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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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

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

Unequal Gender Relations and the Subordination of Women in the MENA Region: What the Covid-19 Pandemic Has Taught Us

Advances made at the level of closing the gender gap in education and health have yet to materialize into propelling women to decision-making spheres, whether in the household or the public sphere.

 22 September 2020

Le leadership féminin, un atout majeur pour un futur meilleur

La pandémie du Covid-19 a montré que les pays ayant des femmes aux postes de leadership ont mieux géré les effets du virus.

 14 April 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

Feminisms in the South and East of the Mediterranean

The seminar revolves around the actions led by the associative tissue of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries to advance towards gender equality.

 20 November 2019

#MeToo and the History of “Hashtag Feminism” in the MENA Region

Before the online viral #MeToo campaign stormed the globe in October 2017, since 2011 there have been several influential social media campaigns championing women’s rights in the MENA region.

 27 October 2019

Riding the Cyber Wave: How Feminist Activism Develops Strategies against Gender-Based Violence

Gender issues and activism around gender have been under the spotlight since the Arab revolutions, although feminist and women’s organisations had been advocating for social change prior to 2011.

 16 October 2019

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

The idea that women’s empowerment plays an important role in economic development has long been evidenced in the literature. Several studies have confirmed that lower or weak female labour force participation hinders economic growth.

 11 October 2019

Social Transformation in a Digital Age: Women’s Participation in Civil and Political Domains in the MENA Region

Women in the Middle East and North Africa have a long history of participation in social transformation projects, including social movements, political protests and revolutions.

 17 September 2019

Faith From Women’s Point of View

Throughout history, the voice of women has been silenced by force and continues to be so on many occasions. In the case of religious or philosophical traditions, the social perception of this silencing is made even clearer.

 2 May 2019