Gender Equality

Increased Gender Inequality in Arab Labour Markets due to COVID-19: Causes and Solutions

Increased Gender Inequality in Arab Labour Markets due to COVID-19: Causes and Solutions

Although women have proven themselves in many fields of work, to this day, gender stereotyping against women is very common in Arab society.

 7 October 2020
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Breaking Barriers: the Feminist Transformation in the Mediterranean

Coinciding with International Women's Day, the IEMed and Casa Mediterráneo are organizing a seminar in which the latest issue of Quaderns de la Mediterrània will also be presented.

 8 March 2023

Communicating the Mediterranean with a Gender Perspective

With the aim of promoting the circulation of knowledge and strengthening trans-Mediterranean exchange, the network seeks to give visibility to silenced realities.

 4 November 2021

Fostering Women’s Economic Participation in the Western Mediterranean: Successful policies for in-depth transformations

This online conference seeks to present gender equality as a cross-sectional axis to build more prosperous, inclusive and sustainable societies.

 7 May 2021

Queer Activism, Intersectional Feminism and National Struggles in Palestine

Ghadir Shafie, director of Aswat, presents the intersectionality that unites the feminist, queer and liberation movements.

 22 April 2021

Rethinking Gender-Based Violence in 2020: Perspectives from Egypt, Lebanon and Syria

Three gender equality experts and representatives of civil society movements address the situation of gender-based violence in their countries, while drawing an alternative map of resilience.

 24 November 2020

Old and New Sexual Nationalisms in Neo-Fascist Times

Nationalism is not just about the nation. Xenophobic and racist nationalisms, typical of the 19th and 20th centuries, define the conception of “us” versus “them” in sexual terms.

 27 February 2020

From the Levant to the Thames and Beyond

Lebanese writer Hanan al Shaykh talks about her work that links to ancient Arab literary traditions when it comes to openly and boldly addressing sexuality and feminism.

 16 January 2020

Policy Dialogue to Protect Girls Against So-Called Tourist Marriage in Egypt

The Life Foundation for Development and Community Reintegration holds a policy dialogue to review the efforts made by the government to combat tourism marriage, and follow-up on the results of the campaign “Our Girls are not for sale”.

 25 March 2019

Policy Dialogue on Child Marriage in Morocco

Child marriage is at the heart of the policy dialogue that Anaouat for Women and Children Association (Association Anaouat pour la femme et l’enfant) organized on March 19, 2019 in Marrakesh.

 19 March 2019

Policy Dialogue in Tunisia for More Gender-Sensitive Municipal Action in Sfax

Following its advocacy campaign for gender parity in municipal councils, the association Mouwatinet conducts several activities to promote equal participation in decision-making in municipal councils.

 2 March 2019

The Women’s Movements in Morocco and Journalism

Moroccan media, both traditional and digital, offer neither visibility nor support for feminist demands in Morocco.

 27 February 2019

The Role of Feminist Literature as A Key Element For The Emancipation And The Empowerment of Women

The Lebanese writer Joumana Haddad inaugurates this session which is being held as part of the ‘Ciutat Oberta’ Biennial of Thought in Barcelona, with which the IEMed participates by organizing different activities.

 18 October 2018