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Andalib Adwan

The Community Media Center (CMC) launches a media campaign with the aim of combating violence and gender-based discrimination in the digital space

Created by Andalib Adwan 244 days ago

...advocacy efforts for the digital rights of women and girls for the fo...ucate women and girls about their rights to a safe and effective digit...gender-based violence, including sexual violence, by promoting commun...s of advocating for women’s rights and gender equality, as well...

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Public campaign to mark the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (25 November - 10 December)

Created by Foundation's Team 426 days ago

...otection and promotion of the Rights of Women and Girls planned by...omen/girls who are victims of sexual violence. 4) Comprehensive c...omen/girls who are victims of sexual violence in the Wilaya of Bli...fting of a : ** A charter of rights for victims of sexual violenc...

Andalib Adwan

The Community Media Center (Gaza) holds orientation sessions on combating gender-based violence

Created by Andalib Adwan 487 days ago

...gender-based violence, including sexual violence, by promoting commun...s of advocating for women’s rights and gender equality, as well...ender-based violence from a human rights and gender perspective. In t..., equality and a culture of human rights, with a focus on women and yo...

Ana Sofia Fernandes

De Viva Voz - TOWARDS A FEMINIST TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION

Created by Ana Sofia Fernandes 668 days ago

...in the field of women’s rights, presented by guest speakers....e fulfilment of women’s rights, including the added challeng...from the myths associated to sexual violence, the power relations...se Platform for Women’s Rights is actively pushing for the r...

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Stop Violence Against Women: Statement by the European Commission and the High Representative

Created by Foundation's Team 737 days ago

...e against women and girls is a pervasive human rights violation. In Europe, one wo...aving experienced some form of physical and/or sexual violence. One in 10 women reported having been victim to some form of sexual violence, and one in 20 had b...

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Online Gender-Based Violence: What Scenario For The MENA Region ?

Created by Foundation's Team 920 days ago

Euro-med rights issued the following piece of news on "O.... In a recent report, EuroMed Rights mapped the diversity of ...vealed having been subject to sexual violence and harassment onlin...r public women, such as human rights defenders and journalists. Si...

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Our Generation Equality: 7 thematic events within the framework of the Generation Equality Forum

Created by Foundation's Team 1091 days ago

...of concrete actions to advance gender equality and women’s rights around the world. Our Gene...Gender-based violence (7 December) Justice and economic rights (14 December) Right to self-determination, sexual and reproductive health and r...

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First-ever strategy on LGBTIQ equality in the EU

Created by Foundation's Team 1115 days ago

...e core values and fundamental rights in the European Union. This m...or violence on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity,...st LGBTIQ people. Protecting rights of rainbow families: Due to d...2020-2025, the Victims’ Rights Strategy, and the Gender...

Ghida Abdallah Anani

ABAAD Founder and Director, Ghida Anani, named Champion for Peace

Created by Ghida Abdallah Anani 1156 days ago

...ess campaign "A White Dress Does Not Cover the Rape" to abolish marital sexual violence in Lebanon. She was...to achieve gender equality and all women’s and girls’ human rights. You can read more on the Coa...

Mozn Hassan

Mozn Hassan Receives the Hrant Dink Award 2020

Created by Mozn Hassan 1172 days ago

...feminist activist and woman human rights defender be granted the Hrant...fought all his life for Armenian rights and documented the massacres...ing and not limited to, combating sexual violence against women in the...aranteeing the inclusion of their rights in the constitution and Egypt...

Events

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Transnational Feminist Practices Against War: 20 Years Later

Created by Foundation's Team 816 days ago

...e is Co-Coordinator, Decolonizing Sexualities Network. Her books inclu...ritus, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University&n...governmental organizations, human rights, and law and citizenship. She...ER TERRY Professor, Gender & Sexuality Studies, UC Irvine. Her bo...

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Discussing the empowerment of female refugees and migrants for a socially inclusive Europe

Created by Foundation's Team 900 days ago

...s which disproportionately affect women and girls, such as domestic and sexual violence, lower pay, lack of...ings together women from the field of social cohesion and women’s rights. The webinar, put together...

Stephanie Willman Bordat

Sexual Violence against Women in Morocco - launch of the report by MRA

Created by Stephanie Willman Bordat 942 days ago

...n Arabic, to present the launch of its action research report entitled "Sexual Violence against Women in Mor...p;Voix De Femmes Marocaines, Agadir  Saida Kouzzi (Mobilising for Rights Associates- MRA)  Amina...

Maria Àngels Roque

Conference on queer activism, intersectional feminism and national struggles in Palestine

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 958 days ago

...an Feminist Center for Gender and Sexual Freedom Ghadir Shafie is a P...an Feminist Center for Gender and Sexual Freedoms, where she currently...tinian communities to advance the rights of women and LGBTQI persons a...safe spaces for the discussion of sexuality and social change in Pales...

Esther Fouchier

Preparatory meeting for the Generation Equality Forum

Created by Esther Fouchier 1017 days ago

...ving the recognition of the human rights for all women and girls. Env...rector Delegate for Women’s Rights and Equality, Prefecture of t...o dispose of one’s body and sexual and reproductive health right...uguese Platform for Women’s Rights Presentation of the depart...

Rachid Aboutaieb

National Symposium on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Casablanca

Created by Rachid Aboutaieb 1732 days ago

...nizes a national symposium on sexual and reproductive health. The...s to: Explore the state of sexual education in Morocco and in t...quality and respect for human rights in terms of sexual and reprod...cause the high prevalence of sexual diseases: STIs, HIV, cervical...

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Meeting and debate on women's rights in the MENA region

Created by Foundation's Team 1825 days ago

...e event "Acting for women’s rights: issues and mobilizations" (&...;the Delegation for Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities of th...ces, particularly in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, and.... The event, linked to the Human Rights Day and the 70th anniversary...

Shared practices

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Campaign - Sexism: See it. Name it. Stop it.

Created by Foundation's Team 933 days ago

In partnership with several organisations, the Council of Europe has put together a series of recommendat...eir ethnicity, age, disability, social origin, religion, gender identity, sexual...

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Croatia: Lobbying in support of women survivors of wartime sexual violence

Created by Foundation's Team 1483 days ago

...igma which surrounds rape and sexual violence. While many victims...t anti-military women’s rights activists founded the Centre...ng from other women and human rights organization, culminated in t...kind in recognizing rape and sexual violence as war crime, and pr...

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Imams, preachers and community leaders fighting GBV

Created by Foundation's Team 1752 days ago

...tion with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The project’s ultimate goal is to raise the community’s awareness on sexual and reproductive rights and health (RHR) as well as G...

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Manarat : Stories of inspiring women from the Middle East and North Africa

Created by Foundation's Team 2294 days ago

...online. The selected profiles vary from community mobiliser, political activist, athlete, artist, medical doctor, adventurist, and sexual and reproductive health rights campaigner. They come from 8...

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Excision - Let's talk about it!

Created by Foundation's Team 2494 days ago

The excision of women’s external sexual organ is a violation of their rights and has serious physical and psycho...VIV, communities concerned), and the different topics (sexual health, violence, human rights, psychology…) and impl...

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I Saw Harassment

Created by Foundation's Team 3063 days ago

...e has been established to monitor sexual harassment against women and...ctices that violate women’s rights through periodical reports is...ction for women and girls against sexual harassment. In order to achie...ere 61 women and girls victims of sexual harassment explained their st...

Calls and opportunities

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Call for Tenders : Fight against GBV and violence against children

Created by Foundation's Team 879 days ago

...gainst violence towards women and domestic violence, the fight against trafficking in human beings, children’s rights and the fight against sexual violence against children&nbs...

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Call for project proposals: Responding to anti-LGBTI forces in Europe

Created by Foundation's Team 958 days ago

...s and civil society actors are working to curtail LGBTI rights, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Their tactics are diverse an...g, alliance building and evidence-based advocacy on the rights and needs of LGBTI people in...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 997 days ago

...he occasion of International Women’s Rights Day, the French Embassy is la...namely: - Promote access to women’s rights and promote sexual and reproductive health rights, - Fight against all gender-based and sexual violence by developing partne...

Mozn Hassan

Task Based Researcher Vacancies - Feminist Research Consultancy

Created by Mozn Hassan 1221 days ago

...wo countries from the region) 2. Women’ Rights and Topics in the MENA Region...nist Movement in the MENA Region For Combating Sexual Violence The paper will tack...t movement’s role and struggle to combat sexual violence and how that was ref...

Stephanie Willman Bordat

MRA's new online emergency resource for women victims of violence

Created by Stephanie Willman Bordat 1340 days ago

...Given the 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), Mobilising for Rights Associates (MRA) is taking th...o conduct action research to monitor and document the State response to sexual violence and intimate partner...

Maria Àngels Roque

A sea of words against gender violence

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2777 days ago

...ession of violence or abuse related to women's rights, for the simple reason that t...gender violence extends far beyond physical or sexual aggression, and is often perp...es in the media, reducing the female figure to sexual object, or the aesthetic and...

Resources

Ana Sofia Fernandes

DOCUMENTARY: CONSENT IS NOT FOR SALE

Created by Ana Sofia Fernandes 668 days ago

...rtrait of the appalling human rights violations women undergo, hav...n; people who profit from the sexual exploitation of women, pimps;...se Platform for Women’s Rights) has asserted: “&helli...someone who benefits from the sexual exploitation of other people;...

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COVID-19 Resources: Initiatives, Campaigns, Statements, Calls and Opportunities

Created by Foundation's Team 1333 days ago

...(French) Mobilising for Rights Associates (MRA), MOROCCO:&nb...ment in support of Victims of Sexual Abuse hotline: 04-853-30...Fund for Women’s Human Rights, Grants:  COVID-19 Crisi...bsp; Feminist Alliance for Rights (FAR): Call for a Feminist...

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COVID-19 Resources: Women's Helplines in the Euro-Mediterranean Countries

Created by Foundation's Team 1333 days ago

...ment in support of Victims of Sexual Abuse hotline) ITALY: ...bsp;    PWWSD Women Rights - جمعية المرأة العاملة الفلسط...IRELAND: 24 Hour Domestic and Sexual Violence Helpline 0800 027 1...INST VIOLENCE EUROPE EUROMED RIGHTS European Institute for Gende...

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Twelve Small Actions with big impact for Generation Equality - UN Women

Created by Foundation's Team 1364 days ago

...ery culture, and ensuring the rights of transgender, genderqueer,...to or reveal a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity...5. Exercise your political rights Women remain woefully underr...economic inclusion and equal rights for women and girls everywher...

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UNSCR 1325'National Action Plan Map

Created by Foundation's Team 2060 days ago

...uired parties in a conflict to prevent violations of women’s rights, to support women’s par...post-conflict reconstruction, and to protect women and girls from sexual and gender-based violence in...

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The Alternative Movement for the Defense of Individual Freedoms (MALI): Defending Individual Freedoms in Morocco

Created by Foundation's Team 2146 days ago

...universalist, feminist, secular movement for the defense of sexual and reproductive rights (LGBT + / Right to abortion)", founded in Morocco in 2009 by human rights activist Ibtissame Betty Lach...

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Pathfinder International

Created by Foundation's Team 2991 days ago

Pathfinder International is an organization that works for the establishment of sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide, mobilizing communities most in need to break through barr...

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Germany – Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Created by Foundation's Team 3122 days ago

...enting women from participating in economic life; to integrate women' s rights and the gender approach in in...ds of women in the fight against HIV; to guarantee women their right to sexual and reproductive self-determi...

Documents

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Occupation, conflict and patriarchy: Impacts on Palestinian women

Created by Foundation's Team 789 days ago

...ry to international humanitarian and human rights law have had severe consequen...rabilities, limitations in the exercise of rights and inequalities in access to...ainst sexist violence and the guarantee of sexual and reproductive rights of Palestinian women inHebron...

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Reaching Refugee Survivors of Gender-Based Violence: Evaluation of a Mobile Approach to Service Delivery in Lebanon

Created by Foundation's Team 944 days ago

...ad been forcibly displaced as a result of conflict, violence, and human rights violations. This increase has...y created by displacement and these circumstances can lead to physical, sexual and emotional abuse, includin...

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Gender-Based Violence : Report on Catalan Statistics

Created by Foundation's Team 1007 days ago

...ot allow the full development of women’s rights, equal opportunities and free...ake different forms - physical, psychological, sexual and economic - and which take...cific areas, in the framework of affective and sexual relationships, in the areas o...

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Ending violence against women and girls with disabilities in the European Union

Created by Foundation's Team 1020 days ago

...m or a disability have experienced physical or sexual violence by a partner in thei...eption and abortion, and harassment, including sexual harassment. Despites being m...ality Strategy and Strategy for Victims’ Rights adopted earlier this year, an...

Stephanie Willman Bordat

Promoting State Responsibility for Sexual Violence against Women in Morocco

Created by Stephanie Willman Bordat 1038 days ago

MRA Mobilising for Rights Associates worked in collaboration with Associa...nterviews with women who had been subjected to sexual violence, group discussions,...report builds on women’s experiences of sexual violence, its impact on thei...

Mozn Hassan

Violence against women in Egypt: From Black Wednesday to the Pandemic

Created by Mozn Hassan 1111 days ago

...s at showing how the pandemic led to increased targeting of women human rights defenders and provided an opp...s and actions the state should adopt in order to eradicate violence and sexual violence against women and to...

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Audacity in Adversity: LGBT Activism in the Middle East and North Africa

Created by Foundation's Team 1129 days ago

...eries of videos produced by Human Rights Watch and the Arab Foundation...ion reject the concepts of “sexual orientation” and &ldquo...tion, in conversations with Human Rights Watch, at one-dimensional int...e region as a black hole for LGBT rights. Such coverage fails to recog...

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The gendered impact of the Covid-19 crisis and post-crisis period

Created by Foundation's Team 1143 days ago

...al unpaid labour on women as a result of lockdown, access to maternity, sexual and reproductive health servi...y the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at...

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Convention and Recommendation on the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work - 2019

Created by Foundation's Team 1523 days ago

...lence and harassment in the world of work “can constitute a human rights violation or abuse…is...aim at, result in, or are likely to result in physical, psychological, sexual or economic harm.” It r...

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Prostitution and Trafficking of Women in Lebanon

Created by Foundation's Team 1572 days ago

...ticle focuses on the subject of trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Lebanon, wher...mainly based on a diagnosis produced by the Lebanese League for Women’s Rights (LLWR), which analyzed prosti...

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Journée des droits humains : l'apport de la FFEM aux enjeux genre et développement / مساهمة مؤسسة نساء الأورومتوسط في شؤون الجندر والتنمية في يوم حقوق الإنسان / Human Rights Day: The FFEM's contribution to gender and development issues

Created by Foundation's Team 1808 days ago

À l’occasion de la Journée mondiale des droits humains et du 70ème anniversaire de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’Homme, le 10 décembre 2018 a eu lieu à l’Assemblée nationale à Paris une rencontre-d&ea...

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Out in the open: Education sector responses to violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression / في العلن: استجابات قطاع التعليم للعنف القائم على التمييز على أساس الجنس و الهوية أو التعبير عن النوع الاجتماعي / Au grand jour: Réponses du secteur de l'éducation à la violence ...

Created by Foundation's Team 2327 days ago

This report summarizes the main findings of the global review. It aims to give an overview of the most up-to-date data on the nature, scope and impact of violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression and of current action. It also intends to provide education secto...

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My vision as a Palestinian feminist / نظرتي كناشطة نسوية فلسطينية / Ma vision comme féministe palestinienne

Created by Foundation's Team 2453 days ago

This articles explains the author´s views on feminism and society in Palestine.it emphasizes that the feminist movement in Palestine must have a political and social perspective, which calls not only for freedom from military occupation, but also promotes living in a free society,...

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Sexual and Reproductive Rights / Droits sexuels et de la reproduction / الحقوق الجنسية و الإنجابية

Created by Foundation's Team 2645 days ago

Women’s bodies have regularly been the central target of conservative and fundamentalist ideology and praxis. Although the individual right to self-determination has always been shaped by social and cultural norms and legal frameworks, it is currently being determined more than ever by repr...

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RECLAIMING & REDEFINDING RIGHTS: ICPD+20: Status of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Middle East and North Africa / RECLAIMING & REDEFINDING RIGHTS: ICPD+20: Santé sexuelle et reproductive et droits au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord / المطالبة و إعادة تعريف الحقوق ICDP...

Created by Foundation's Team 2685 days ago

Across the MENA region, cultural and religious discourses still play a major role in holding back sexual rights for young people, especially women. This report describes the political context in the region, the status of feminist movements and each country’s position on international obliga...

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Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt / Mutilation génitale féminine en Égypte / ختان الإناث في مصر

Created by Foundation's Team 2685 days ago

The tradition of mutilation of the female genital areas has been practiced in Egypt over the course of many years, and has been attributed to being promoted by religion. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a social health concern has been realized as not possessing any health benefits for the wome...

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The Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Undocumented Migrants: Narrowing the Gap between Their Rights and the Reality in the EU / Les droits sexuels et génésiques des migrantes sans papier : combler l'écart entre leurs droits et la réalité dans l'UE / الحقوق الجنسية و الإنجابية للمهاجرين بدو...

Created by Foundation's Team 2763 days ago

This study focuses on the sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) for undocumented migrants in the European Union. It highlights the challenges women migrants face while accessing SRHR services, such as: disproportionately high maternal and infant mortality; limited access to contraception a...

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Reproductive health services for Syrian refugees in Zaatri Camp and Irbid City, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: an evaluation of the Minimum Initial Services Package / Services de santé de la reproduction pour les réfugiés syriens dans les camps de Za'atari et la ville d'Irbid, Royaume hachémite de ...

Created by Foundation's Team 2783 days ago

The purpose of this article is to determine the status of the Minimum Initial Services Package (MISP) for reproductive health implementation for Syrian refugees in Jordan, as part of a global evaluation of reproductive health in crises. In order to achieve this goal, a field study was conducted i...

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Youth Sexuality and Reproductive Health in the Middle East and North Africa / La sexualité des jeunes et la santé de la reproduction au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord / الجنسانية و الصحة الجنسية في منطقة الشرق الأوسط و شمال افريقيا

Created by Foundation's Team 2784 days ago

This study aims at breaking the silence on youth sexuality in Middle East and North Africa (MENA region) by examining the existing policies and measures on youth sexual and reproductive health. It explains also the challenges youths face especially within conservative societies, highlights young ...

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WEBPAGE: The Arab Forum for Sexuality, Education and Health / SITE WEB : The Arab Forum for Sexuality, Education and Health / منتدى الجنسانية

Created by Foundation's Team 2785 days ago

Muntada - The Arab Forum for Sexuality, Education and Health - is a national organization committed to the social development of Palestinian society, by addressing educational and counseling needs as they relate to sexuality and reproductive health. Regarded locally as a major prof...

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

Women'  s Alliance for Virtual Exchange (WAVE)
Jordanian Journalist Association
The Moroccan Human Rights Forum
League for Lebanese Women's Rights (LLWR)
Society of Women Graduates (SWG) in the Gaza Strip
Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development  (ARDD - Legal Aid)
Anouar Association
Women'  s Solidarity Fund (WSF)
Jazeera Media Network
Almidan Association for Development and Human Rights
Femmes pour le Dire, Femmes pour Agir (FDFA)
Youth and Development Consultancy Institute (Etijah)
Libyan Women ORG
Association Voix de Femmes Marocaines
Association for the Promotion of Rural Women of Mezzouna
Womenpreneur Initiative
Cairo Center for Development (CCD)
Jbail- Byblos Municipality
Kayan Feminist Organization
Seed of Peace - Oran
Myriem Narjis
Palestinian Bar Association (PBA)
El Watan
CREAD – Research center applied economics for development
Centre de Recherches, d'Etude de Documentation et d'Information sur la Femme, CREDIF
Tamazight Women Movement
Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster University
Bochra Laghssais
ISIS Center for Women and Development
Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality
Center for Research in Applied Economics for Development-CREAD
Trajectorya noorteorganisatsioon MTÜ
Assiouar collective
Elham Ibrahim Younis Abdelaal
Center for Study and Research on Human Rights and Migration

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Documents

Gender Equality Commission - Compilation of good practices to reduce existing obstacles and facilitate women's access to justice (2015)

One of the five objectives of the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy for 2014-2017 is to work with member States towards...

Bibliography: Women's political participation at the municipal level in the Irbid Governorate -District of El-Koura

This bibliography has been elaborated for the Pilot Action of mobilization and consultation of equality actors on gender equality...

Global Parliamentary Report 2017

The second Global Parliamentary Report shines the spotlight on one of parliament’s critical functions: its power to hold...

“Do Not Underestimate my Strength!” From war to sustainable peace: a solidarity dialogue between Bosnian and Ukrainian women activists 7–9 June 2016 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

This report gathers the views and opinions expressed by women activists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine, who participated...

Disrupting the continuum of violence against Women and girls

Despite progress over the last decades on equality between women and men, there is not a single country in the world where women...

Ministerial conclusions on strengthening the role of women in society. Implementation review: Final report 2006-2007

The document features the results of the implementation of the commitments made during the Istanbul Ministerial Conference of 14...

MARSADNISSA: Analyzing gender justice and judicial stereotypes in Tunisia

This report presents the results of a four year initiative to develop and implement an online Observatory of domestic court...

We have the floor: Mediterranean civil society calls for gender equality to become a reality

The project CSO WINS ‘’Capacity-Building in the Southern Mediterranean to Open Policy Dialogue and Monitoring for...

Initial Assessment Report: Protection Risks for Women and Girls in the European Refugee and Migrant Crisis

This report is a result of an assessment mission to Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which are transit...

Annual report de women's situation in politics in the Arab region

This report provides an analysis of the most important trends of feminism in the political field in the Arab world during 2016 in...