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Spring Forward for Women
The
project for political and economic empowerment of women in the Southern
Mediterranean region promotes access and effective participation of
marginalised women in economic and public life by addressing the barriers that
have impeded their engagement in these areas.
Algeria,
Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory,
Syria, Tunisia
Timeframe: 2012-2016
Budget: €7 million (EU
contribution) + €1.2 million (UN Women budget)
Objectives
The programme aims to
empower women politically in order to assure their active engagement in
decision making spaces, to empower them economically, and to enhance regional
knowledge and experience-sharing on women's political and economic rights.
What does it do?
Implemented by UN Women, the Spring Forward
programme supports initiatives by national and regional institutions and civil
society organisations to ensure women's active engagement in decision-making,
empower them economically and share experience across the region on women's
political and economic rights.
The programme responds to support needed at
regional and country levels and builds on local initiatives. Work at regional
level is focused on several priorities: capacity building; increasing the
participation of women in electoral processes; and strengthening local and
national governments to have effective services toward poverty alleviation and
advocacy.
Political empowerment of women: the programme
develops the capacity for civil society organisations (NGOs and community-based
organisations) as well as governing bodies and political parties to implement a
gender perspective in their structure, and to advocate for women's interests.
Economic empowerment of women: the programme
supports poor women, in rural and urban areas, who have entrepreneurial
potential but who lack assets, required skills or are too poor to access
financial and non-financial services in order to overcome barriers to entry
into income-generating activities and to effectively access economic
opportunities.
Sharing knowledge and experience of women’s
political and economic rights on a regional basis:the programme builds
up a knowledge hub on women's citizenship and democratic transition in the
Southern Mediterranean region at the regional level to ensure that national
experiences are captured and shared.
Actions
in brief
Carries
out media campaigns to promote woman's participation in economic and public
life among the general public.
Political empowerment of women
Economic empowerment of
women
Sharing knowledge and experience of women’s
political and economic rights on a regional basis
EU
Cooperation with Syria is currently suspended due to the political situation in
the country; however, since in principle Syria is eligible for cooperation
under the ENPI, activities may be taken up again once the situation improves.
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