The Regional Observatory on VAWG
The Regional Observatory on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is an independent civil society mechanism aims essentially to follow up on the implementation of the 4th Union for Mediterranean (UfM) Ministerial Declaration on strengthening the role of Women in Society, particularly in the area of VAWG, Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE).
KEY Highlights
7% of women declared domestic violence is acceptable if a wife argues az her husband.
The human rights of women and of the
girl-child are an inalienable, integral and
an indivisible part of universal human rights"
The Vienna Declaration and Program of Action
20% of women declared domestic violence is acceptable if a wife leaves the house without informing her husband.
The 2021 Regional Index on VAWG
The index provides a global documentation on laws, public policies and services related to VAWG and WPS and the alignment with international law and women´s rights instruments. 7 countries are covered by the index which are: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia.
News
EuroMed Feminist Initiative meets with parliamentary Committee of Women and Family Affairs in Jordan
EuroMed Feminist Initiative (EFI) held a meeting on Monday, March 13, 2023, with the Committee of Women and Family Affairs in the Jordanian House...
On 5th April 2023, legal and gender experts from Federal Iraq and Kurdistan Region (Iraq/KRI) met in Erbil to discuss the Regional Index on...
The delegation of the EuroMed Feminist Initiative ( EFI) and the Regional Observatory on Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) met with representatives of...
The Regional Observatory on VAWG invited in expert group of researchers, legal and gender expert to its first meeting to discuss the developing of...
The Policy Dialogue on Combating Violence Against Women and Girls and Strengthening Women´s Rights in the Context of Covid - 19 pandemic was held...
On December 21st, 2020, the Regional Observatory launched the Regional Index on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) during an Online Roundtable aimed at...
Publications
EFI LIBRARY
The legislative portal is developed to provide access to constitutions, national laws and public policies that are relevant to women rights and gender equality. It also includes the international agreements that are signed and ratified by the studied South Mediterranean countries. you can find: law of family rights, laws that are specific for eliminating Violence against Women, penal code, personal status law, nationality law, family code, labour law, the anti-trafficking law.
The database is updated biannually, in line with legislative changes in each country.