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Ana Sofia Fernandes

De Viva Voz - TOWARDS A FEMINIST TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION

Created by Ana Sofia Fernandes 1230 days ago

...rms of discrimination against women, focusing particularly on the...heir work on the situation of women. This also serves to introduce f...policymakers in the field of politics, law, philosophy education, s...hts in all facets of society: politics, work, culture, and public li...

Maria Àngels Roque

A new issue of Quaderns de la Mediterrània, on art and creativity as bridges of intercultural dialogue

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1352 days ago

...ing from ignorance, art is more effective than politics when it comes to creating...elevant question today. The Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation has contri...stereotypes through the works and presence of women creators from the southern and e...

Noha El Khouly

7 women appointed as deputy mayors in Egypt, a good yet not sufficient step!

Created by Noha El Khouly 2028 days ago

...uding the Egyptian centre for Women’s Rights (ECWR) and the...the ECWR, does not represent women nor reflect their contributio...squo;s underrepresentation in politics is also due to government...decision-makers to search for women’s competencies and provide oppor...

Leandra Hettenbach

Women's Political Renaissance in Palestinian society in Israel

Created by Leandra Hettenbach 2263 days ago

...was the first successful all-women political party list in Pales...omen’s participation in politics by planning and implementi...increase the participation of women on local committees. Building o...raise women’s voices in politics....

Maria Àngels Roque

FEM EU campaign: gender equality in the context of the European elections

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2266 days ago

...n in May 2018, aspires to put women’s rights at the core of European politics and to push for a feminist...perts specialized in European politics such as the European Commissi...al measures aiming to improve women’ rights in the EU. It also...

Maria Àngels Roque

Art and feminism together: 10 illustrators that you should know

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2295 days ago

...o;. On March 8, International Women’s Day, women’s movements and feminis...arry, their representation in politics, and the unjust detentions...ticular situation of Algerian women, showing taboo subjects in his c...to mainly explore society and politics. Through her work, she has pr...

Mariam Soliman

Mashreq conducts a campaign against all forms of GBV in the Arab World

Created by Mariam Soliman 2388 days ago

...aign comes in solidarity with women all around the world and in l...infographics on the rights of women in the legislations and laws...ing models in various fields (politics, economy and culture). &nb...eos on the rights of Egyptian women in the workplace and the creatio...

Nsreen Amer

Libya: A Charter of Honour on women's participation in politics and peace-making

Created by Nsreen Amer 2472 days ago

Jurists without Chains (JWC) has recently launched a charter of Honour on "Women’s Participation in Poli...e which cannot be achieved if women are excluded from the politic...ieve justice and equality for women and guarantee the elimination...ty Council resolution 1325 on women an...

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Training and advocacy to strengthen the role of elected women in Ifrane

Created by Foundation's Team 2545 days ago

...at the local level. However, women’s participation in politics is linked to economic, pol...aise the awareness of elected women themselves. With this in min...fied a series of obstacles to women’s participation in publ...rt of the project "Developing women’s empowerment", labeled by...

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We present you the 3 final winners of our photo contest

Created by Foundation's Team 2632 days ago

...y work in the shadows to give women the opportunity to express th...la Saadna’s exhibition "Women and Liberation" can be spotte...ks openly on stage about sex, politics and religion. The conversa...ews of the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation....

Events

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Launch of volume 2 of the White Paper, Professional equality: where are we?

Created by Foundation's Team 1296 days ago

...um "Professional equality between women and men - Shadows and Lights".... The National Council of French Women is organizing this symposium...of professional equality between women and men and its evolution in..., Crafts, Digital, Health, Sport, Politics, as well as the impact of the...

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The Conference on the Future of Europe. Why a Gender Perspective is needed

Created by Foundation's Team 1359 days ago

...tal" nature of the process, it is crucial that women feel concerned and make their...here the environment is effectively protected. Women need to be active participant...bi ABELS, Jean Monnet Professor of Comparative Politics and European Integration, Uni...

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Transnational Feminist Practices Against War: 20 Years Later

Created by Foundation's Team 1378 days ago

...der in the Hindu Nation (Women Unlimited, 2004); and Ri...tional World: Introduction to Women’s Studies (Mc-Graw...onal practices of atmospheric politics. Recent publications include&...slamic Fundamentalism and The Politics of Patriarchy in Iran (...

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Conference by Soraya al-Kahlaoui on women's land rights in Morocco

Created by Foundation's Team 1520 days ago

...ight to housing.  This event is part of the cycle of seminars "Women, Islam, Rights: Debates and news challenges between religion and politics", organised by professors Sar...

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Gender and the Margins: A Webinar with Lila Abu-Lughod

Created by Foundation's Team 1533 days ago

...e, gender, Islam, and global feminist politics, her award-winning books a...Poetry in a Bedouin Society; Writing Women’s Worlds; Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt; and N...ty Press in 2013, is titled Do Muslim Women Need Saving? Abu-Lughod’s...

Maria Àngels Roque

Cinema discussion: Women, art, resistance

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 1575 days ago

March 8: Women, art, resistance In the framework of International Women’s Day, Espai Aviny&oacu...hropology at the Institute of Women’s Studies (Birzeit Univ...ve around development issues, politics, spatialities as well as gend...

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The Women of the Midan : the female body as a site that shaped the revolutions in the Arab world from 2011 to this day

Created by Foundation's Team 1586 days ago

Association for Middle East Women’s Studies is co-sponsoring a boo...herine Hafez on March 5 at 12 pm EST: The Women of the Midan foregrounds the...space, state and government control, masculine politics, religious ideology, and cult...

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ONLINE DEBATE - Women in a men's world: how gender defines the path to success

Created by Foundation's Team 1603 days ago

..., gender is still an important social bias and women who aspire to have a career a...igate the extent to which gender interferes in women’s career development an...ait - writer and film director focusing on the politics of identity, Arab & Afric...

Hend M’HAMDI

The participation of Tunisian women in political and associative life

Created by Hend M’HAMDI 2717 days ago

...theme of the participation of Tunisian women in political and associative...forms of engagement and challenges that women face in participating in local politics. Starting from a research...ecessary to discuss the implications of women and the difficulties that they m...

Maria Àngels Roque

Forum about women leadership in the Mediterranean area in Jerez

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2960 days ago

...Jerez de la Frontera, the Forum ’Women in the Mediterranean area: id...ve as a platform in order to make women visible as a force for change...different areas of work, such as politics, culture, economy and busi...) and from the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation. People inte...

Shared practices

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Establishing a coalition and advocacy for the introduction of the quota policy in Algeria

Created by Foundation's Team 3625 days ago

...ns to designate a group of 30 women who could follow a training c...ies and to help them get into politics. At the end of trainings,...o promote political rights of women by increasing their chances o...icy Dialogue and MonitoringforWomen IN Society”, with the supp...

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Women in armed conflicts and disappearances

Created by Foundation's Team 3625 days ago

...ctors weaken the evolution of women and their role in society in general, and in politics in particular.    The program chooses women who live in situations of dis...as individuals and as leaders women in their families. This practic...

Calls and opportunities

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ODIHR Advocacy School on Gender and Politics

Created by Foundation's Team 1511 days ago

...actical advocacy campaigns on women’s political participation and gender equality in politics on a national level. ...ong track record on advancing women’s political participation and gender equality in politics in general.  Applicants...

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Call for Papers - Gender Studies Conference 2020

Created by Foundation's Team 1852 days ago

...es futures as matters of intense politics, imaginings and debates fr...e of gender studies and feminist politics. The conference is organized...n English.  Affective Biopolitics in the Nordic Racial Welfare...e and Regressive end by the Name Women’s Rights Queering the...

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Call for abstract for the conference Women and Gender Studies in the Middle East

Created by Foundation's Team 2262 days ago

...onal conference ‘’Women and Gender Studies in the Mid...range of topics on gender and women’s studies in the social sciences and humanities: politics, economics, history, sexua...elling research on gender and women’s studies in the Middle Ea...

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Make the most out of your summer!

Created by Foundation's Team 2519 days ago

...favorite subject: Gender issues and women’s rights. Whether you...eminist Summer School of the German Women’s Council (DF), Berlin...ieve true parity in parliaments and politics from 14 to 16 September 2018 in Berlin. The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and the Fren...

Maria Àngels Roque

Support for applications for predoctoral fellowships

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 2913 days ago

...ransmedial narratives / art, cinema, comics Philosophical thought by women - Modern and contemporary feminist theory LGTBQ studies / Politics of desire Cultural studies...

Maria Àngels Roque

Call for proposals for taking part in a conference on Gender and Politics

Created by Maria Àngels Roque 3015 days ago

Call for proposals for panels or individual papers for the upcoming International Conference on Gender and Politics on the theme of “Women and Politics in an Age of Uncertainty: The Ro...

Resources

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European Gender Statistics Database on decision-making

Created by Foundation's Team 1722 days ago

...The domains covered include: politics; public administration; ju...data on national and European politics are updated quarterly, and...e. Data collected by EIGE on Women and Men in Decision-Making Datab...-making include statistics on women and men amongst politicians at E...

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Documentary on MEAE's actions in favor of gender equality

Created by Foundation's Team 2632 days ago

The Priority Solidarity Funds (FSP) are part of the third objec...and Foreign Affairs (MEAE). The FSP "Women of the future in the Mediterr..., political and social empowerment of women in the region.  This do...der inequalities and the promotion of women&rs...

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Axelle Magazine: A Belgian Feminist Monthly Review

Created by Foundation's Team 2713 days ago

...s a Belgian feminist monthly review created in January 1998. Its publications and articles cover a wide array of topics such as politics, society matters, economy, women and human rights, cultural event...

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WEBSITE: Women's eNews

Created by Foundation's Team 3263 days ago

Women’s eNews is an award-winning...g issues of particular concern to women and providing women’s perspectives on publi...d 2.5 million readers each year. Women’s eNews editors seek ou...he world to write on every topic: Politics, religion, economics, health,...

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Research projects on globalization, gender and mobility at the Colloquium in Tunis

Created by Foundation's Team 3294 days ago

...mic and Scientific Network on Women and Gender (RUSEMEG) and the Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CA...rdquo;, of the project “Women for the future in the Mediterran...GROUP : COMMUNICATION, POLITICS, SOCIETY - Mouna Mtibaa...

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Montenegro: Ministry of Justice and for Minority Rights. Gender Equality Department

Created by Foundation's Team 3684 days ago

...sible for achieving gender equality in the country. To this end, its main objectives are to favour women’s participation in the politics and economy of the country and reduce violence against women....

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Égalité

Created by Foundation's Team 3685 days ago

...ciety visible and intelligible. Égalité raises awareness among a large public about achieving equality between women and men in the fields of politics, economics, education, sports...

Documents

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The human rights of women in Syria: Between discriminatory law, patriarchal culture, and the exclusionary politics of the regime

Created by Foundation's Team 1518 days ago

In an effort to research the effects and consequences of system...itical, and security) in perpetuating women’s vulnerability and pro...ing legal, and societal, exclusion of women, and the consequences on wome...ere organized by Dawlaty and the Women&rs...

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The involvement of Palestinian women in political processes: An overview of the West Bank

Created by Foundation's Team 1579 days ago

In 2017, the Women’s Center for Legal Aid an...report highlighting the role of women in Palestinian politics, with the aim to examine t...forward solutions to facilitate women’s access to the politic...f the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women of the future in the Mediterrane...

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

Created by Foundation's Team 1680 days ago

...terranean region to elucidate women’s presence in varied mo...utional and non-institutional politics – in governance, civil society, and contentious politics – has been a hallmark o...ell as the COVID-19 pandemic, women’s continued activism in bo...

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Protesting gender discrimination from within: women's political representation on behalf of Islamic parties

Created by Foundation's Team 1705 days ago

...nto the role of Islamic party women in challenging the gender dis...underrepresentation in formal politics. Women’s close ties...eaders that evolved thanks to women’s long-term devotion to th...n’s increased access to politics, enabled influential Islamic...

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Political Participation from an Intersectional Feminist Perspective: Practical Tools for Creating Transnational Feminist Political Movements

Created by Foundation's Team 1714 days ago

...nificant work regarding the participation of women in politics. However, they have not been able to activate a real role for women in what organizations have tradi...ts an alternative proposal to the concept of politics, from an intersectional femin...

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Women's Participation in Local Politics in Luxor Governorate, Egypt

Created by Foundation's Team 2087 days ago

While gender stereotypes, roles and expectations intimidate women’s participation in political and public life in some countries...s are seen as one of the main challenges of gender mainstreaming and women&ac...

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Women in politics: 2019

Created by Foundation's Team 2252 days ago

The “Women in politics: 2019” map, created by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women, depicts global rankings for women in the executive and parliamenta...

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Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa: Mapping the Field and Addressing Policy Dilemmas at the Post-2011 Juncture

Created by Foundation's Team 2253 days ago

...of the diverse situations of women in the post-2011 MENA region....improvements in the lives of women in health and education but l...espread, as do limitations on women’s participation in politics and civil society. The rep...on that respects and supports women’s and LGBT rights without...

Leandra Hettenbach

The Exclusion of Palestinian Women from Local Government Councils: Reality and Challenges Between State Oppression and Societal Oppression

Created by Leandra Hettenbach 2254 days ago

...d the obstacles and challenges that prevent women from being adequately represe...l as to explore difficulties experienced by women candidates during and followi...le for the marginalization and exclusion of women from local politics, and what solutions can be pu...

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Strengthening the role of women in rural and agricultural areas: Obstacles and opportunities

Created by Foundation's Team 2282 days ago

Women in rural and agricultural areas play...e agricultural economy or fisheries, women are at the heart of the resil...d to strengthening the role of rural women in the economic, social, lega...breeding, crafts, entrepreneurship, politics,…). They allow us to b...

Tags

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Lebanon: Enhancing women's participation in Beirut's explosion recovery / / Liban: Renforcer la participation des femmes au processus de décision à Beyrouth

Created by Foundation's Team 1594 days ago

The Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund is excited to announce its first call for proposals in Lebanon to enhance women’s participation in Beirut’s explosion response and recovery process. WPHF seeks to fund qualifying women’s rights and women-led civil-societ...

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Lancement du Forum pour l'autonomisation économique des femmes / إطلاق منتدى التمكين الاقتصادي للمرأة / Launching of the Women's Economic Empowerment Forum

Created by Foundation's Team 2738 days ago

Dans le cadre du Programme MENA-OCDE pour la compétitivité, l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) a lancé un Forum pour l’autonomisation économique des femmes qui s’est tenu les 7 et 8 octo...

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"Voting systems and gender parity" Guide / Guide «Les modes de scrutin et la parité entre les femmes et les hommes» / دليل "نظام التصويت و المساواة بين الجنسين"

Created by Foundation's Team 3595 days ago

In this study, the Observatory of Parity between Women and Men (replaced by the High Council for Equality between Women and Men in 2013) reviews different voting systems in force in France with a view to answering the following questions: How is the parity law implemented? What are its effects on...

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The Political Representation of Women after the 7 June 2009 Elections; An Objective Assessment of Quotas / La représentation politique des femmes à l' issue des élections du 7 juin 2009: un bilan objectif des quotas / التمثيل السياسي للنساء بعد إنتخابات السابع من تموز/يونيو 2009:تحليل موضوعي لنظ...

Created by Foundation's Team 3672 days ago

Since the mid-1990s in Belgium, several laws have been adopted to ensure a more balanced presence of men and women on the candidature lists for European, federal, regional, provincial and municipal elections. This report aims to assess women' s presence in the regional parliaments and the Europea...

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She and Elections: Mentoring on the Ground with the Candidates 2011/2012 / Elle et les élections: l' encadrement sur le terrain avec les femmes candidates en 2011/2012 / ن و الإنتخابات: تقرير عن التدريب بالمعايشة مع المرشحات 2011/2012

Created by Foundation's Team 3687 days ago

The report presents an overview of the electoral climate in Egypt and recounts the experience of several women candidates in the different election phases, as well as the challenges posed by the legal and political context. Over two years, Nazra for Feminist Studies has followed and supported 16 ...