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Wedad Sourani

A meeting to present the results of identifying the needs of the civil coalition institutions and partner institutions within the Citizen First project

Created by Wedad Sourani 752 days ago

...cated in her speech that the project seeks to enable the Palestinian civil society to become an effective force for social, economic and political reform by strengthening the process...

Wedad Sourani

The Society of Women Graduates participates in a study day entitled The Gender reality of women in Palestinian Civil Society Organizations

Created by Wedad Sourani 1060 days ago

...e social justice, which necessarily means that it includes gender equality and justice. She added that this path will enable us to advance gender reform projects for NGOs through a r...

Foundation's Team

The Generation Equality Forum concludes in Paris with announcement of commitments

Created by Foundation's Team 1312 days ago

...;s commitment to collaborate with Caribbean NGOs to advocate for the recognition of the LGBTQI+ community and to undertake region-wide legislative reform to minimize discrimination an...

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Let's name March 8 every day and everywhere!

Created by Foundation's Team 1717 days ago

...her to participate in Tunisia’s democratic transition, within the Higher Authority for Realisation of the Objectives of the Revolution, Political Reform and Democratic Transition. Sh...

Noha El Khouly

ECWR issues its annual report 2019 entitled Egyptian Women and Access to Justice

Created by Noha El Khouly 1774 days ago

...yment opportunities. The text also notes the importance of legislative reforms, including the approval of t...mber of recommendations to improve the status of women: via legislative reform or political empowerment, and...

Noha El Khouly

For the First Time: Six Female Ministers in the Egyptian Cabinet

Created by Noha El Khouly 2570 days ago

...ch 4 women ministers are already present in the current Cabinet: Dr. Hala Helmy Said Younis, Minister of Planning and Follow-up and Administrative Reform. Dr. Sahar Nasr, Minister of...

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A seminar on gender diversity and governance for more equality in the public service

Created by Foundation's Team 2584 days ago

...nance ministries. The seminar was organized by the Moroccan Network Mixité et Gouvernance with the support of the Moroccan Ministry of the reform, the administration and the p...

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MIFTAH supports a fair participation of women in policy making in Palestine

Created by Foundation's Team 2739 days ago

...levels severely impacts the ability to mobilize Palestinian resources and maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of their efforts and roles in reform processes. Moreover, rates of...

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Increasing the representation of Lebanese women in the local political life

Created by Foundation's Team 3143 days ago

...n the need to modify the law of the quotas in partnership with other civil society movements involved, such as the Civilian Campaign for electoral reform and the Lebanese Association...

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First meeting of the partners of the CSO WINS project

Created by Foundation's Team 3555 days ago

...o associations presented their numerous advocacy experiences; for instance, in favour of women’s rights to pass on Lebanese nationality, the reform of the Lebanese Civil Code, o...

Events

Aswat Nissa

Study on the place of gender in the security sector reform in Tunisia

Created by Aswat Nissa 2310 days ago

...a study entitled "Women and Global Security: Towards Gender Responsive Reform of the Security Sector in Tun...ity Agenda. At the end of this conference on Gender in Security Sector Reform, which brought together 12 MP...

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UN Women meeting on women's access to leadership positions

Created by Foundation's Team 2430 days ago

...23 June). The event, which will be attended by women representatives of our Foundation, is organized in partnership with the Moroccan Ministry of Reform of the Administration and Pub...

Maria Àngels Roque

Launch of the MENA-OECD women's economic empowerment forum soon

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2716 days ago

...society to exchange experiences and advance concrete actions for policy reform. The event will also include...qual access to economic opportunities, challenges in implementing legal reforms, gendered data collection, a...

Shared practices

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The street belongs to us - Campaign against sexual harassment: Making Egypt' s streets safer for women

Created by Foundation's Team 3494 days ago

...the campaign. The campaign’s strategy incorporated three main components; research, awareness-raising actions, and advocacy for legislation reform and enforcement. Within each...

Calls and opportunities

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Consultant on contestations and backlashes to gender equality in the MENA

Created by Foundation's Team 1240 days ago

..., citizen’s initiatives, state institutions/bodies.       The form of backlash: international/bilateral agreement, draft law/reform, protest, financial decision,...

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Experts for the Alternative Report to the Universal Periodic Review of Morocco

Created by Foundation's Team 1309 days ago

...nd Equality. Its activities revolve around three specific objectives: 1) Promote advocacy actions by civil society and the media in favor of a reform of the legal framework streng...

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UN WOMEN is looking for a Communications Specialist in Cairo, EGYPT

Created by Foundation's Team 1794 days ago

...reated UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together res...

Resources

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Documentary - Equality: It's All in the Family

Created by Foundation's Team 2332 days ago

...root causes of discriminatory laws and highlights the path toward legal reform. This documentary is just one part WLP’s global initiative: Family Law Reform to Challenge Gender-Based Vio...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 2368 days ago

...dicators and provides information on best practices to facilitate the exchange of experiences among Arab countries and thus encourages legislative reform processes....

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Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR)

Created by Foundation's Team 3422 days ago

...imination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. EOHR defends the human rights of all individuals and groups against all forms of violation. - To reform the Egyptian constitution and...

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Business Development Center (BDC)

Created by Foundation's Team 3422 days ago

...Established in 2004, the Business Development Center (BDC) is a non-profit organization committed to fostering economic development and public reform in Jordan and the Middle East...

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Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND)

Created by Foundation's Team 3422 days ago

...the region. ANND advocates for more sound and effective socio-economic reforms in the region, which integra...n areas: 1. Development Policies in the region 2. Social and economic reform agendas and the role of inter...

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Women's Studies Centre (WSC)

Created by Foundation's Team 3422 days ago

...adopts the main principle of the complete gender equality. To this end, the centre has been carrying out its institutional mandate in an effort to reform the traditional social, econo...

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International Alliance of Women (IAW)

Created by Foundation's Team 3553 days ago

...izations involved in the promotion of women’s and girls’ rights around the world. The objectives of the AIF are: - To ensure as much reform as possible in order to estab...

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United Nations (UN) – UN Women

Created by Foundation's Team 3553 days ago

The creation of UN Women came about in 2011 as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. UN Women has several missions: to support int...

Documents

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Women's Rights under Algerian Political Reform: Between Demands for Personal Rights and Accordance with Religious Authority

Created by Foundation's Team 1522 days ago

...This study (published in the issue 34 of the journal Omran) examines the issue of Algerian women’s rights within the system of political reform that the country has seen sin...

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Beyond Religious Marriages: Civil Marriage, Civil Family Laws, and the Enhancement of Women's Rights in Lebanon

Created by Foundation's Team 1592 days ago

...xperience with which it shares a common colonial, geographic, and religious experience. The author also delves into the possible effects that this reform can have on women’s rig...

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Women, Business and the Law 2020

Created by Foundation's Team 1694 days ago

...and employment. By examining the economic decisions women make as they go through different stages of their working lives, as well as the pace of reform over the past two years, Wome...

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The Pursuit of Gender Equality: An uphill battle

Created by Foundation's Team 1961 days ago

...ors illustrating gender gaps. It also discusses recent policy initiatives, such as pay transparency measures to reduce gender wage gaps and policy reform aimed at fathers taking paren...

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A feminist perspective on post-conflict restructuring and recovery - the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Created by Foundation's Team 2103 days ago

This report argues that an economic reform agenda introduced in a post-co...liance with human rights in the macro economic reform agenda, in this case particul...s over the years leading up to adoption of the Reform Agenda for Bosnia and Herzego...

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Institutional Reform: What Place for Equality and Parity?

Created by Foundation's Team 2372 days ago

...7, 2018. The report is accompanied by five recommendations to revalue the principles of gender equality and parity in the context of institutional reform; and five proposals to streng...

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Situation of women asylum seekers in France after the adoption of the law reforming the right of asylum

Created by Foundation's Team 2408 days ago

...tuation of women asylum seekers in France after the adoption of the law reforming the right of asylum. Women...is less favourable than that of asylum. The law of 29 July 2015 on the reform of the right of asylum, takin...

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The road to reform: Women's political voice in Morocco

Created by Foundation's Team 2464 days ago

...effectively and has led to a series of institutional, legal and policy reforms that women elsewhere in the...ith the exception of Tunisia, have not been able to achieve. These reforms have, in turn, created furth...

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Women's guide to constitution making

Created by Foundation's Team 2495 days ago

...advocates from women advocates, as well as other constitutional experts. This guide is intended for women involved in all aspects of constitution reform, including constitution-draft...

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How women influence constitution making after conflict and unrest

Created by Foundation's Team 2501 days ago

...s. But women are not yet equal participants; an element of constitution reform that remains underexplored. This report examines the diverse roles that women play in constitution reform during peace and transition p...

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A feminist perspective on post-conflict restructuring and recovery - the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina / Perspective féministe sur la restructuration et la récupération post-conflit - le cas de la Bosnie-Herzégovine / منظور نسوي حول إعادة الإعمار والتعافي بعد النزاعات - حالة البوسنة والهرسك

Created by Foundation's Team 2103 days ago

This report argues that an economic reform agenda introduced in a post-conflict country that is not underpinned by a rigorous feminist conflict and gender analysis, will contribute to a continuum of entrenched structural and gender inequalities. Furthermore, it claims that failure to pr...