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50 international experts on gender equality from UfM governments, international organisations and civil society organisations met on 25-26 April at the UfM headquarters in Barcelona to prepare the ground for the Ministerial Meeting on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society, planned to take place in the first half of 2017.

UfM Deputy Secretary General for Social and Civil Affairs, Delphine Borione, at the 60th edition of the Commission on the Status of Women: “Fostering regional cooperation initiatives in the fields of youth employability and women’s empowerment is paramount to effectively advance regional integration, stability and human development in our region”. The fight against violence wasRead more

  The UfM Secretariat will co-organise, together with the Ministry of Solidarity, Women, Family and Social Development, a side event at the 60th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) entitled “Enhancing implementation of laws to end violence against women in the Mediterranean region – Morocco’s experience”. The event will take place in the UnitedRead more

Barcelona, 8 March 2016 On the occasion of the International Day of Women’s Rights, the French Institute of Barcelona organizes an evening of reflection and debate, with the screening of two documentaries followed by a panel discussion. For further information please contact the French Institute of Barcelona: evenements.ifb@institutfrancais.es  More Information InvitationRead more

• Women largely contribute to human development and stability in the region. In some countries, they make up as much as 63 percent of university students. However, in the Mediterranean region, they represent only 28% of the labor force, 12% of entrepreneurs and 16% of politics.
• The region could increase its GDP per capita by 25%, by enhancing women’s equal participation in public life.
• The UfM Secretariat’s actions on women’s empowerment and gender equality target more than 50,000 women in the region.

  I am happy and honored to present this new edition of our Newsletter, the first since my arrival to the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and which allows us to commemorate the International Women’s Day 2018. 2017 was a very productive year for the UfM regarding the strengthening of the roleRead more

The Intergovernmental process In the last Ministerial Declaration on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society in Paris in 2013, the 43 UfM Ministers committed to promoting equal participation of women in political, economic, civil and social life, to increasing their participation in economic and policy decision-making processes, and to combating all forms of violenceRead more

The WoRTH Project : Women’s Right to Health Social & Civil Affairs Labelled projects Completed Context and objectives The WoRTH project aims to reduce the incidence of and mortality from breast and cervical cancers in Albania, Montenegro and Morocco, through a comprehensive screening strategy. It will be developed in accordance with national public policies and inRead more

The Second Regional Steering Committee Meeting of the project was held on Tuesday 9 February 2016 in Casablanca, Morocco. The Regional Steering Committee Meeting consists of the six Ministries of Industry of the related MENA countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia), the representatives of six Women Business Associations in the six beneficiary countries,Read more

More than 180 young disadvantaged women have already benefited from the programme.