The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will conti...trepreneurs who own a business in Europe and in the MENA region represent just the 6,2...nbsp;Business Club Africa, to launch the first MENA Women Business Club. This ini...
Awareness session about girls’ marriage and violence against women was...mpaign, AEFL attends the webinar "Accelerating the End of Child Marriage in the MENA Region. From Evidence-based R...
On June 30, the round table “COVID-19 in the MENA region: What Gender Policy Responses Do W...can be adopted by decision-makers in the MENA region to inform evidence-bas...women’s economic empowerment in the MENA region. The round table was...
Euro-med rights issued the followin...-Based Violence: What Scenario For The MENA Region ?" The 2011 Arab upri...off a decade of online activism in the MENA region. Blogs and social medi...lence situations faced by women in the MENA region. The report shows for...
We are very happy to announce that Womenpreneur-Initiative and SANAD Entrepr...ucting a survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on female entrepreneurs in the MENA region! If you are a female e...
Based on its call to review women’s positi...n with the world, the “Feminist Coalition for MENA Region Towards Beijing 25+&rd...accounts, joining the “Feminist Coalition for MENA Region Towards Beijing 25+" i...
ABAAD’s founder Ghida Anani has been named Champion for Peace. Champio...ly, creating also toolkits and pedagogical material focusing on Lebanon and the MENA region. Her continuous work t...
Press release – Tuesday, 15 September 2020 Nazra for Feminist Studies...iving this award for the work she conducted on several issues, in Egypt and the MENA region, including and not lim...
On February 26 and 27, the Forum on Women parliamentarians in the Middle East and North Africa took place in Tunis, organized by the Centre of Arab Women for Training...
Barcelona, 2 March 2020 The Union for the Mediterranean embraces the celebr...Western Europe is estimated at 76.7% (54 years to achieve gender parity) and in MENA region at 61.2% (140 years) i...
20-21 July 2022. Women entrepreneur...aking them to the next level. The MENA region, having the world&rsqu...egional studies show that women in the MENA region face some of the highe...portunities for women and girls of the MENA region. To register fo...
In 2020, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Political Feminism project in the MENA region commenced a project in...
Technological changes, including digitalisation,...bsp;causes of the digital gender divide in the MENA region and explore how the di...p;for women-led SMEs Grow your network in the MENA Business Club speed netw...
In the MENA region, women are overrepresented in industries t...a better future for women and communities in the MENA region during a post-COVID-19...ses that can be adopted by decision-makers in the MENA region to inform evidence-bas...
The Caucus For Women Politicians in the MENA Region organises an interactive event to discuss the intersections of different feminist generations, and their activism. Participants wi...
Tuesday the 24th of November at 11:00 am (CET)...ence came into full play during the pandemic in the MENA region. On the occasio...o discuss how gender-based violence unfolds in some MENA countries in times of COVID,...
On 4 December 2019, a Workshop on “Tourism: Generating jobs for Youth in the MENA Region” will take place...in the creation of jobs for youth and women in the MENA region, the workshop will mai...
On November 27th, our founding member the Center of Arab Women for ...a. It seeks to assess the current state of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the MENA region from a female perspect...
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is organising the third edition of Wom...omen-led-businesses for women’s economic empowerment, particularly in the MENA region, and with African and...
On the 10th of December, 2018, the Center of Arab Women for Training and Res...vernance Network, the Institute of Political Science (Sciences Po) and UN Women MENA, among others. Civil s...
To celebrate International Women’s Day 201...ioneer Women from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region who have contributed...ms at celebrating and paying tribute to a sample of MENA pioneer women who have contri...
In view of the Women’s...y, UNIDO and UfM have launched today a MENA Women Business Club to scale-...rsquo;s businesses in the region. The MENA Women Business Club will offe...g programmes. To join the initiative, MENA Women entrepreneurs and busin...
EuroMed Rights is looking for an external consul...nship of their children. In other parts of the MENA Region, conservatism is growi...covered by EuroMed Rights’ membership in the MENA Region, namely: Morocco,...
The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship and The Issam Fares I...rganisers are looking for potential female candidates, or role models, from the MENA region to collect their life...
Deadline extended to 25 June, 2021 (included).&n...n • Boosting Social Protection Reforms in the MENA Region • Algeria, Moroc...gence, Law Enforcement and Security Agencies in the MENA Region: Risks and Opportuniti...
Women make up more than half of the population in the MENA region, however women are under-represented in the labour market....- Participate in the first online space dedicated to women in the MENA Region. - Great to add on yo...
Nazra is hiring! We are currently looking for c...ional Manual on Monitoring and Documentation in the MENA Region” and develop the..., to work on our initiative "Feminist Coalition for MENA Region Towards Beijing+25" N...
Become part of a network of "Senior" women entrepreneurs in the MENA region, thanks to our "Senior Women...
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 equa...
International Conference on Celebrating Arab Wom...rogress Women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region contend with social p...e is organized to celebrate the variety of roles of MENA women, past and present, to c...
Nazra for Feminist Studies is openi...t women’ needs and issues in the MENA Region. Are we in need of a N...Women’ Rights and Topics in the MENA Region After COVID-19 The pa.... Struggle Of Feminist Movement in the MENA Region For Combating Sexual V...
The Doria Feminist Fund se...n of feminist movement in the MENA region has access to more and...aged feminist scholars in the MENA region. The Doria Femini...endent feminist groups in the MENA region are at the forefront o...w that feminist groups in the MENA region - especially nascent o...
Women Digital Hub is the first digital space for women in the MENA region to learn, connect and...ills development opportunities for women across the MENA region. Their investment is...
Here is a growing list of different resources di...der Relations and the Subordination of Women in the MENA Region: What the Covid-19 Pan...ou-Habib, Feminist Perspectives on Care Work in the MENA Region, 2020. Council of Eur...
This documentary - produced in collaboration between Womenpreneur-Initiative...and map female tech entrepreneurs and digital talents. In the MENA region, women are over 50% of...
Women in News (WIN) is an online platform that aims to increase women’...unched every year for 30 mid-to-senior level editors or senior journalists from MENA region to join the platform a...
Minerva Soc. Coop. is a a non for profit cooperative which was initial...of proven expertise in the cultural, social and human rights field in the MENA region. Languages: English a...
Women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) face many difficulties and inequalities in their daily lives, and conflict in the region only exasperates the situation. This is the...
IFES and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) have united their years of experience in research and capacity building to enhance the s...
The UfM launched the first-ever Intergovernmenta...at 76.7% (54 years to achieve gender parity) and in MENA region at 61.2% (140 years),...for the current generation of working-age women in MENA could add as much as USD 3.1...
November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Almost a year ago, on this occasion, the European Institute of the Med...
Executive Summary The novel coronavirus 2019 (C...ic’s impact, especially for women and girls. MENA is at a critical stage in con...measures even more challenging. Women and girls in MENA, already facing discriminatio...
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence aga...debate with gender experts and activists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to discuss the subtle...
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of United Nations Se...cussions and opinions by feminist activists in theMiddle East and North Africa (MENA) on how they view the WPS Age...
This report gathers the conclusions of the V UfM Women4Mediterranean Confere...omen in the areas of the economic impact of COVID-19 for women entrepreneurs in MENA and violence against women an...
Like women all around the globe, MENA women are at the frontline of the COVID-19 r...acerbate the obstacles faced by women in the MENA region. This brief takes stoc...watershed moment for gender equality in the MENA region and an opportunity to...
At a moment when many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are looking to accelerate ec...e as equally involved as men in labour markets, the MENA region could see its gross do...
Published for the IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2...’s eye view of the context of Covid-19 in the MENA region with emphasis on the w...vely on her feminist networks within and beyond the MENA region in an attempt to visib...
This brief highlights emerging trends of violence against women and girls (V...t practices, knowledge and experience shared by various stakeholders from seven MENA countries during a workshop o...
The Doria Feminist Fund seeks to create a feminist ecosystem where the new generation of feminist movement in the MENA region has access to more and better funding and resources which enables the development and sustainability of its activism to advance the rights, wellbeing, and securi...
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:...
International Conference on Celebrating Arab Women: Agents of Change and Progress Women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region contend with social practices founded on patriarchal values, confining them to a secondary position in these male-dominated societies. History, past...
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...
Call for Participation: Rethinking Social transformations - Inequalities in the Arab region in light of Covid-19 Deadline: 30 April 2020 (Call for Abstracts) See point 3 for application procedure. 1. Overview The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide in early 2020 laid bare...
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...
The #MeToo movement has evolved into a unique, intersectional feminist social media campaign, calling for the public sharing of sexual assault and harassment testimonies to illustrate the commonplace experience of sexual violence against women. It is “ultimately a plea for justice...
The index presented in this report is the most comprehensive tool available to explore the state of gender equality across 129 countries (covering 95% of the world’s girls and women), 14 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and 51 targets linked to issues inherent in th...
Womenpreneur Initiative and SANAD Entrepreneurship Academy are joining forces to launch the "Womenpreneur Tour", an amazing initiative that aims to promote female entrepreneurship in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa), particularly in the fields...
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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