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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The Fight for Women’s Rights Online and Offline

The 10th anniversary of the signing of the Istanbul Convention in 2021 caught the world amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting complex political scenario. Covid-19 twisted the old power structures and highlighted the lack of humanitarian resour...

 20 September 2022

Taking Up Space

The platform She Speaks Science offers a series of stories with a plot and characters that motivate and appeal to the imagination of girls and young women to get closer to science.

 20 September 2022

Communicating the Mediterranean with a Feminist Perspective

The conference “Communicating the Mediterranean with a Feminist Perspective”, held on 4 and 5 November 2021 in Barcelona, was a great opportunity to bring together women journalists from both shores of the Mediterranean.

 20 September 2022

Debates and Demands. What Do We Feminist Journalists Talk About When We Meet?

The meetings of the networks of women journalists and communicators of the Mediterranean began in 1991, and since then participants have talked above all about freedom, the degree of freedom that has enabled their protagonists to do journalism and ac...

 20 September 2022

Digital Transformation and Feminist Activism on Social Media in Lebanon

The influence of social media in today’s society is undeniable, and the number of people who can access it is increasingly changing the forms of traditional activism, which have moved, to a large extent, from public spaces to digital platforms. As...

 20 September 2022

The Biggest Barrier I Had to Face as a Woman Working in the Ecological Transition in the Mediterranean

Even if a woman is born in a developed country, in the bosom of a respectful family that educates her to become what she sets out to be, it is true that, from a young age, she will be educated in differential socialization.

 20 September 2022

Legal Policies for Advancing Gender Equality in Turkey

This article covers the legal policies advancing gender equality in Turkey at national level (excluding international agreements to which Turkey is party), how they have evolved in the past decade and, finally, recommendations on how to improve this...

 20 September 2022

Gender-Based Violence: A Continuous Threat in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

It is important for international agendas, such as the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goal number 5, specifically dedicated to gender inequalities, to serve as frameworks of action to promote effective responses to the covid-19 crisis.

 20 September 2022

Brisons les barrières : les femmes au secours du climat !

Pendant la pandémie de Covid-19, les femmes du monde entier ont fait preuve de courage et d’engagement envers la société en se mobilisant pour sauver des millions de vies, notamment dans les pays en voie de développement. En outre, leur rôle d...

 20 September 2022

Women’s Empowerment in Palestine: A Process in Progress

For many generations, Palestinian women have been fighting against the extremely difficult conditions of daily life in their country, marked by war and Israeli restrictions. This has often prevented their inclusion in the labour market, although the...

 20 September 2022

Diversity is an Asset that Demands Equal Treatment

Many women do not identify with political activism beyond the field of immigration, and the few who dare to participate in the politics and civil society of the country where they live are pigeonholed because of their cultural or religious background...

 20 September 2022

Libyan Women in Business: The Blazing Paths Toward Economic Empowerment

After the toppling of Muammar Gadafi in Libya in 2011, and contrary to the desires of most of the population, there have been no profound reforms and advances in the business and employment policies capable of activating the country’s economy and s...

 20 September 2022