CSW67 Parallel Event — Technology and Feminism: Friends or Foes? Insights from MENA
Through a discussion led by women civil society representatives, this event unpacked how technology has proven to be both an effective tool to mobilise change and advance gender equality and […]
Reclaiming Public Spaces — Syrian Feminist Narratives and Approaches to Political Participation
In this webinar, expert panelists shed light on women’s meaningful political participation, particularly in the context of armed conflict, centering the perspectives of women themselves on the concept of politics […]
The WPS Agenda in Palestine: Challenges to the Implementation of The UNSCR 1325 Under Occupation
In this panel discussion held on the sidelines of the 21st annual UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), speakers addressed the gendered impacts of the […]
The Correlation between the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Iraq and Rates of Violence Against Women
In this webinar, speakers discussed the main findings of a joint WILPF-Asuda report on the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Iraq and rates of violence against women. […]
It is Not About Counting Women but Making Women Count
In this CSW65 side-event, WILPF partners from Syria, Yemen and Libya, provided contextual feminist accounts and analysis to redefine women’s meaningful participation in social, economic and political processes in conflicts […]
Panel Discussion: The WPS Agenda Under Occupation
In this webinar, expert panelists discussed the impacts of the Israeli occupation from a gender-sensitive perspective. They touched on settlement expansion in the West Bank and the blockade in Gaza, […]
Conflict, Militarism and Securitisation of the Virus: Feminist Peace and States Accountability
In this webinar, feminist activists and partner organisations from Yemen, Syria, and Libya shared their feminist analysis from an intersectional approach on militarised masculinities in the region in the midst […]
Covid-19 and Gender Justice: Feminists in MENA Defying Global Structure Failure
Amid COVID-19, partner organisations and feminist activists from Palestine, Syria, Yemen, and Egypt came together to shed light on the complex consequences of conflicts, failed governing systems, exclusive and gender-blind […]
FPE in MENA region: Where Capitalist Policies Fail, What Are the Feminist Alternatives?
In this webinar, feminist experts and activists discussed the root causes of the dire economic situation in the MENA region, what needs to be changed in the current gender blind […]
“Bullets are Cheaper than Sugar”: The Need for New Approaches to the WPS Agenda in the MENA region
This webinar addressed the UNSC resolutions on advancing the WPS Agenda, specifically in the context of the MENA region: What have they achieved? How can they achieve more? What needs […]