The UfM I Conference on Disability and Social inclusion in the Euro-Mediterranean region, which takes place almost one year after the adoption of the EU Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021-2030, should serve to promote awareness on the needs of the persons with disabilities. It is also a tool to promote economic and legislative measures to foster an actual improvement in the qualityRead more
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The Euro-Mediterranean region has one of the youngest populations in the world, with one in every three people being younger than 25 years old, and with this number reaching almost half of the population for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries. Moreover, youth are among the most vulnerable groups in the face of the pressingRead more
3 February 2022. Last 17 November , the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), in partnership with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), joined forces with Business Club Africa, a network with a reach of 6000+ executives across the African continent and around the world, to create and launch the MENA Women Business Club. TheRead more
The call for applications launched in November led to the selection and sponsorship of 136 women entrepreneurs and female executives from the MENA region looking to expand their network and grow their business within the region. 3 February 2022. Today, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), in partnership with the Union for the MediterraneanRead more
Over 1 in 7 persons are experiencing some form of disability globally (WHO, 2021), and they face many barriers to inclusion in some key aspects of society, even more so in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Women with disabilities are at least two to three times more likely than other women to suffer violence. Read more
Live The First Edition UfM I Conference on Disability and Social Inclusion in the Mediterranean will take place on 26 and 27 of January 2022 The I Conference on Disability and Social Inclusion in the Mediterranean is a regional event that addresses the rights, challenges, and limitations of persons with disabilities in the Euro-MediterraneanRead more
Gender equality and women’s empowerment is at the heart of the UfM’s agenda, endorsed by the IV Ministerial Cairo Declaration on strengthening the role of women in society, 2017, which called for increasing women’s economic participation through establishing and enforcing a legal and policy framework to ensure access to the opportunities of full economic participation and promote women’s entrepreneurship. It is in this context thatRead more
