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 2009Arab Media from a Gender Perspective: Orientations and ToolsNo 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 2009Arab Women Think TankArab 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 2009Media Training for Female ParliamentariansThe 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 2009Regional Consultations (Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) CEDAWThe 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 2009Shelters: 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 2009The Arab Network for Monitoring the Image of Men and Women in MediaThe main objectives of the seminar are identifying ways of implementing the strategy on Arab Women and Media and sharing experiences.
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)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 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”.