The post-2019 Arab social movements have provided unprecedented opportunities for women's mobilization and the politicization of citizens on gender issues. However, challenges persist.
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.
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.
In April 2019, the Association INFO-COM Jeunes de Guelma organized three policy dialogues as a follow up to the advocacy campaign that it conducted in 2017 to disseminate articles 333 and 341 of the Criminal Code.
On April 1st, 2019, Hiwar Center for Youth and Women’s Empowerment organizes a policy dialogue in Ramallah (Palestine) on women’s participation in public life.
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”.
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.
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.
The association Badr Eltawayel organizes a round table in Sohag (Egypt) to discuss the law 219 of 2017 that safeguards women’s inheritance rights, within the framework of the EU-funded project CSO WINS.
Moroccan media, both traditional and digital, offer neither visibility nor support for feminist demands in Morocco.
There is a lack of job opportunities and limited diversity of economic activities for women in Mraighah Sub-District in particular, and in Ma’an Governorate in general, as well as patriarchy that deliberately excludes women from public life.
Tripoli District is facing serious environmental problems. While many civil society movements are calling for sustainable environmental measures, women's participation in public issues and local decision-making remains weak.
“Uno de los dilemas más importantes para la juventud de nuestra época, no solo en Dinamarca, sino en todo el mundo, es el de los matrimonios interconfesionales”.
