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How to use it?

Our website is equipped with an advanced search engine facility: the e-library. Whether you are trying to locate a publication we’ve produced or looking to take part in our campaigns and support our work, then your journey starts here.

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The e-library allows you to browse the latest Human Rights-related news we’ve produced on any given theme and country. For customised search results, you can either select the type of publication you’d like to browse (Press Release, Report, Factsheet, Core Document, …etc.), your theme of interest (gender equality, justice, etc.) or the country for which you are looking to locate information.
You can further refine your search results by combining several criteria (e.g. Report /Syria/ women rights)

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10 Aug 2020
Facebook Administration to take further measures to limit the spread of hate speech against The LGBTIQ+ community in the mena region
The signatory organizations and movements continue to cooperate in combating hate speech targeting members of the LGBTIQ+ community in the MENA region. We are very concerned about the consequences of this hate speech, which was exposed in a report entitled “Hate Speech Spreads like Wildfire” issued today by a number of partner organizations and initiatives, … Continued
- Press Release
- Women’s rights and gender justice
31 Jul 2020
Eren Keskin: “If Turkey leaves the Istanbul Convention, it will legitimise violence against women”
August 1st marks the anniversary of the Istanbul Convention initially signed in 2011 and aiming to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence. As the Council of Europe remarked, “2020 should have been a year in which the global progress on achieving gender equality was reviewed. Instead, a global health pandemic exposed the dangerous and pervasive forms of gendered social, economic and political inequality and … Continued
9 Jul 2020
Documenting violence against women during the COVID-19 crisis
In April 2020, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women put out a global call for submissions on the increase of violence against women during the COVID-19 crisis. With the help of members and organisations in Italy (Di.R.e), Jordan (Mizan for Law and SIGI/JO), Morocco (AMDH and ADFM) and Tunisia (BEITY), EuroMed Rights’ Women’s … Continued
17 Jun 2020
Who cares during a pandemic?
Care is central to the way our societies function, in the Euro-Mediterranean region as elsewhere. It entails a wide variety of activities in sectors such as education, healthcare, childcare, elderly care and domestic work. Care work requires both physical and emotional labour. It results in one person providing services to another when needed, allowing the latter to physically, mentally and emotionally function. This labour is … Continued
- COVID19 Newsletter
- Women’s rights and gender justice
10 Jun 2020
Webinar series: The state of human rights after the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown global structural, social, economic, and humanitarian inequalities into sharp focus. Existing issues such as migrant’s rights, access to healthcare, violence against women and discrimination – already chronically under-addressed and under-funded by states worldwide – have been exacerbated by responses to the pandemic (or the lack of response). Civil society organisations … Continued
2 Jun 2020
Tunisia: pandemic increases violence against women
The number of cases of violence against women, of any type, has sharply risen since the enactment of Governmental Decree 2020-156 of 22 March 2020, establishing total sanitary confinement aimed at minimising the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of 3 May, over 7,000 cases of violence had been reported on the toll-free number opened … Continued
18 May 2020
What is at stake for Women’s Rights?
The Federation for Women and Family Planning (FWFP) was established in 1992 in response to a fierce debate surrounding the restriction of women’s access to abortion in Poland. FWFP is the only registered organisation working on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Poland. This puts them under a double pressure as they try and … Continued
18 May 2020
What next for Democracy in Poland?
The Polish presidential elections, due to be held on 10 May, did not take place. According to the Central Election Commission it was “impossible to vote for candidates”. Poland recently faced serious attacks against democratic pillars such as an independent judiciary, opposition parties, civil society organisations or the media. Such a postponement can pose problems. … Continued
30 Apr 2020
No lockdown for violence against women: what measures are being taken?
The current lockdown worsens domestic violence: as women’s rights organisations warned, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities estimated that for every three months the lockdown continues, 15 million additional gender-based violence cases can be expected to occur. In addition to economic uncertainties and cramped living conditions, the worrying context created by the COVID-19 can … Continued
- COVID19 Newsletter
- Women’s rights and gender justice
22 Apr 2020
Recommendations to the EU on its Gender Action Plans II & III
The EU’s ambition to be a leader on feminist foreign policy will not be fully met without the involvement of organisations on the ground which are directly affected by its decisions. With this paper, EuroMed Rights intends to voice their concerns to the EU institutions so that local realities and challenges can be considered during the … Continued
- Women’s rights and gender justice