More than a hundred participants including women entrepreneurs, experts and civil society representatives gathered in Madrid on 30 November to discuss ways to strengthen the role of women in the tech field in the face of the gender disparities within this sector. The event also celebrated three prominent women in their own sector, by awardingRead more
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30 November 2022, Madrid. As technology becomes ever more integrated in our societies and everyday lives, it is of critical importance to foster equal opportunities for women and girls to contribute to the emergent digital economy. Within this context, Mediterranean Tech Women Network Festival (MTWNFestival), organized by Womenpreneur initiative and supported by UfM, seeks to foster empowerment andRead more
Ministerial Meeting Agenda Event Contact Media Corner Resources Biographies High Level Conference on Women for the Mediterranean 2022 The 2022 High-Level Conference on Women for the Mediterranean organised by the Union for the Mediterranean took place on the 26th and the 27th of October, in Madrid. During the High-Level Conference, Ministers from the Union forRead more
The Ministers in charge of gender equality from the 42 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) endorsed today in Madrid a Ministerial Declaration to accelerate the strengthening of women’s role in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The Ministers agreed to enhance legal frameworks, improve women’s access to leadership in public life and decision-making, raise women´sRead more
During the morning of the 26th of October 2022, the 5th (UfM) Ministerial Conference on Strengthening the Role of Women in Society will take place. It will gather Ministers of the 42 Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) responsible for women affairs and gender equality, under the Co-Presidency of the European UnionRead more
UfM-UNIDO Women Business Forum 20-21 July 2022. Women entrepreneurs face significant and additional obstacles in expanding their businesses and taking them to the next level. The MENA region, having the world’s largest entrepreneurial disparity between men and women (ca. 5% of women-led business compared to a global average of 23%-26%) and one of the weakestRead more
The UfM and UNIDO join forces for the Women Business Forum, a two-day hybrid event in Barcelona and livestreamed online 20 July 2022, Barcelona. The MENA region has the world’s largest entrepreneurial disparity between men and women – 5% of women-led business compared to a global average of 23%-26% – and one of the weakest femaleRead more
10 July 2022, Online_ UfM and UN Women Arab States Capacity Building Workshop on Gender Based Violence in the Euro Mediterranean Region: Toolkit and guidelines for public service providers and CSOs assisting victims of VAWG, as well as good practices at national and regional level will be shared and discussed.Read more
July 1 – Montpellier (France). On Friday July 1st, UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, will address a keynote speech at ¨Women for Future Mediterranean¨ event, in Montpellier (France). UfM expert Anna Dorangricchia will also be part of the panel: Women’s pragmatism for an ecological transformation. Co-organised by the UfM and the Region of Occitanie (France),Read more
