18-20 December 2009 (to be confirmed)Reforming Family Laws in the Arab World
Organized by: League of Arab States, Unifem, Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)Sponsored by: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)Hosted by: League of Arab States
7-8 December 2009 (to be confirmed)Launching Media StrategyOrganized by: CAWTAR (Tunisia), League of Arab States, Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)Sponsored by: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)Hosted by: Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)
16-17 November 2009 (to be confirmed)Female Think Tank: Planning MeetingOrganized by: A Group of Prominent Women in the Region, Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)Sponsored by: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)Hosted in: Cairo
17-19 August 2009Media Training for Female Parliamentarians
Organized by: Arab Women Media Centre, Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)Sponsored by: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)Hosted by: Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)
14-15 June 2009“Strengthening of Women’s Role in the Society: In the follow-up of Istanbul Action Plan”
Organized by: Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation (KtK), Euromed Human Rights Network (EMHRN), Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex),Sponsored by: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) Hosted by: Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)
25-27 May 2009Regional Consultations (Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) CEDAW
Organized by: KARAMA, Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)Sponsored & Hosted by: Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)
5-7 May 2009Shelters: A Matter of Life and death-A Study Tour in Amman on Violence Against Women
Organized by: Sisterhood in Global Institute (SIGI), Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)Sponsored by: Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)Hosted in: Sisterhood in Global Institute (SIGI), Amman, Jordan
27-30 April 2009The Image of Men and Women in Media
Organized by: Arab Network for Monitoring the Image of Men and Women in Media (ACT), Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)Sponsored and Hosted by: Swedish Institute Alexandria (SwedAlex)
21-23 February 2009CEDAW Preparatory Meeting and Regional Strategy Session for the Upcoming 53rd Session of the UN Commission on the “A STATUS OF WOMEN” (CSW)
12-14 May 2008Moratorium on the use of the Death Penalty in the Arab RegionThe aim is to have a free and open discussion on the status of the death penalty among countries in the Middle East.
11-13 February 2008Challenging Honour-Related Violence Against Women; Legal Rights and State ResponsibilitiesAttention has been drawn in recent years to the issue of crimes against women committed in the name of honour.
21-23 January 2008"New Strategies in Reporting-Getting the Message Out"The face of journalism in the world is changing in the Middle East, as well as elsewhere.
3-5 December 2007Including Women in the Political ProcessThe seminar will focus on the theme “Political Parties: best practices of political parties promoting women´s political participation”.29-30 October 2007Manual on Human Rights EducationThe Council of Europe has produced (2002) a Manual on Human Rights Education for young people.
24-26 September 2007Meeting of Swedish NGOs with activities in the MENA-RegionThe purpose is to present Sida´s regional strategy for the people working in the field and to discuss priority areas for the Swedish involvement in the region.
11-13 June 2007Gender-Based ViolenceAttention has been drawn in recent years to the issue of crimes against women committed in the name of honour.
5-7 March 2007Youth Policy: Follow-up Meeting of Euro-Med Steering CommitteeSwedAlex in close co-ordination with the Council of Europe, League of Arab States, Swedish National Board for Youth Affairs, Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the National Council for Youth have arranged a couple of seminars regarding “Youth Policy”.