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Andalib Adwan

The Community Media Center (CMC) continues its work in advocating for the rights and issues of women and youth during the year 2023

Created by Andalib Adwan 812 days ago

...s access to justice and security, promoting a culture of respect for the human rights of women and youth in society, and enhancing participation Civil and political activities for women and youth....

Andalib Adwan

The Community Media Center holds a conference on the rights and needs of academies in the Gaza Strip

Created by Andalib Adwan 939 days ago

...demics, as well as neutralizing the role of political parties in university policie...il society institutions, and activate their participation and presence in institutions,...memorandum signing ceremony began with the participation of Dr. Reham Halaseh, represe...

Rabha Fathi

SOAWR Egypt Concluded Training of NGOs Introducing the Maputo Protocol

Created by Rabha Fathi 1003 days ago

...uto Protocol, and the most important civil, political, economic and social rights w...the field of women’s empowerment and participation to introduce the protocol...omen, including the right to participate in political processes, social and political e...

Wedad Sourani

SWG implemented the Gender-Based Violence workshop

Created by Wedad Sourani 1070 days ago

...rsquo;s access to legal and psychosocial support services. With the participation of about 30 women, the wo...lence. She also addressed the causes of violence (economic reasons - political reasons - cultural reasons - lega...

Andalib Adwan

CMC carries out a hearing on the adoption of a draft law on family protection from violence

Created by Andalib Adwan 1128 days ago

...hall, in the center of Gaza City, with the participation of representatives of the...ith equal rights and opportunities",saw the participation of more than 80 female academ...media professionals and youth activists in political life. He also talked about the st...

Wedad Sourani

Launch of the Training Program for building Young Leaders

Created by Wedad Sourani 1132 days ago

...ion with the Society of Women Graduates. The three days training addressed the concepts of gender, development, gender-based violence and political participation and was attended by more than...

Wedad Sourani

The Society of Women Graduates in the Gaza Strip concluded the activities of the project entitled Promoting the Active Participation of Women in the Democratic Process

Created by Wedad Sourani 1222 days ago

...or 29 female graduates on the participation of women in the electoral...ng workshops on women’s political participation and elections, bene...ote the importance of women’s political participation, were carried out by broadcas...t of a Twitter hashtag #Women_Participation_Future_Society. The project...

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The Generation Equality Forum concludes in Paris with announcement of commitments

Created by Foundation's Team 1415 days ago

...he Government of Bangladesh’s pledge to increase women’s participation in the ICT sector, includ...at least USD 100 million  over five years to fund feminist political mobilization and leadership &n...

Esther Fouchier

FFM supports migrant women in the framework of the project FORUM for intercultural dialogue

Created by Esther Fouchier 1489 days ago

...nada (Spain) FORUM revolves around intercultural dialogue and civic participation against the stigmatisatio...isolation, to develop their capacities, to make them visible in the political space, to allow them to cross the...

Samira MUHEYA

Promoting parity, a necessary step towards achieving gender equality in Morocco

Created by Samira MUHEYA 1551 days ago

...far for reaching parity at institutional, political, civil, economic, social, cul...and organs of the legislative, social and political institutions, trade unions an...doubling the quantitative and qualitative political participation of women in elected instituti...

Events

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Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Girls

Created by Foundation's Team 1281 days ago

.... In addition to suffering violence in a domestic setting, women experience violence in the public sphere, preventing their meaningful participation in political and public life, as well as in th...

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Combating Violence Against Women and Girls: Human Dimension Seminar

Created by Foundation's Team 1287 days ago

...blic sphere, preventing their meaningful participation in political and public life, as well as i...p;   Violence against women in political and public life; -  &n...p for the event is available here. Participation in the event is free of charg...

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Moroccan Amazigh oral and written literature translated into English, from a gender perspective

Created by Foundation's Team 1519 days ago

...ture, social movements, history and memory, gender and socio-political transformations, youth participation, social media, and migrat...uo; and “the language of internal othering in Moroccan political and media discourse on Hirak of t...

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ONLINE DEBATE - Women in a men's world: how gender defines the path to success

Created by Foundation's Team 1575 days ago

...f balance between work and personal life. However, increasing female participation and representation in the...ational Relations focusing on the research, analysis and forecast of political, operational and security develop...

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Regional workshop in Amman on women's engagement in public and political life

Created by Foundation's Team 1989 days ago

...From Roadblocks to Roadmaps: Together to strengthen women’s political participation – Arab Region Learning...YLDF is a Yemeni NGO aiming at increasing female and male youth participation in the development of their c...

Maria Àngels Roque

Debate in Malta on the challenges of gender equality in the Mediterranean

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2275 days ago

...rence "Women in the Mediterranean" with the participation of the European Institute...ith the audience, which will count with the participation of the following personalities and experts: Yana Bland, a political activist for justice, equality an...

Hend M’HAMDI

The participation of Tunisian women in political and associative life

Created by Hend M’HAMDI 2689 days ago

...meeting under the theme of the participation of Tunisian women in political and associative life. This m...and a general reflection on the political issues of participation in municipal elections, it wi...ference-Debate at 18:30 Women’s participation in political life and decision-making process...

Maria Àngels Roque

Forum about women leadership in the Mediterranean area in Jerez

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2932 days ago

...rganizes, with the City Council of Cadiz and the Town Hall of Jerez de la Frontera, the Forum ’Women in the Mediterranean area: identity, political participation, leadership and emancipation’...

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The Foundation presents its monitoring report on the progress of equality in Oran

Created by Foundation's Team 3372 days ago

...ia Ait-Zai, who is the author of the case study of women’s participation in economic and social life in Algeria. Combating violence against women and women's participation in political life are two widely covered topic...

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Presentation of the First monitoring report of the Foundation in Tunis

Created by Foundation's Team 3515 days ago

...esearch Centre for Studies, Documentation and Information on Women - CREDIF. This event will address an overview on women's participation in economic, social and political life, as well as on violence agai...

Shared practices

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Transformative Political Identities for Gender Equality-LANA

Created by Foundation's Team 3149 days ago

...roject aims to increase women’s participation in decision making within...ion and attitude toward women’s political participation and gender roles and equality...acy plan and campaign to increase the participation of women in political life andto improve the implementa...

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Strengthening the political participation of Palestinian women

Created by Foundation's Team 3372 days ago

...ive role in the Palestinian struggle on the ground, their political participation and representation in political decision making positions is...raising the percentage of women´s representation in political decision making positions, to rea...

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Inviting children with their mothers for breakfast to raise awareness among mothers

Created by Foundation's Team 3374 days ago

...the role of these women as citizens and of their active and free participation in elections (to vote). T...o raise the awareness of more than 500 citizens on women´s participation in political life. This practice was idnetifi...

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Capacity building caravan of social actors in the southern Morocco

Created by Foundation's Team 3597 days ago

...was launched in 2009. Its aim is to provide political actors and associations from...inform and support the process of women' s participation in public life through a year...to benefit from a series of trainings. The participation condition was to propose a wo...

Calls and opportunities

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The Generation Equality Girls'Fund

Created by Foundation's Team 1401 days ago

...e funds. Formal channels of GE include participation in the Action Coalitions...cipate, click here. Your group’s participation can be through the formal or...is independent of government institutions, political and religious organisations, and...

Hala Bugaighis

Call for expression of interest from Libyan women civil society organisations

Created by Hala Bugaighis 1475 days ago

...quo;s role in decision making and effective participation in public life in Libya t...enhance women’s engagement in social, political, and economic life. This is base...o so. This will contribute to the effective participation of women in public life in Li...

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ODIHR Advocacy School on Gender and Politics

Created by Foundation's Team 1483 days ago

...cy campaigns on women’s political participation and gender equality in po...mic research on women’s political participation and gender equality in politi...ncing women’s political participation and gender equality in politi...

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Lebanon: Enhancing women's participation in Beirut's explosion recovery

Created by Foundation's Team 1566 days ago

...osals in Lebanon to enhance women’s participation in Beirut’s explosi...improving the socio-economic recovery and political participation of women and girls in peacebu...re that women participate meaningfully in political recovery following the explosion....

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Regional arts competition against Gender-based Violence

Created by Foundation's Team 1666 days ago

...based violence, attention will also be given to the wider ramifications of emergencies on the health, socioeconomic situation, safety and political participation of women and girls.  I...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1856 days ago

Call for Participation: Rethinking Social transformations - I...urve, highlight how economic and political policies and decisions taken...witnessing economic collapse or political instability. Therefore, the...stand the specific policy and geopolitical contexts in the Arab r...

Hedia Bel Haj Youssef

Take part in CAWTAR's training on transformative leadership in Gafsa

Created by Hedia Bel Haj Youssef 1988 days ago

...for Leadership Roles in the MENA Region" which aims to increase the participation of women in decision-maki...are active members of established social and / or economic and / or political structures, aged between 18 and 3...

Mireia Estrada Gelabert

XABACA Scholarships for Arab Women Artists: Residency and Networking

Created by Mireia Estrada Gelabert 2533 days ago

...cts women in a different way than it affects men. The public and the political role of female creators is re...rtists to increase their role in social change. This will be done by participation in workshops and putting them...

Resources

Ikrame Moucharik

What is feminist self-defense?

Created by Ikrame Moucharik 1553 days ago

...e has often been hidden, invisible, biologized or psychiatrized. The participation of women in wars or revol...power. With feminist self-defence, women regain their power to act, political awareness and politicization of t...

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School for a Culture of Peace's report on conflicts, human rights and peacebuilding from a gender perspective

Created by Foundation's Team 1720 days ago

...ectives: armed conflicts, socio-political crises and gender, peace and...armed conflicts and socio–political crises, as well as the inclus...al (LGTBI) population and their participation in peacebuilding initiati...armed conflicts and socio–political crises; and the final section is...

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E-Portal: Legal and human rights of women and men between equality and gaps

Created by Foundation's Team 2471 days ago

...women in the Arab region. The portal allows users to search for laws on different topics and rights such as education, health, violence, political participation, contribution to the economy,...

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WEBPAGE: EU Neighbourhood Info Center. EuroMed Gender Issues

Created by Foundation's Team 3522 days ago

...empowerment of women and girls, their access to justice, education, health care and other social services, strengthening their voice and political participation and shifting the institutiona...

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Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR)

Created by Foundation's Team 3525 days ago

...hese include, in particular, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Internati...l respect for an independent judiciary. - To guarantee the right to participation in public affairs without dis...

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League of Tunisian Women Voters

Created by Foundation's Team 3525 days ago

...eness of the importance of women’s role in supporting electoral practice. The association’s members also believe in the importance of the political participation of young people of both sexes...

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New Woman Foundation

Created by Foundation's Team 3525 days ago

...dom, equality and social justice, and consider women’s social, political, economic, citizenship and re...fective groups of women in civil society to widen the scope of their participation in the public space. - The d...

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Association of Women Committees for Social Work - AWCSW

Created by Foundation's Team 3655 days ago

...ng its efforts on promoting the social, educational, economical, and political development of Palestinian wo...k on raising the legal awareness of women, in order to promote their participation in decision-making processes,...

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Spain Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality. Institute of Women's Affairs and for Equal Opportunities

Created by Foundation's Team 3656 days ago

...stry of Health, Social Services and Equality which seeks to promote the conditions that allow social gender equality and the full participation of women in political, cultural, economic and social li...

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World Bank – DataBank

Created by Foundation's Team 3657 days ago

On this website, gender disparities are measured using a compilation of data on key issues: education, health, participation of labour force, and political participation. This data is also listed under four main tabs: by country, by topic, indicators, data catalogue and microdata.

Documents

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High Level Conference Women for the Mediterranean 2022

Created by Foundation's Team 776 days ago

...o leadership in public life and decision-making, raise women´s participation in economic life and comb...special efforts are needed to strengthen women’s economic and political empowerment and to end violence a...

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Mediterranean Women Breaking Barriers

Created by Foundation's Team 812 days ago

...ctices against women and clearly attest to the existing political, economic and educational bar...tset in the ministerial conferences always focus on the participation of women in public and social life, the political and economic sphere, and the figh...

Monia Braham

Implementing the 2030 Agenda in the Arab Region with a Gender and Green Local Development perspective

Created by Monia Braham 1197 days ago

...ccess to economic resources, information and technology, and limited participation in policy formulation and...the Arab Region at the twenty-eighth ESCWA ministerial session as a political commitment that promotes policies...

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The political participation of Jordanian women at the local level

Created by Foundation's Team 1471 days ago

...repared a field diagnosis entitled "Women’s Participation in Municipal Councils in...ffairs. This paper focuses on the gaps in participation between Jordanian women and m...ors that limit the contribution of women to political life in the region of Irbid. The...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1611 days ago

...n representatives of civil society organisations, trade unions and political parties, the analysis propose...e avenues of analysis on issues that affect or prevent egalitarian political participation in the Moroccan context....

Maria Alabdeh

COVID-19 and Women in Syria: Deepening Inequalities

Created by Maria Alabdeh 1645 days ago

...tional and economic opportunities as well as the possibilities for political participation they previously had are n...o;s voices are critical in responding to any crisis, whether it be political, economic, or health-related....

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Women's Political Presence in the Arab Mediterranean Region: Governance, Contentious Politics, and Agency

Created by Foundation's Team 1652 days ago

...en’s presence in varied movements and mobilizations, and their participation in national and local gov...pandemic, women’s continued activism in both civil society and political society reflects the profound soc...

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Gender Equality in Jordan: local perceptions and obstacles to political participation

Created by Foundation's Team 1657 days ago

...ified as one of the factors preventing gender equality in terms of political representation and highlights...recommendations proposed by local associations to address the low political participation of women and girls in this ar...

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Women's Political Participation in Jordan: Barriers, Opportunities and Gender Sensitivity of select Political Institutions

Created by Foundation's Team 1677 days ago

...of the country’s institutions in promoting women’s political participation. Legal, institutional and social norms that serve as barriers to women’s political participation are highlighted....

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Women's political participation in Tunisia

Created by Foundation's Team 1677 days ago

The article is published within the monograph "The Tunisian Exception. Profile of a unique political lab...

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The involvement of Palestinian women in political processes: An overview of the West Bank / L'implication des femmes palestiniennes dans le processus politique: un aperçu de la Cisjordanie / مشاركة المرأة الفلسطينية في العمليات السياسية: نظرة عامة على الضفة الغربية

Created by Foundation's Team 1551 days ago

In 2017, the Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling (WCLAC) released an evaluation report highlighting the role of women in Palestinian politics, with the aim to examine the factors that hinder their access to decision-making bodies. This article is based upon the field diag...

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Gender Equality in Morocco: Local Perspectives about the Constraints on Political Participation / Égalité de genre au Maroc : perspectives locales autour des limites à la participation politique / المساواة بين الجنسين في المغرب: وجهات نظر محلية حول القيود المفروضة على المشاركة السياسية

Created by Foundation's Team 1611 days ago

Through the field diagnosis "Women’s access to positions of responsibility in the Souss-Massa region", the Tamaynut association has studied the legal, socio-economic, cultural and individual factors that hinder the access of women and girls to positions of responsibility in M...

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Égalité de genre en Jordanie : perceptions locales et obstacles à la participation politique / المساواة الجنسانية في الأردن: تصورات محلية وعقبات أمام المشاركة السياسية / Gender Equality in Jordan: local perceptions and obstacles to political participation

Created by Foundation's Team 1657 days ago

En décembre 2018 l’association Al-Anwar (Al-Anwar Women Charity Society), a publié le diagnostic de terrain intitulé « Les femmes au pouvoir : perceptions locales et obstacles à Ma’an » en tant que chef de file du pôle local d&rs...

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Women's Political Participation in Jordan: Barriers, Opportunities and Gender Sensitivity of select Political Institutions / / La participation politique des femmes en Jordanie : obstacles, opportunités et sensibilité au genre de certaines institutions politiques

Created by Foundation's Team 1677 days ago

This report presents the findings of a country-based, peer-reviewed assessment of the existing opportunities and current challenges faced by Jordanian women candidates: both the enabling factors and obstacles in the election of more women to parliament and municipal councils. A second a...

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Women's political participation in Tunisia / / La participation politique des femmes en Tunisie

Created by Foundation's Team 1677 days ago

The article is published within the monograph "The Tunisian Exception. Profile of a unique political laboratory" edited by Federica Zoja in 2020 as the result of a need to revisit the development of this North African country’s democratic project, which has transformed from a newb...

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Protesting gender discrimination from within: women's political representation on behalf of Islamic parties / / Protester la discrimination sexuelle de l'intérieur : la représentation politique des femmes au nom des partis islamiques

Created by Foundation's Team 1677 days ago

In recent decades, Islamic political movements, and their subsequent political parties, have been increasingly recruiting and nominating women to high-level decision-making positions despite the fact that the ideology they espouse often acts to dissuade women from assuming positions of ...

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Political Participation from an Intersectional Feminist Perspective: Practical Tools for Creating Transnational Feminist Political Movements / المشاركة السياسية من منظور نسوي تقاطعي: أدوات عملية لخلق حراكات نسوية سياسية عابرة للأوطان / La participation politique d'un point de vue féministe inters...

Created by Foundation's Team 1686 days ago

This toolkit, designed by the Centre for Transnational Development and Collaboration in cooperation with Dawlaty, revolves around political participation from an intersectional feminist perspective. Written in Arabic, the aim of this toolkit is to redefine the concept of political parti...

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Regional workshop in Amman on women's engagement in public and political life / Atelier régional à Amman sur les femmes dans la vie publique et politique / ورشة عمل إقليمية في عمان حول النساء في الشأن العام والحياة السياسية

Created by Foundation's Team 1989 days ago

Our Foundation, represented by Mrs. Natalie Pilhes, Vice President of the Foundation, will participate in the workshop ‘’From Roadblocks to Roadmaps: Together to strengthen women’s political participation – Arab Region Learning and Exchange Workshop’’...

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La participation des femmes à la vie politique locale dans le gouvernorat de Louxor, Egypte / مشاركة المرأة في السياسة المحلية في محافظة الأقصر في مصر / Women's Participation in Local Politics in Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Created by Foundation's Team 2059 days ago

Alors que les stéréotypes, les rôles et les attentes liés au genre intimident la participation des femmes à la vie politique et publique dans certains pays, la législation et l’absence de politiques sensibles au genre sont considér&e...

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

Regards de Femmes
Kenzy Associacion for Development
University of Manouba Tunisia
Jiwar Creation & Society
Mobilising for Rights Associates (MRA)
Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS)
Gender Equality Unit
Jbail- Byblos Municipality
The Digital Museum of Women  Zatek
Hassène Kassar
Department of Gender Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta
Cooperation Association
The Libyan Network to Support and Empower Women
Fédération de la Ligue Démocratique des Droits des Femmes (FLDDF)
Ibn Battuta Foundation
AWARE Services & Consulting
European Observatory on Femicide
The voice of Amazigh women
Women's Security Index (WSI)
Sawt Nssâ
Forum de Femmes Méditerranée (FFM)
EuroMed Rights
Kadın ve Demokrasi Derneği - KADEM - Women and Democracy Association
Yala Academy
Hiwar Center for youth and women's empowerment
Programme d'Appui à la Société Civile (PASC-TUNISIE)
Fondation Zakoura
Bint Bladi Association
NAWF Women Entrepreneurs
Women Entrepreneurs Accelerator (WEAccelerator)
Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster University
Soroptimist Club Marrakech
Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW)
Kayan Feminist Organization
Nezha El Medhmed

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