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TunisiaUfM stands with Euro-Mediterranean women in fight for gender equality and climate action on International Women’s Day
6 March 2025, Barcelona. As another International Women’s Day approaches, it is once again time to reiterate that gender equality in the Euro-Mediterranean region is yet to be achieved, despite signs of progress in countries on both shores of our shared sea. And in a region that is also warming at a rate 20% faster than the global average, climate change has time and again demonstrated its ability to exacerbate existing socioeconomic inequalities. Women, especially those in low income and rural communities, are disproportionately affected as they face increased instability and resource scarcity. This is a detriment to society as a whole given their centrality to fostering more inclusive and effective responses to the crisis.
Because of this, the Union for the Mediterranean marks International Women’s Day with a webinar on the intersection of gender, climate change, and security. The online event served to present the latest UfM-European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) policy paper, “Climate Crisis and Gender Equality in the Euro-Mediterranean Region – Emerging Security Risks.” Speakers including Sarine Karajerjian from the Arab Reform Initiative think tank, Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean’s Anthi Brouma or Zeina Moneer, an environmental policy researcher with a PhD from Freiburg University, discussed how to advance the role of women in climate governance and peacebuilding.
Countries covered:
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Algeria
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Egypt
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Israel
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Jordan
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Lebanon
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Libya
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Morocco
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Palestine *
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Syria *
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Tunisia
