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Promoting women’s leadership in the Public Administration: the UfM alongside the Réseau Mixité et Gouvernance

Twenty-five senior female high public officials from the Mediterranean countries meet in Barcelona to discuss the role of gender equality in various issues that the region faces…. read more

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250 experts gathered in the UfM Conference to foster women’s participation in the economic life

• 250 policymakers, experts, representatives from international organisations, think tanks, funding agencies, private sector and civil society from 35 countries discussed solutions to reduce the economic gender gap in the Euro-Mediterranean region. They stressed the urgency to improve women’s economic participation and called for concrete measures and more synergy between key actors in the region. • The Minister of Women and Family Affairs of Tunisia, Samira Merai Friia, proposed that Tunisia hosts the next Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on increasing the role of women in Society in 2016…. read more

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Action on the ground: UfM regional projects to support women’s empowerment and gender equality

The UfM Secretariat (UfM) continues to support the regional agenda on women’s empowerment and gender equality with the implementation of specific projects and initiatives. Within the last weeks, and thanks to the support of the UfMS’s partners, major progress has been made in the implementation of the following UfMS regional labelled projects: Young Women as Job Creators The second phase of Young Women as Job Creators has already begun. It is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government of the Principality of Monaco and is to be implemented in 2015-2016 in Albania, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine,… read more

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UfM Secretariat supports equal participation of women in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) ‎

A UfM workshop on “Women’s economic participation in ICT in the Euro-Mediterranean ‎Region: constraints and opportunities” provided an opportunity for key regional ‎stakeholders to discuss specific actions on enhancing women’s participation in the sector. ‎… read more

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Making the Mediterranean an employment hub: UfM launches the HOMERe project

The launch of the High Opportunity for Mediterranean Executive Recruitment (HOMERe) programme meets two of the Union for the Mediterranean’s (UfM) main objectives: supporting education and jobs for young people and developing the region’s private sector…. read more

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UfM Secretariat fosters gender equality during ‎the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status ‎of Women in New York

• UfM Deputy Secretary General Delphine Borione represents the UfM ‎Secretariat at the 59th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, ‎taking place in New York from 9 to 20 March 2015. ‎… read more

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International Women’s Day: Joining forces to accelerate progress towards gender equality in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

The unemployment rate for women in the Middle East and North Africa region is 21.3%, among the highest rates in the world. Despite the progress achieved in the region to empower women and promote gender equality, the gender gap remains high. This will not be closed until women participate fully in economic, social, political and cultural life…. read more

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The UfM Secretariat and the European Economic and Social Committee sign agreement to advance regional cooperation in the Mediterranean

The UfM Secretariat and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work closer on areas of common concern, including job creation, women’s socio-economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, social economy, food security and climate change…. read more

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The UfM Secretariat and the City of Marseille team up to develop regional partnerships and projects in the Mediterranean

Barcelona, 1 December 2014. Mr Jean Roatta, Deputy Mayor of Marseille responsible for Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation, met Mr Fathallah Sijilmassi, the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) at the UfM headquarters. Ms Corinne Bernie, the Director of International Affairs of the City of Marseille, and Ms Delphine Borione, the Deputy Secretary General of the UfM, were also in attendance. They discussed the avenues for cooperation between the UfM Secretariat and the City of Marseille, which is very active in promoting Euro-Mediterranean relations. Transport, economic development and employment, renewable energy, young people and sports, partnerships between local governments, and… read more

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Gender equality at the heart of the World Human Rights Forum in Marrakech

“Gender equality has to be at the heart of the global agenda of human rights. Equal rights between men and women and elimination of all forms of gender-based discrimination constitute an essential precondition for advancing human rights achievements”, stated UfM Deputy Secretary General Delphine Borione…. read more

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