Euromed Gender Connection

The EuroMed Gender Connection Network is active since November 2005 and is made up of individuals and not-for-profit organizations that work to guarantee, advocate and effectively put into practice real equality between men and women in all fields, and widely promote gender issues, for example rights and their application, in the 37 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.

The previous lack of permanent and structured networking between youth organizations working on Gender issues in the region resulted in the following: a lack of communication and sharing between organizations and therefore a repetition of projects and initiatives instead of a coherent evolution, lack of awareness by youth organizations of the exact meaning of equal opportunities, an absence of knowledge about the role and representation of women in other EuroMed countries and the low impact of youth work on Gender issues at civil society, policy making and other institutional levels (local, national, European and EuroMed).

The mission of the EuroMed Gender Connection is to increase Gender equality within the 37 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Its aim is to develop and coordinate the work of European and Mediterranean youth organizations and structures actively promoting gender equality.

Members of EuroMed Gender Connection work together towards the promotion of gender issues and the respect of women’s rights as a universal value, particularly in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership countries.