WILPF in MENA
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Welcome to WILPF's MENA HUB

Looking for accessible and contextualised content to learn more about the feminist movement in the MENA region — from FPE, to disarmament, gender-based violence, and much more?

Here, you will find many feminist guides, knowledge tools, videos, and infographics on various feminist issues, available in English and Arabic.

This platform will be continuously updated with new resources developed with or through our partnerships in the region, or produced by WILPF’s programs and our regional partners.

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Podcast

Political is Personal Ep19 – Between Registration and Authority: How Is Civil Society Being Reshaped in Syria?
This episode unpacks the challenges Syrian civil society is facing around organisational registration, examining how these constraints are shaping civic space and community work, and how feminist organisations are navigating this environment, calling for the legal protection of this space.
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Video

Voices from Gaza: Life Under Siege & the Cost of Complicity
This episode documents one of the most brutal and systematic conditions Palestinians in Gaza continue to face under prolonged Israeli occupation: deliberate starvation, sustained by global complicity.
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WILPF

Podcast

Political is Personal Ep18 — How does feminist resistance persist within authoritarian systems designed to silence it? Narratives from Palestine, Syria and Tunisia
Through compelling narratives from Palestine, Syria and Tunisia, this episode examines how authoritarian systems operate in different forms – from occupation and settler-colonial rule, to repressive state laws, to armed conflict and the control of armed factions – and how these structures shape society as a whole.
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Video

Wait A Minute — What about Feminist Resistance? 
What does feminist resistance look like in contexts shaped by war, occupation, authoritarianism, patriarchy and forced displacement? This episode brings together voices from Palestine, Syria, Northern Syria’s Kurdish regions, Iraq and Tunisia, revealing how feminist resistance is a daily practice!
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Video

WAIT A MINUTE — Guns or Lives? | Move the Money to Feminist Peace
This episode amplifies the voices of women from Syria, Yemen, Palestine, Afghanistan, Iran and beyond, who are resisting militarisation and demanding that governments #MoveTheMoney — from war to peace, from destruction to care, from militarised power to feminist justice.
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International Justice in Palestine - Instagram Live

WILPF

Webinar

An Instagram Live Discussion on Resuscitating International Justice for Palestine
International justice is flatlining—will we revive it or watch it die? This session exposes how arms sales, colonialism, racism, and patriarchy fuel ongoing violations, centers first-hand realities from women on the ground, and sets out a concrete action list: enforce ICC warrants, uphold ICJ orders, and push for arms embargoes and targeted sanctions.
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WILPF runs projects in several MENA countries
Group photo of WILPF's Syria partners

Syria

Group photo of WILPF's Syria partners
WILPF works closely with Syrian partners towards a feminist, peaceful and just solution to the ongoing conflict. Together, we support the non-violent grassroots movement for equality, freedom, and justice, promote the inclusion and security of women peace builders and their fair portrayal in the media, and leverage feminist perspectives on peace and security.
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Women protesting in Egyptian street

Egypt

Women protesting in Egyptian street
In Egypt, WILPF seeks to create and sustain a feminist movement by advocating for equitable, just, and fair family laws for Egyptian women and girls. We also focus on building the capacity of grassroots organisations, activists, and community leaders, empowering women and marginalised groups in poor and remote areas, and elevating the voices of feminists in international fora.
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Women holding Lebanese flag sit in front of a line of soldiers

Lebanon

Women holding Lebanese flag sit in front of a line of soldiers
Although Lebanese women and girls are often severely affected by the country’s longstanding conflict, they have little say in political decision-making.  WILPF is working with partners in Lebanon to enhance the inclusion of women in peace and stability processes, at the grassroots and institutional levels. Additionally, WILPF section in Lebanon currently focuses on assisting Syrian women living in refugee camps.
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Palestinian woman confronts Israeli soldier

Palestine

Palestinian woman confronts Israeli soldier
WILPF works with partners in Palestine to address the causes and consequences of gender-based violence within the Palestinian community, and the gender-specific effects of the Israeli occupation. We seek to promote Palestinian women’s participation in the decision-making process, and a gender-sensitive peace and security agenda. Additionally, WILPF section in Palestine focuses on women’s role in elections, and women empowerment.
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Six women standing in front of a UN building

Iraq

Six women standing in front of a UN building
Together with our partners in Baghdad and Kurdistan, WILPF is working on feminist analysis and action related to issues of security, peace, and gender justice in Iraq. We are also supporting efforts to increase women’s meaningful participation in decision- and peace-making processes at the local and international levels.
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Yemen

In Yemen, WILPF is supporting its partners and the Yemeni women’s movement more broadly by ensuring their experiences and recommendations are reflected in the different tracks of the country’s ongoing peace process. Through this work, we are helping women in Yemen achieve a more inclusive peace process for a future of justice and security for all.
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Bullying

Bullying is any abusive practice or behaviour directed by an individual or group of individuals towards another individual or group. Bullying can be considered a form of harassment that is more frequent and systematic. It aims not only to violate the receiving party, but also to belittle them. Bullying is characterised by being targeted at a person or group of people, while harassment need not be targeted.

  • Physical bullying
  • Verbal bullying
  • Indirect bullying
  • Intellectual bullying
  • Cyberbullying
  • Feminist bullying

Harassment

Harassment/Taharrush is a group of unwanted abusive practices that are threatening to the recipient by their very nature. Unlike bullying, harassment need not be targeted. It may take place directly or indirectly, so that it creates an atmosphere of distress, heaviness, and insecurity.

  • Physical harassment
  • Verbal harassment
  • Sexual harassment

Assault

Assault is any actual or attempted aggressive act that deliberately violates or threatens the physical space of an individual or group. It is often believed that assault is limited to direct physical violations only, but as a concept it also includes indirect infringement on personal space.

  • Sexual assault
  • Physical assault
  • Verbal assault

Exploitation

Exploitation occurs when a person or group of people uses their power, status, or positionality for personal benefit through the use of force, duress, violence, coercion, deceit, or trickery that causes direct or indirect harm to another person or group of people, or to public interest.

  • Sexual exploitation
  • Emotional exploitation
  • Exploitation of labour and economic resources

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