi...
...Moroccans’ awareness on the issue of sexual harassment and the law against violence against women which was approved last September by the parliament. Artistic activities such as...
...ill be screened at the end of the conference. SAHWA Project will also present the main results of its research on a meeting at the European Parliament (Brussels), on March 21st, to...
...ion will be followed by an analysis for 2015 parliamentary elections, from a gender p...iances were supportive for women to join the parliament and perform her parliamentary...inctive experiences for women in the current parliament "Opportunities and Challenges...
...organises, with the support of the European Parliament Information Bureau, a seminar...editerranean region, members of the European Parliament and Ambassadors, in the conte...ims to discuss the follow-up of the European Parliament, Member States and civil soci...
...ization, culminated in the adoption, in 2015, of a law granting compensation to rape victims in the 1991-95 war of independence, by the Croatian parliament. This law was considered a f...
...banon and from all religious faiths was launched as well as a petition, collecting 300,000 signatures in 8 months, was presented to the Lebanese parliament in a draft national law. A hu...
...the establishment of the quota system was effective. The law was passed on 12 January 2012, which led to the election of 147 women (31%) in the parliament. This practice has been sele...
...lities were contacted to become ambassadors for the campaign. With regards to its results, an increased representation of women in the European Parliament (EP) has been noted and the s...
...ality in inheritance, crushing hopes forged since the presentation in Parliament of a draft law on equality in...r initiating the backlash: heads of state, ministers, members of Parliament, political party, GONGOs, rel...
...he Guardian, April 3, 2020. Deutsche Welle, Coronavirus fuels domestic violence in the Middle East, EGYPT INDEPENDENT, April 3, 2020. European Parliament, PRESS RELEASE: COVID-19: Sto...
...roved by the Council of Ministers in March 2017, and submitted to the Chamber of Deputies, but which has since been placed in the drawers of the Parliament. Kafa had then encouraged gi...
...Less than a third of all parliamentarians in the EU are women. Wi...chieve gender-balanced national parliaments. The European Institute for...ges. It helps to identify where parliaments stand on their way to gender...hich has statistics on women in parliamentary bureaus and committees in...
...t initiatives in the field of gender through the coordination, development and implementation of policies. It advises the Prime Minister and the Parliament in all issues related to gend...
...ng of their rights guaranteed by national and international legislation, coordinates its work with Gender Equality Commissions of both Houses of Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia a...
...prepared based on the information and documents received by SDFE (notably national daily and weekly press), institutional websites (ministries, Parliament, partner organisations), fran...
Equal opportunities is one of the key pillarsof the European Pillar of Social Rights. The European Commission, the Parliament and the Council, together with Member States, a...
This study, commissioned by theEuropean Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the FEMM Committee, e...
...faced by Jordanian women candidates: both the enabling factors and obstacles in the election of more women to parliament and municipal councils. A second assessment analysed the parliament’s workplace operations,...
...d labour on women as a result of lockdown, access to maternity, sexual and reproductive health services. This study commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for...
...ataset of the survey conducted among selected Middle East countries, electoral quotas and seats occupied in previous parliaments affect women’s nominations in current parliaments. The comparative case study...
...ents have happened more recently (such as the coming into force of the Work–Life Balance Directive or the recent elections to the European Parliament). Much of this review also re...
The second Global Parliamentary Report shines the spotlight on one of parliament’s critical functions: its pow...n the contributions of 150 national parliaments, the report is a practical a...munities, as it has examples of how parliaments and MPs carry out oversight...
On September 2011, the European Parliament adopted a resolution which included measures to prevent and combat mobbing and sexual harassment at the workplace, in public spaces,...
On 1 August 2018, the French Parliament adopted this law, which will now make it possible to better prevent violence, better support victims and better punish aggressors. The...
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 n...
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.
Founding Members
Secretariat at:  |
Labelled by:  |
Supported by:  |
