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EuroMed Rights and gender equality

• policies and tools

EuroMed Rights Gender Working Group meeting April 2-3 2016 Gender Programme Officer Sarah Gjerding

EuroMed Rights and gender equality

• EuroMed Rights has a Gender Equality Policy Paper:

Why and how to work on gender equality Clarifies our joint commitment It will have to be updated by GWG/EC before 2018

• Why work for gender equality?

 to make full use of all human ressources and capacities (in society and organisations)  to promote just, democratic and equitable societies

Content of the Gender Equality Policy Paper (GEPP)

Five sections:

• The political context for women’s rights and gender equality
• The concepts and definitions of the gender-based approach

used in the policy paper

• The reasoning behind having an EuroMed Rights policy on

gender equality

• The references of the gender equality policy and how

EuroMed Rights will work towards achieving gender equality in its work

• The objectives of the EuroMed Rights gender equality policy

Political context & concepts and definitions

Political context:

• Outlines deeply intrenched inequalities in the

region

• The coming into being of the Istanbul Plan of

Action Concepts and definitions:

• Outlines the definition of the gender-based

approach: female and male roles as social and cultural contructions

• Definition of gender mainstreaming

Why and how a EuroMed Rights GEPP?

• To make EuroMed Rights’ political

commitment towards women’s rights durable and to clarify its commitment to gender equality

• EuroMed Rights has adopted a series of

measures and provisions in its statutory and strategic documents and structures to promote gender equality both internally and externally

References of the EuroMed Rights GEPP

• Fundamental reference is CEDAW and it’s
• ptional protocol & the Istanbul Plan of

Action

• Training, availability of ressources
• Favouring the empowerment of women
• Affirmative action
• Specific actions to support the

implementation of the above mentioned treaties

Objectives of the GEPP

• To promote gender equality in order to contribute to the

transformation of the societies in the Euro- Mediterranean region

• As a prerequisite to this: achieve gender equality in its

structures and activities through:

• awareness raising and training of staff and members
• integration of the gender dimension in core documents

and decision making bodies

• actions and specific programmes aimed at the defense

and promotion of women’s rights and gender equality