On-line side event - Syria: Equality in education for eliminating violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Syria - NGO Committee on the Status of Women | EFI - EuroMed Feminist Initiative

On-line side event - Syria: Equality in education for eliminating violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Syria - NGO Committee on the Status of Women

2023-03-06T03:00:00Z

EuroMed Feminist Initiative organised an on-line side-event on 6 March 2023 in the framework of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women (CSW67) Forum. The side-event was opened by Ms. Ann Dismorr - Ambassador of Sweden to Lebanon and Chargée d’Affairs to Syria and gathered 170 participants.
 
Discussions focused on the way equality in, and through education can contribute to the elimination of VAWG in the Syrian context. It highlighted the recommendations from the “Common Agenda for Combating Violence Against Women and Girls as a Major Barrier to Women’s Participation in Syria” developed in a consultative process involving over 250 actors and activists from Syria, as well as residing in Turkey, Middle East, and North Africa (MENA) and Europe. The panel also shared other experiences from the region on the use of innovative tools and methodologies, namely the Manual for Teachers on Gender Equality in Education and the handbook ABC for Gender Sensitive Education.
 
This event was of paramount importance given the dramatic context that Syria is currently facing.