News n the run up of the VIII Brussels Conference on the future of Syria and the Region, EuroMed Feminist Initiative (EFI), Syria Gender Advocacy Group (GAG) and Musawa will hold a Side event. It is organised in the framework of the program “Implementing the Common Agenda to Combat violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) […]
Invest in women: Accelerate progress Achieving gender equality and women’s well-being in all aspects of life is more crucial than ever if we want to create prosperous economies and a healthy planet. However, we are facing a key challenge: the alarming $360 billion annual deficit in gender-equality measures by 2030. Join us on March 8, […]
News | Syrian Feminist Platform The news of Heba Haj Aref’s murder on the morning of 27th February 2024 has ignited intense emotions of anger among feminists, women’s rights advocates, feminist organisations, and women’s groups. Heba was mourned by the Syrian Women’s Network, Mussawa Organisation, Syrian Women’s Political Movement, Democratic Syrian Women’s Organisation, and many […]
On behalf of the International Federation of Arab Journalism (IFAR), and on the date of 10/11/2023, Dr. Hassan Zzaza presented the Certificate of Exemplary Motherhood to the management and members of the Shawishka Association, which focuses on women and childhood. This is in recognition of their outstanding efforts in building a responsible and open-minded generation, […]
On November 1st, the Dutch government launched the “Shaping Feminist Foreign Policy Conference 2023”, vowing to centre “equal rights and equality for all worldwide” in the policy.Activists & human rights defenders, including SFJN Co-Founder @rulaasad, protested pinkwashing, condemning the Netherlands’ abstention from voting on a UN resolution calling for a humanitarian cease-fire, which contributed to ongoing […]
Maria Al Abdeh, the Executive Director of Women Now for Development, played a pivotal role as a keynote speaker at “The Shaping of Feminist Foreign Policy” Conference hosted by the Netherlands on November 1st and 2nd, 2023. In her speech, Maria Al Abdeh emphasised, “Feminist Foreign Policy goes beyond women’s rights and gender equality. It […]
Alkanawati, who serves as the Deputy Executive Director of “Women Now for Development,” addressed the session held on Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023, at the Security Council building in New York. Her speech focused on the political situation in Syria. During her address, she stated: “I wish I could return to Syria and stand with the […]
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PRESS RELEASES| UNITED NATIONS- HUMAN RIGHTS GENEVA (16 January 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today expressed alarm at the abduction of at least 50 women in Burkina Faso on 12 and 13 January and called for their immediate and unconditional release. “I am alarmed that dozens of women out to […]
Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network| Safaa Saleh, Naim Khaled and Manar Zubeidi Journalism12 Dec 2022 As the year 2022 draws to a close, three members of The Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network share their stories of war, courage and hope. Safaa Saleh (Egyptian based in Dubai) Safaa is a senior war correspondent for the Dubai-based Alaan TV […]
