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Around 40 experts, academics, practitioners and advocates met on 18-19 July, 2017 in Barcelona to identify key priority actions and approaches towards enhancing the roles of women and youth as key actors in preventing violent extremism in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Barcelona, 18-19 July 2017.- The meeting is jointly organised by the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and UN Women. The primary objective of the two-day meeting is to take stock of current research and experience, while also identifying key areas for future peace and security interventionsRead more

Barcelona, 4 July 2017.- Representatives of the UfM Member States dealing with gender equality and women empowerment issues will be meeting in Barcelona to prepare the 4th UfM Ministerial Meeting on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society, which will take place in November 2017. For further information please contact the Social and Civil Affairs Division:Read more

•35 engaged young men and women from 24 countries from the north and south of the Mediterranean exchanged on ideas and shared experiences for better cooperation on youth priorities in the Mediterranean region.

French Senate, Paris, 26 April (14h-18h). AFACOM (Association des Femmes arabes de la presse et de la communication) and ISESCO (Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) organise, in partnership with the Union for the Mediterranean the Conference entitled “Women of the Mediterranean against violent extremism”. This conference is organised in the framework of the InternationalRead more

Rome, 4 April 2017. In the framework of the UfM labelled project “Promoting women empowerment for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development in the MENA region” the United Nations Industrial Development Organization  (UNIDO), the Italian Agency of Cooperation for Development (AICS), Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Entrepreneurs Association and Women Business Leaders (AIDDA) organiseRead more

The UfM Secretariat’s projects and initiatives specifically addressing women’s empowerment and gender equality benefit more than 50,000 women in 20 Euro-Mediterranean countries. Additionally, a gender mainstreaming policy is always ensured in all UfM projects.

The region could increase its per capita GDP by 25%, by enabling women’s equal participation in public life and the labour market.

Ministers of UfM Member countries will convene this year at the fourth Ministerial Meeting on “Strengthening the Role of Women in Society” to adopt a new Gender Equality agenda for the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Round Table to be organised by UNIDO on 4 April 2017 in Rome, Italy in the framework of the UfM labelled project “Promoting women empowerment for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development in the MENA region”, funded by Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI).

The teachers’ trainings are organised under the framework of the UfM labelled project “Forming Responsible Citizens”, promoted by Ideaborn and funded by the Norwegian and Monaco governments. The project aims at establishing schools as a key vehicle for transmitting citizenship and gender equality values and is implemented in partnership with national partners and in close coordination with the national ministries of education.

Developing Women’s Empowerment Higher Education & Research, Social & Civil Affairs Completed Context and objectives The goal of this project was to enhance the role of women in Euro-Mediterranean societies in an effort to contribute to the long-term sustainable development of the region. Developing Women’s Empowerment had a strategic, long-term approach to fostering gender equalityRead more