EU encourages equality and equal opportunities in Tunisia

June 3, 2019
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To learn more about the work of the committee for equality and equal opportunities in the municipality of Sakiet Ezzit in the province of Sfax, Tunisia, listen to Mrs. Rahma Abdelmoula, consultant and chairperson of the committee, stressing the need to adopt laws that guarantee parity and change mentalities to achieve gender equality.

This video was filmed in a training conducted by the association “Mouwatinet” on the inclusion of gender in project planning and budgeting. This training came in the framework of the EU-funded CSO-WINS projet.

The CSO WINS project (Capacity-building in the Southern Mediterranean to Open Policy Dialogue and Monitoring for Women in Society) targets local associations in order to strengthen their ability to mobilise public opinion with the aim of asserting women’s rights and encourage them to monitor women-related policies in the political, professional and social sectors at a local, national and Euro-Mediterranean level. It is funded by the Neighbourhood Civil Society Facility in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Instrument, and implemented by the European Institute of the Mediterranean through the Euro-Mediterranean Women’s Foundation.

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  • Tunisia