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Promoting gender EQUALITY between MEN and WOMEN in the Euro-Mediterranean

Gender equality is a fundamental objective for the States in the Euro-Mediterranean area. They see it as a vector of democracy and peace in a region which aspires to coexistence, stability and prosperity and where the emancipation of women is regarded as a factor of development for society as a whole.

The follow-up to the Istanbul Process

In 2006 the Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on "Strengthening the role of women in society" adressed three objectives: women's economic rights, women's political and civil rights and women's cultural and information rights.

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Gender equality

Although the countries participating in the Euromed Gender Equality Programme have adopted the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, several have expressed reservations, often for religious or legal reasons. Progress towards full adoption of the Convention is gradually being registered, however.

Violence against women

Action to combat violence against women is a priority for the countries involved in the Istanbul Process. This violence can take various forms ranging from harassment to forms of sexual mutilation that are considered to be traditional practices.Strategies for preventing or curbing violence against women are currently being developed in several countries

Contact

Euro-Med Gender
Equality Programme
Management Unit
Avenue de Tyras 75 B-1120 Brussels, Belgium
Phone : +32 (0)2.266.49.67
euromedgender@transtec.be
www.euromedgenderequality.org

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News

Breaking the wall of silence
Women in the occupied Palestinian territories have long lived in the shadow of their male relatives, often suffering untold abuse. Now, an EU-funded film project, ‘Masarat’, has given them a voice, shattering taboos in the most dramatic way

Gender Dynamics: An edition devoted to the Marrakech Ministerial Conference
The fourth edition of the newsletter "Gender Dynamics" has just been published in Arabic, French and English. Through this 8 pages newsletter, the readers are informed about two important events and milestones related to equality between men and women in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

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