In Tunisia, Egypt and Lebanon, the INVESTMED project will provide support to innovating SMEs and start-up run by young and women entrepreneurs. Version française

EU. According to the European Institute for Gender Equality, the EU only achieves a gender equality index of 67.9 out of 100 in 2020. version française

MEDITERRANEAN. The Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean endorse "the intergovernmental monitoring and the set of indicators to monitor progress on gender equality in the Euro-Mediterranean region". version française

GREECE. Currently President of the Council of State, Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou was elected President of the Republic of Greece in the first round.

As part of the Emerging Valley summit, Femise and Institut de la Méditerranée highlighted several initiatives to strengthen the place of women in the economies of the Mediterranean basin. Version française

Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Doaa Salman, Mohga Bassim This policy brief proposes and recommends further policies to urgently, strengthen the current quest for empowering women and for reducing inequality in the Mediterranean countries and specifically in Egypt. It seeks to provide a...

Safia tells her story of being a journalist in Palestine and the dangers that can come with the job. Reporter : Haya AbuShukhaidem Camera/Publishee :  Haya AbuShukhaidem Source :  PNN / OPEN Media Hub.   Translation and subtitling in french : OPEN Media Hub ...

The question of the equality of men and women in the labor market is acute in North Africa and the Middle East, countries marked by the weight of culture and secular traditions. In a study just released by the Femise on the issue of discrimination at workplace and wage gaps, the economists examine the situation of women in Egypt and Jordan. Version française

"M's candy" a shop supervisedand managed by a woman in the city of Hebron. Samaya Zahida, twenty-nine years old, succeeded in creating a job for her and a number of girls through her establishment of sweets called “Ms Candy”. Reporter : Nizar Habash Camera/Publishee :  Nael Rjoub...

FEMISE, in its latest FEM43-14 study, analyses the phenomenon of integration and inclusion of syrian refugees by examining two distinct cases: Italy and Jordan. Version française

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Published in November 2018. Written by Rym Ayadi and Rim Mouelhi Despite substantial investment in women’s education in the MENA region and a significant increase in their educational attainment, women’s labour force participation remains very low. In 2017, Women’s Labour Force Participation (LFP)...

October 2018. Written by CIHEAM-UPM The Watch letter n ° 40 aims to show different perspectives of the situation in the Mediterranean region by analyzing the challenges and opportunities in the socio-economic, social, environmental, legal and political domains.

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With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean is organising a conference on “Fostering women’s participation in economic life” to be held in Barcelona from 19 to 21 May 2015. The conference will provide a forum for in-depth dialogue among...

With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

The European Neighbourhood Policy's "One village, one product" scheme aims to promote the emergence of women in agricultural area development.

With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

The New Chance Mediterranean Network (Med NC) is building on the sucess of the Second Chance Schools in Marseille and across France. It allows young women in particular to benefit from personalised pathways support, to escape their exclusion from the labour market.

With the support of the Secretariat of the UfM

After a first successful phase, the Union for the Mediterranean "Young women as job creators" scheme, developed by female business leaders, has been extended to three more countries, namely Egypt, Tunisia and Albania.