Paris, 6 March 2019. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel, met today with the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly, following an invitation by Marielle de Sarnez, Chair of the Committee. During the meeting, Secretary General Kamel presented the recent activities and initiatives developedRead more
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UfM country representatives and experts from the region are currently developing a mechanism to monitor the progress made on women’s rights, evaluate gender gaps and provide recommendations to policymakers. Women’s emporwement is a UfM priority working area. The organisation is currently promoting region-wide cooperation projects on women’s entrepreunership, health, gender equality, fight against gender violenceRead more
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), in partnership with the Portuguese Republic, organised the fourth edition of the regional conference on women’s empowerment in the Euro-Mediterranean region. In the presence of the President of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, more than 300 participants including ministers, international experts and prominent actors of civil society and the private sector attended the conference, which coincided with the tenth anniversary of the UfM. Participants discussed recent achievements, the most pressing challenges ahead, and how the UfM is working to address them.
11 October 2018, Lisbon. The committee will hold its meeting and the agenda is currently being elaborated. More on the 2018 edition of the Women4Mediterranean conference With financial support fromRead more
10-11 October, Lisbon. The high level Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Women4Mediterranean conferences constitute the major regional platform to discuss, exchange experiences and promote women’s participation in the public, economic and civil life for bringing solutions to regional challenges. They create impact by gathering the most relevant stakeholders and leaders from the Euro-Mediterranean region –Read more
9-11 October 2018, Lisbon. After the success of last year’s youth forum co-organized by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s and UfM, the Euro-Mediterranean Youth Forum 2018 aims at providing young participants, coming from the Euro-Mediterranean countries, with a platform to present and discuss their perceptions and ideas, innovative practices and experiences with Digital Transformation. The overall objective of the forum is toRead more
Building inclusive societies in the Mediterranean: three generations of WoMED share their experience Organised in partnership with: On October 9, 2018, as part of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Conference side events, the WoMED participants will gather all together in Lisboa to share their respective leading experience in their home country. WoMED – WomenRead more
9 – 11 October 2018, Lisbon. Organized in partnership with UNIDO, The Forum will be the business window of the Conference. The 2018 edition aims at building skills, connecting and empowering female entrepreneurs to start, grow and sustain their enterprises in a competitive environment that will lead towards a direct impact on the economy as wellRead more
9 October 2018, Lisbon. The UfM dialogue on women empowerment, between governments and the concerned stakeholders, has started in 2015 with the objective to review countries and stakeholders’ engagements in the Euro-Mediterranean and to provide recommendations for the policy makers to advance gender equality agenda in the region. “Women Economic Participation”, “Combating violence against women” and “the roleRead more
The project “Enhancing the civic and social engagement of women and youth in preventing violence and extremism” was granted the UfM labelling until 2022. The project aims to support on one hand the active involvement of young women and men in their local communities, in particular by building their capacity to engage in preventing violence andRead more
