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Democracy, Human Rights and Gender

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3-4 February 2010
“Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings–The Swedish Example”
During the last decade the efforts towards combating the modern slavery of human trafficking have become an important topic on the political agenda, both on a national and international level.

7-8 December 2009
Arab Media from a Gender Perspective: Orientations and Tools
No one can deny today the role played by media in perpetuating mental images resulting from social values and cultural norms, and the media’s persistence to conveying negative images about women and their traditional roles in society.

16-17 November 2009
Arab Women Think Tank
Arab Women are still faced with a variety of obstacles that hinder their efforts. Among these are socio-cultural factors that stand as negative barriers that restrain their full participation.

17-19 August 2009
Media Training for Female Parliamentarians
The meeting comes within the mandate of the Swedish Institute in empowering women and building bridges between women Parliamentarians and different media channels.

14-15 June 2009
“Strengthening of Women’s Role in Society: Preparations for the Euro – Med Ministerial Conference in November 2009”
The Swedish Institute, Alexandria, the EMHRN and The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation organize a seminar to provide space for key NGOs and networks from Maghreb, Mashreq and Europe to discuss and come with input in view of this Ministerial Conference on how to promote gender equality in the Euro-Med region.

25-27 May 2009
Regional Consultations (Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) CEDAW
The workshop aims at enhancing the skills of the participants and enabling them to draft parallel reports in order to submit them to CEDAW and CRC Committees.

5-7 May 2009
Shelters: A Matter of Life and death-A Study Tour in Amman on Violence Against Women
This study visit to shelters in Amman is the fourth event in the project. Throughout the project, shelters have been defined as a matter of life and death.

27-29 April 2009
The Arab Network for Monitoring the Image of Men and Women in Media
The main objectives of the seminar are identifying ways of implementing the strategy on Arab Women and Media and sharing experiences.

21-23 February 2009
CEDAW Preparatory Meeting and Regional Strategy Session for the Upcoming 53rd Session of the UN Commission on the “A STATUS OF WOMEN” (CSW)The first two days are to prepare the joint Oral Statement, position paper, and policy agenda for the Karama delegation's advocacy at the UN Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York.

12-14 May 2008
Moratorium on the use of the Death Penalty in the Arab Region
The 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 2008
Challenging Honour-Related Violence Against Women; Legal Rights and State Responsibilities
Attention 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 2007
Including Women in the Political Process
The seminar will focus on the theme “Political Parties: best practices of political parties promoting women´s political participation”.

29-30 October 2007
Manual on Human Rights Education
The Council of Europe has produced (2002) a Manual on Human Rights Education for young ‎people.

24-26 September 2007
Meeting of Swedish NGOs with activities in the MENA-Region
The 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 2007
Gender-Based Violence
Attention has been drawn in recent years to the issue of crimes against women committed in the name of honour.

5-7 March 2007
Youth Policy: Follow-up Meeting of Euro-Med Steering Committee
SwedAlex 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”.