- Montag, 15. November 2010 17.00 – 19.00 Uhr In meinem Kalender speichern
Synergies for a proper implementation of the Istanbul and Marrakech ministerial conclusions on gender equality
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Four years have passed since the
Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference conclusions (14-15 November 2006) on
“Strengthening the Role of Women in Society”, currently known as the
Istanbul/Marrakech process, created a lot of expectations among civil society.
Human and Women’s Rights organisations, the EU, UNIFEM and the Mediterranean governments have carried out numerous initiatives to address conditions of gender inequality.
However these efforts have not brought until today the expected results: Women’s Rights have not really advanced and have not been mainstreamed, the proportion of women engaged in politics and in economic development has not increased; the rates of illiteracy, violence against women and women’s poverty, especially in the Arab world have intensified.
Governments are legally and politically responsible to implement equality between citizens. However, even in the countries where women have political rights in theory, the large gap between law and reality makes clear that discrimination of women is still prevalent. Fortunately, within the Istanbul/Marrakech process, the different stakeholders are not ready to give up.
The purpose of Tea Briefing is to consider how the synergies between all the stakeholders of the Istanbul/Marrakech process could be improved even further.
Would the Euro-Mediterranean Gender Equality Programme establish new synergies between the Istanbul/Marrakech process and CEDAW in order to implement the key priorities identified in the Regional Euro-Mediterranean Roundtable (March 2010). How should previous civil society initiatives be integrated?
Could the EU guidelines on violence against women (VAW) and the Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders be integrated in this process and their implementation by the EU Delegations encourage local initiatives to combat VAW while protecting the defenders? Could the EU and Mediterranean commitments on gender equality be systematically firmed up within the ENPI Action Plans?
Speakers:
- Florence Raes, Team Leader `Enhancing Equality between Men & Women in the Euromed Region` Programme (EGEP)
- Immaculada Roca I Cortes, European Commission DG RELEX, International Relations Officer - Social, Cultural and Human aspects of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
- Alyn Cherif Chammari, Lawyer, Collectif 95 - Maghreb Egalité
Chair: Claude Weinber, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union
Human and Women’s Rights organisations, the EU, UNIFEM and the Mediterranean governments have carried out numerous initiatives to address conditions of gender inequality.
However these efforts have not brought until today the expected results: Women’s Rights have not really advanced and have not been mainstreamed, the proportion of women engaged in politics and in economic development has not increased; the rates of illiteracy, violence against women and women’s poverty, especially in the Arab world have intensified.
Governments are legally and politically responsible to implement equality between citizens. However, even in the countries where women have political rights in theory, the large gap between law and reality makes clear that discrimination of women is still prevalent. Fortunately, within the Istanbul/Marrakech process, the different stakeholders are not ready to give up.
The purpose of Tea Briefing is to consider how the synergies between all the stakeholders of the Istanbul/Marrakech process could be improved even further.
Would the Euro-Mediterranean Gender Equality Programme establish new synergies between the Istanbul/Marrakech process and CEDAW in order to implement the key priorities identified in the Regional Euro-Mediterranean Roundtable (March 2010). How should previous civil society initiatives be integrated?
Could the EU guidelines on violence against women (VAW) and the Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders be integrated in this process and their implementation by the EU Delegations encourage local initiatives to combat VAW while protecting the defenders? Could the EU and Mediterranean commitments on gender equality be systematically firmed up within the ENPI Action Plans?
Speakers:
- Florence Raes, Team Leader `Enhancing Equality between Men & Women in the Euromed Region` Programme (EGEP)
- Immaculada Roca I Cortes, European Commission DG RELEX, International Relations Officer - Social, Cultural and Human aspects of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
- Alyn Cherif Chammari, Lawyer, Collectif 95 - Maghreb Egalité
Chair: Claude Weinber, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union