Background   The Mediterranean is one of the most affected regions by climate change. Building territorial resilience has become essential to adapt to stresses and shocks, whether the stresses are climatic, socio-economic, or pandemic related. One of the key elements of territorial resilience pathways includes youth empowerment....

This report collects the outcomes of discussions and surveys carried out in 3 years among members of the Host Municipalities Learning Network (HMLN). It provides an overview of the findings collected in five opinion surveys and workshop discussions from May 2016 to July 2019 and derives an overview of main challenges, priorities,...

Context & Rationale At the present time, issues related to flows and movements of people – in all their forms – figure prominently among the most pressing, relevant and, often, divisive policy agendas in the Mediterranean region.   A comprehensive approach to migration is needed, taking into account its root causes as well as all related...

نفذت بلدية يريفان برامج اقتصادية تهدف إلى تعزيز بيئة الأعمال من خلال الإدماج الاقتصادي لرجال الأعمال السوريين في السياق المحلي، جنبًا إلى جنب مع الأنشطة الاجتماعية، لإسكان اللاجئين وبرامج التعليم للشباب السوريين.   الهيئة أو المنظمة المسؤولة:  بلدية يرفان المنطقة:  يرفان، جمهورية أرمينيا المستفيدون: استفاد اللاجئون السوريون الشباب والنساء السوريات...

Marseille, France, 13 November 2018 – The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) signed a 3-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) marking the launch of a new collaboration agreement between the two organizations. The parties will cooperate on promoting development and integration in the Euro-...

  Gender Equality is key for development in the Middle East and North Africa. Countries must bridge gender gaps to achieve their full potential. CMI Manager, Blanca Moreno-Dodson, shares the CMI’s vision for guaranteeing female inclusion in all sectors and introduces the stories of some of the most impressive women in the region who are...

For so long women have represented the symbol of resilience. In the water sector, they are no different. In the Middle East and North Africa, the world’s most water-stressed region, women are playing their part in protecting water and fighting water scarcity.

This policy brief tries to answer the important question of whether firms gain from women participation in management positions. The debate on academic and policy levels have not reached a consensus regarding the existence of gender gaps in firm performance. This policy brief attempts to clarify some of the misconceptions associated with the idea...

In the misleading influx of media images contrasting “eastern submissive women” – i.e. child marriages, forced marriages, forced hijab, female genital mutilation etc. – and of “western free and progressive women” – i.e. female politicians, single mothers, free sexual orientation, abortion rights etc. – this blog post does not wish to add another...

Counting the Invisible' explores the current state of gender data and exposes the gaps: we don’t count how many girls leave school because of early marriage, pregnancy or violence, exactly how many give birth before they turn 15, how many hours a day they spend working, what kind of work they do and whether they get paid for it.

Thirteen of the 15 countries with the lowest rates of women participating in their labor force are in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to the 2015 Global Gender Gap Report (2015). 

من حسن الطالع أنه عندما يتعلق الأمر بالإصلاحات التي تزيد من الفرص الاقتصادية أمام المرأة وتحد من عدد القوانين التي تقلص دورها، فثمة تحسينات تشهدها البلدان في مختلف أنحاء العالم كل عام. ووفقا لتقرير "المرأة وأنشطة الأعمال والقانون 2016" الذي أصدره البنك الدولي مؤخرا، فإن نحو 65 بلدا من بلدان العالم قامت خلال العامين الماضيين بسن 94 إصلاحا من شأنها...

استطاع البحر، البحر الذي يتألف من ثلاثة حروف صغيرة في اللغة أن يعقد موعداً مستمراً للألم مع السوريات والسوريين منذ خمسة أعوام وحتى الآ غير أن أم محمد وأم عيسى لم تخططا لهذا الموعد أبداّ. فالأولى هربت من جحيم براميل البارود التي تلقى على مدينة داريا ، والأخرىقررت أن تترك الوطن خلفها بعد أن بدأت الأجهزة الأمنية التابعة للنظام الحاكم بملاحقة ابنها ...