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Euromed Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI
Euromed Feminist Initiative EFI is a policy network that encompasses women’s rights organizations from the two shores of the Mediterranean and advocates for gender equality and women’s rights as inseparable from democracy building and citizenship, for political solutions to all conflicts, and for the right of peoples to self-determination.
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Regional Forum "Enhancing Gender Equality and Engendering the Syrian Crisis Response in Host Countries", July 2019, Grand Sérail, Beirut
The Regional Forum “Enhancing Gender Equality and Engendering the Syrian Crisis Response in Host Countries Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan” took place under the patronage and in the presence of the President of the Council of Ministers, H.E Saad Hariri, at the Grand Sérail, Lebanon. The event was held in the frame of the project “Strengthening access to protection, participation, and services for women refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs) and women in the host communities in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq” funded by the EU, through the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis, the EU “MADAD” Fund.
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Impact of Sexual and Gender Based Violence on Political Participation in the frame of the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, July 2019, Geneva
In the frame of the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC41), the EuroMed Feminist Initiative and the European Union Delegation to the United Nations organized a panel discussion “The Impact of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence on Women Participation” on the 3rd of July 2019 in Room XXVII, Palais Des Nations, Geneva. The panel aimed at addressing the challenges and opportunities for the recognition of gender-based violence and the inclusion of women in the political process in Syria and globally.
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Regional Round Table "Enhancing Gender Equality and Engendering Syrian Crisis Response in Host Countries", Beirut, July 2019
The regional roundtable "Enhancing Gender Equality and Engendering Syrian Crisis Response in Host Countries – Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan" took place on 4th July 2019 at the Ministry of Social Affairs, Beirut in the presence of H.E. Dr. Richard Kouyoumjian, Minister of Social Affairs, Lebanon. It was held in the frame of the project “Strengthening access to protection, participation, and services for women refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs) and women in the host communities in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq” funded by the EU, through the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis, the EU “MADAD” Fund.
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Regional Experts Roundtable "Promoting Gender Equality Through Education", June 2019, Beirut
In the frame of the project “Combating Violence against Women in the Southern Mediterranean Region”, funded by the EU, a Regional Experts Roundtable “Promoting Gender Equality Through Education” was held on 18 June 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon. The roundtable gathered 27 legal and gender experts and researchers from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, France, and Sweden, as well as representatives from the ministry of education from Jordan and Lebanon.
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Regional Experts Roundtable "Combating Discrimination Against Women (VAW) in Legislation", June 2019, Beiruit
In the frame of the project “Combating Violence against Women in the Southern Mediterranean Region”, funded by the European Union, the EuroMed Feminist Initiative (EFI) organized on 17 June 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon, a regional experts roundtable “Combating Discrimination Against Women in Legislation”. The roundtable gathered 26 legal and gender experts and researchers from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, France and, Sweden, as well as representatives from the Office of the Minister of State for Economic Empowerment of Women and Youth (EEWAY) and the EU Delegation to Lebanon.
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