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Call for Applicaions! Mediterranean Youth Academy

Created by Foundation's Team 711 days ago

Are you between 18 and 29 years old? Are you a national of one of the Union of the Mediterranean –UfM Member States? This is your chance to apply to the 3...

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CLUSTER produces a Compilation of identified efficient practices aimed at tackling youth unemployment in 7 Mediterranean countries

Created by Foundation's Team 878 days ago

The "Compilation of identified efficient practices" is a document produced by CLUSTER’s project partner ARCES Association from Italy. Further...

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CLUSTER met to discuss the production of trainings on sustainable economy and their dissemination

Created by Foundation's Team 892 days ago

On 3 June 2022, the CLUSTER consortium met to debate developments in the creation of the Private Sector oriented Catalogue and the&n...

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CLUSTER releases its report on employment needs in the field of sustainable economy

Created by Foundation's Team 923 days ago

After the gathering of 48 regional and national stakeholders in a Cross-border Workshop in Amman, Jordan, the results are now available with this&n...

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CLUSTER asked 1,458 young people and women from 7 Mediterranean countries about their professional needs

Created by Foundation's Team 923 days ago

During the first phase of project implementation, 1,458 young NEETs ("Not in Education, Employment, or Training") and women were interviewed by CLUSTER...

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CLUSTER met to discuss new e-learning tools

Created by Foundation's Team 948 days ago

On June 12, 2022, the CLUSTER partners met to discuss the future e-learning tools and e-platform. These are to be made available to trainees in the 7 mediterranea...

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CLUSTER conducts Focus Groups to create inclusive training materials for young people and women

Created by Foundation's Team 999 days ago

With the aim of improving the employability skills of youth and women in the Mediterranean, CLUSTER is developing Curricula to train them in four sectors of sus...

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CLUSTER joins the Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Policy Conference, an event to foster employment among youth and women in the region

Created by Foundation's Team 1064 days ago

On 17 May 2022, CLUSTER, represented by the Managing Director of the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Mr Roger Albinyana, and Progr...

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CLUSTER joins the MedCat Days 2022, an event to connect Catalan actors working in the Mediterranean

Created by Foundation's Team 1123 days ago

On 23 March 2022, CLUSTER participated in the MedCat Days 2022, a hybrid  event co-organised by the Ministry for Foreign Action and Open Government and...

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Launch Conference of CLUSTER: advanCing youth and women sociaL inclUSion in The MEditerRanean project

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1246 days ago

Background The economic hardships following the COVID-19 pandemic have heavily hit employment opportunities in the Euro-Mediterranean region, raising numbers of...

Events

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EMWF and CLUSTER participate in the Forum of Mediterranean Worlds in Marseille on 7 and 8 February 2022

Created by Foundation's Team 1190 days ago

The photo exhibition of the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation (FFEM), with secretariat and headquarters at the IEMed, "Women in Ac...

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International Meeting of Women Journalists and Communicators of the Mediterranean

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1270 days ago

The European Network of Women Journalists, with the support of Diario Feminista, organises the International Meeting of Women Journalists and Communicators of the...

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Register for the I Conference on Disability and Social Inclusion in the Mediterranean

Created by Foundation's Team 1322 days ago

The situation of persons with disabilities in the Euro-Mediterranean region is far from being fully satisfactory. Many countries have improved their legislative e...

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International Online Conference: Women in Industry and Innovation

Created by Foundation's Team 1743 days ago

...ions of the conference.  The Conference will tackle the following themes: Harnessing the potential of women-led entrepreneurship and self-employment in value chain development R...

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UfM Workshop:Tourism: Generating Jobs for Youth in the MENA Region

Created by Foundation's Team 1973 days ago

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)&rsq...

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UfM Regional Dialogue: youth and women's empowerment, a key issue in the Mediterranean

Created by Foundation's Team 2162 days ago

The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), institution that labels the actions of our Foundation, is organizing a Regional Dialogue on "Shared views on key issues in...

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Research seminar: "Restraints and obstacles to women' s economic empowerment”

Created by Foundation's Team 3633 days ago

27 and 28 May 2015, School of Governance and Economics, Mohamed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat This seminar is framed within the context of current crises (political,...

Shared practices

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AFIF: Literacy, Training and Employment for Women in Algeria

Created by Foundation's Team 2643 days ago

In 1962, when Algeria became independent, it set up a huge literacy programme. More than 85 percent of the population was illiterate, and despite considerable inv...

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Educational exhibition 'Women-men equality in the work place'

Created by Foundation's Team 2996 days ago

This new educational exhibition for the general public is meant to raise awareness and combat sexist stereotypes in professional segregation. It should particular...

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'Jeunes et Femmes' (youth and women): tools to build a life

Created by Foundation's Team 2996 days ago

The “Jeunes et Femmes” (youth and women) project was launched in 2010 by the Mission locale des Ulis in response to problems of isolation, desocializa...

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Because they are my children, my nationality is their right

Created by Foundation's Team 3568 days ago

The campaign targeted 18,000 Lebanese women married to foreigners. The majority of them live in Lebanon and they have problems with the residency and work of their children...

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Call for social, cultural and health rights for young street mothers

Created by Foundation's Team 3625 days ago

The practice focuses on the case of young street mothers aged 14 to 22 who are often victims of violence and are pregnant after having been kidnapped and pressed...

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Young Women as Job Creator - Phase I

Created by Foundation's Team 3625 days ago

The practice was structured around seminars by promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship. Around 800 students have benefited from this motivation and advice programme in or...

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Rehabilitation and reintegration of former women prisoners in the provinces of Al Sharqia, Ismailia, Port Said and Alexandria

Created by Foundation's Team 3625 days ago

The main objective of the practice is the construction of long-lasting mechanisms for the integration in society of women prisoners after their release. It operat...

Calls and opportunities

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Technical support of project and communication for CLUSTER

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1313 days ago

This year, the IEMed was awarded a grant to tackle social exclusion and poverty amongst vulnerable groups, through the ENI CBC Med project CLUSTER. ...

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Apply to become Project Manager for CLUSTER

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1313 days ago

This year, the IEMed was awarded a grant to tackle social exclusion and poverty amongst vulnerable groups, through the ENI CBC Med project CLUSTER. &nbs...

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Consultant on contestations and backlashes to gender equality in the MENA

Created by Foundation's Team 1314 days ago

EuroMed Rights is looking for an external consultant to document attempted and successful forms of contestations/‘backlashes’ to gender equality in th...

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Traineeships for Gender Equality at EIGE

Created by Foundation's Team 1363 days ago

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) announces traineeship opportunities lasting up to six months for graduates who are either nationals of an E...

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Call for Projects 2021: Acting for Equality between Women and Men

Created by Foundation's Team 1502 days ago

Drawing by C. Cochain On the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day, the French Embassy is launching a new call for projects on March 8, 2021 to su...

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UN WOMEN Programme Associate in Jerusalem, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Job Offer

Created by Foundation's Team 1860 days ago

UN WOMEN is looking for a Programme Associate in Jerusalem, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES    Location: Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories Application Deadli...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1868 days ago

UN WOMEN is looking for a Communications Specialist in Cairo, EGYPT. Find the details below: Job:  Communication Specialist Location : Cairo, EGYPT A...

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AGEMI project: Submit your best practices on gender equality

Created by Foundation's Team 2581 days ago

AGEMI is an EU-funded project which aims to advance gender equality in the media by sharing good practices, developing meaningful training activities and fosterin...

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Memory and Identity: Rethinking Cultural Heritage

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2589 days ago

If you are a young female writer aged between 18 and 30 and speak one of the languages of the 43 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean region, then perhaps you will...

Resources

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The gender gap in employment: What's holding women back?

Created by Foundation's Team 2639 days ago

Around the world, finding a job is much tougher for women than it is for men. When women are employed, they tend to work in low-quality jobs in vulnerable conditi...

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Business Development Center (BDC)

Created by Foundation's Team 3496 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 an...

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Beit el-Hanane Home of Tenderness

Created by Foundation's Team 3496 days ago

Beit el-Hanane Home of Tenderness, is a non-profit, non-denominational, non-discriminatory, charitable organization that deals with the problems of abused women i...

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EUROCIRCLE

Created by Foundation's Team 3554 days ago

The Eurocircle association develops and implements European projects, particularly in the field of international mobility to promote the integration and employabi...

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Poland: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Gender Equality Department

Created by Foundation's Team 3626 days ago

The Gender Equality Department works on raising awareness in terms of gender equality, particularly in the labour market but also in the public sphere. Poland act...

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Monaco: Ministry of State

Created by Foundation's Team 3626 days ago

Fundamental liberties are guaranteed in the Principality of Monaco by the Constitution and they do not entail any gender-based discrimination. The Ministry of Sta...

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Italy: Department of Equal Opportunities

Created by Foundation's Team 3626 days ago

The actions developed by the Department of Equal Opportunities to guarantee gender equality affect numerous fields, such as the definition of financial laws, the...

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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 3626 days ago

...uality and the full participation of women in political, cultural, economic and social life as well as the active promotion of employment and self-employment among women. It implements po...

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Belgium – Institute for the Equality between Women and Men

Created by Foundation's Team 3627 days ago

Federal public institution responsible for guaranteeing and promoting gender equality and to fight against any form of discrimination and inequality based on gender. It see...

Documents

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Youth, Women and Employment in the Mediterranean Region: Continuity and Change

Created by Foundation's Team 957 days ago

The Union for the Mediterranean’s (UfM) 5th Ministerial Conference on Employment and Labour, held on 18 May this year in Marrakesh (Morocco), gave ministers...

Monia Braham

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

Created by Monia Braham 1167 days ago

Since the adoption of the international convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW) and the Beijing platform for Action, wo...

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Legal gender recognition in the EU The journeys of trans people towards full equality

Created by Foundation's Team 1482 days ago

This study would not have been possible without the contributions of trans individuals living across the EU, who played a crucial role in the study, as reviewers,...

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Sexism at work: how can we stop it? Handbook for the EU institutions and agencies

Created by Foundation's Team 1518 days ago

This handbook will be relevant for every organisation and for all work contexts, bothin the public and private sector. However, the content has been tailored to t...

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The Care Economy in the Arab States: Towards recognizing, reducing and redistributing unpaid care work - brief

Created by Foundation's Team 1582 days ago

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&ndash...

Milena Kadieva

No Gaps Handbook and Toolbox for professionals in integral intervention with young female asylum seekers and refugees

Created by Milena Kadieva 1584 days ago

The No Gaps Handbook & Toolbox for professionals in integral intervention with young female asylum seekers and refugees targets professionals in counsell...

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Addressing the gender dimension of informality - Tackling Vulnerability in the Informal Economy

Created by Foundation's Team 1606 days ago

Globally, men are more exposed to informality than women, but the share of women in informal employment exceeds that of men in a majority of countries (Chapter&nb...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1623 days ago

The first two decades of the 21st century has seen its share of dramatic events: the “war on terror” launched in the aftermath of the 11 September 200...

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Needs Assessment of Syrian Women and Girls Under Temporary Protection Status in Turkey

Created by Foundation's Team 1629 days ago

UN Women and Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Immigrants (ASAM) undertook a comprehensive needs assessment of Syrian women with the aim of gathe...

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From Insights to Action: Gender equality in the wake of COVID-19

Created by Foundation's Team 1663 days ago

This publication summarizes the data, research and policy work produced by UN Women on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls, including how...

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Female entrepreneurship progress in Setif / تطور ريادة الأعمال النسائية في سطيف / Le développement de l'entrepreneuriat féminin à Sétif

Created by Foundation's Team 2457 days ago

The wilaya (region) of Setif, Algeria, has a strong economic and commercial potential, it is distinguished by a large offer of university centers and vocational training centers. Despite this, the participation of women in the economic sphere remains low: it is estimated that in 2016 an...

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Les Pionnières: oser, innover, entreprendre. / بايونيرز (الرواد) الجرأة و الإبتكار و التنفيذ / Pioneer Women: daring, innovaton, entrepreneurship

Created by Foundation's Team 2996 days ago

Créé il y a 10 ans, Les Pionnières c’est un réseau de près de 20 incubateurs et pépinières au service d’entrepreneures innovantes et créatrices d’emplois durables en France, au Maroc, en Belgique et au Luxembourg....

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Gender equality and economic independence: part-time work and self-employment: Report / Égalité entre les femmes et les hommes et indépendance économique : travail à temps partiel et auto-emplois : rapport / المساواة بين الجنسين و الإستقلال الإقتصادي: العمل بدوام جزئي و التوظيف الذاتي: تقرير

Created by Foundation's Team 3106 days ago

This report focuses on the importance of gender equality in economic rights and independence, including access to employment, appropriate working conditions and control over economic resources. The report analyses the effects of part-time work and self-employment, on the economic independence of ...

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Entrepreneurial Environment Study: Slovakia National Report / Étude sur l'environnement entrepreneurial : Rapport national sur la Slovaquie / دراسة بيئة ريادة الأعمال: التقرير الوطني لسلوفاكيا

Created by Foundation's Team 3471 days ago

This report is framed within the European project "Fostering Gender Equality: Meeting the Entrepreneurship and Microfinance Challenge", coordinated by the European Microfinance Network, which seeks to improve the understanding of women's entrepreneurship and to identify and exchange good practice...

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Fondation Cherie Blair pour les femmes / / Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

Created by Foundation's Team 3496 days ago

La Fondation Cherie Blair pour les femmes se centre sur le développement et la transformation des micro, petites et moyennes entreprises féminines en des entreprises grandissantes et durables. La fondation développe des projets avec des solutions durables aux d&eacu...

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Meeting the entrepreneurship & microfinance challenge. Country report: Spain / Relever le défi de l' entreprenariat et de la microfinance. Rapport par pays: Espagne / مواجهة تحدي ريادة الأعمال والتمويل الأصغر. تقرير بلد: أسبانيا

Created by Foundation's Team 3614 days ago

This report is framed within the comparative studies conducted in eight European countries involved in the project "Fostering Gender Equality: Meeting the Entrepreneurship & Microfinance Challenge" (Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Slovakia, Spain and United Kingdom), which aims to ...

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Who Answers to Gazan Women? An Economic Security and Rights Research / Qui est responsable envers les femmes de Gaza ? Une recherche sur la sécurité et les droits économiques / من يستجيب لنساء غزة؟ بحث في مجال الإستقرار الإقتصادي و الحقوق

Created by Foundation's Team 3629 days ago

This research describes the different adaptation strategies used by women in Gaza to compensate the collapse of household pay under the combined effects of the Israeli occupation, internal political struggles, military destruction and the current economic blockage. The survey focuses on the econo...

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

Women's Security Index (WSI)
Association Anaouat pour la femme et l'enfant
Youth & Women Empowerment Forum
هلدا عواد
Hajar Foundation for Community Development
Sciences Po
Sanaa El Aji
Women and Gender Unit – Ministry of Social Development
Association des Filles de la Renaissance
Femmes pour le Dire, Femmes pour Agir (FDFA)
Liberated T
Association Entrelles Entrepreneures Marrakech-Safi
Kings Road Association
Association Tazghart
iJMA3, The Arab ICT Organization
Valencia University
Djerba Solidarity & Development Association
Fondation Zakoura
Future Pioneers for Empowering Communities (FPEC)
Women and Leadership
Cooperation Association
Africa Women's Forum (AWF)
Horus Foundation for Development and Training
Association club de le jeune fille pour la formation à l'action de développement
Amal Association for the family and the child
Jordanian Journalist Association
Aya Al Khawalda - Independent journalist
Roles for Social Change Association-ADWAR
Bothoor Alkhaer Human Organization
FLSH Ain Chock
Hassine Karim Glaied
Savera Liverpool
Tunisian National League of Policewomen
Amadal Presse

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Documents

Beijing+20: Looking Back and the Road Ahead: Reflections on Milestones in Women's Leadership in the 21st Century

This report, which includes opinions written by many female experts from the MENA region and other places in the world,...

Sexual and Reproductive Health in Morocco and Lebanon: Interview with Marie Debs and Rhimou Hajoub

With the rise of new technologies and political, social and economic shifts, new models of non-normative intimate, sexual and...

Women's Economic Empowerment: An Overview for the MENA Region

This article provides an overview of women’s economic empowerment in the MENA region. It aims to contribute to available...

Annual Barometer on workplace discrimination in France - 11th edition

For its 11th edition, the annual Barometer on workplace discrimination shows the exposure of the labour force to sexist,...

Minors marriage in Libya

This study highlights the phenomenon of marriage of minors, which threatens the Libyan society which needs to be confronted and...

Intranet User Guide

This User Guide provides practical information on how gender equality actors can have access to the Intranet of the...

Gender issues: Education, professional training and employment

The function of this toolikt is to provide approaches and tools that will first strengthen the internal capacity on gender issues...

Conclusions of the VIII MEDA Women Entrepreneurs Forum

The Association of Organisations of Mediterranean Businesswomen (AFAEMME) organizes an annual encounter for women entrepreneurs...

Gender-related opportunities in the audio-visual sector

This informative handbook has been produced with the aim of filling an important gap in the existing publications available to...

Feminism in morocco: between the local and the global

In her 2005 book ‘’Moroccan Islamists and the Challenges to the Monarchy’’ (Paris: Éditions La...