This review focuses on a broad conception of gender equality that extends beyond counting boys and girls in classrooms. The review’s first part examines disparities in participation and skills, in education and political leadership positions, and in selected aspects of infrastruct...
This report presents the main developments that affected the situation of women in Palestine between July 2014 and June 2016. Key events were the 50-day Israeli offensive on Gaza in the summer of 2014 and the surge of violence in the West Bank since 2015. The report also highlights the ...
Although Tunisia is regarded as a pioneer in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of women’s status and rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, evidence points to a number of persisting challenges. This article uses the Health Rights of Women Assessment I...
Women in all societies face challenges to realize their right to health. This is often closely related to their social and economic status. Women cannot access a hospital, because they cannot afford the user fees. Discrimination of women in the family does not allow them to visit a doct...
Throughout the uprising and conflict in Syria, women’s rights activists have worked to deliver a wide range of life saving services and advocate for human rights of women and girls. However, their contributions, experiences, and concerns continue to be missing from international p...
The objective of this site is to fight the invisibility of women in the media in Tunisia by identifying several hundred women researchers, professionals and association leaders in Tunisia. It is available to journalists, who can directly access the experts’ contact details. This site w...
Every 6 seconds a child under 5 dies. Most of these deaths are entirely preventable. We could save millions of lives by providing illiterate mothers in developing countries with accessible health education. To this end, URIDU has developed an audiobook in the mother language of those m...
Le nouveau rapport phare d’ONU Femmes, offre une évaluation exhaustive et fiable des progrès, des manquements et des difficultés dans la mise en œuvre des Objectifs de développement durable (ODD) dans une perspective de genre. Le ra...
This study maps the current state of gender justice in the Arab region, documenting barriers as well as opportunities. Its primary research aim is to determine how to develop an environment, at the legal, policy, and social levels that is conducive to gender justice. The study also pro...
Le MEDFEST est un festival égyptien de courts-métrages éducatifs, culturels, humanitaires et à caractère médical, lancé en janvier 2017. Sa vision est d’explorer des terrains communs entre la médecine et le cinéma comm...
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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