Report: Mediterranean Feminist Forum
2024-08-11T21:00:00Z
Paris, France
Women’s rights in the Mediterranean are currently at risk of regressing due to persistent armed conflicts, social and economic inequality and rise of conservatism. Several initiatives have been engaged to promote networking between feminist civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Mediterranean at different levels.
At multilateral level, events have been organized notably by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) around issues such as female entrepreneurship, women economic empowerment, and the gender-climate nexus. At Euro-Mediterranean level, through the long-term investment and action of national and regional feminist organizations, notably EuroMed Feminist Initiative (EFI), who has been organising for many years now women’s rights CSOs-led policy dialogues with stakeholders and legislators.
The first Mediterranean Feminist Forum was organised by the EuroMed Feminist Initiative, in partnership with the Interministerial Delegation for the Mediterranean of French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and with the contribution of the Arab World Institute in Paris, the French Development Agency, Wimbeetech and Campusna.
It aimed to contribute to valorising and strengthening CSOs’ networking from both sides of the Mediterranean and widening the space for cooperation and common action.
Theforum also strived to promote the actions initiated and implemented by women’s rights organisations and support the diversification of the sources of their financing.
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