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
The Regional Observatory on Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) hosted by EuroMed Feminist Initiative in Amman, has developed the Regional Index on VAWG...
The conference provided a timely platform for representatives from over 35 Syrian women’s rights and human rights civil society organisations to collectively articulate their...
![First Regional Forum “Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPSA)"](/sites/default/files/2025-12/wpsa_regional_forum_amman.jpg "First Regional Forum “Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPSA)"")
EuroMed Feminist Initiative (EFI), under the patronage of H.E. Ms. Wafaa Bani Mostafa, Jordan’s Minister of Social Development and the Head of the Inter-Ministerial...
Under the patronage of the Department of Women’s Affairs at the Presidency of the Republic of Iraq, the scoring workshop of the 2024 Regional...
Under the patronage of the High Council for Women and Development of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), a scoring workshop on the 2024 Regional...
Under the patronage of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Iraq, the Department of Women’s Affairs convened a national experts roundtable on...
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.