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TunisiaThe 2022 Women Empowerment conference for the protection of girls
The conference “Protecting girls: reinforcing the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation to protect girls against gender-based violence” took place in Lisbon gathering more than 170 participants, experts from civil society, governments, and international organisations, to discuss protection challenges and cooperation opportunities around the issue of violence against girls in the Euro-Mediterranean region.
In the context of the ten-year anniversary of the Joint Programme between the European Union and the Council of Europe, the event was an important milestone in the contributions of the North-South Centre to the South Programme IV: “Regional Support to Reinforce Human rights, Rule of Law and Democracy in the Southern Mediterranean” for raising awareness of gender-based violence against girls in the Southern Mediterranean, as well as the crucial role of regional and multi-stakeholder cooperation.
Following the conference, the beneficiaries of the regional grant programme “Strengthening the capacities of civil society organisations” presented their actions to improve access to protection for victims. In total, 28 activities were organised for the benefit of 2123 stakeholders. More information is available on the project webpage: Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation for the Protection of Women and Girls against Violence (coe.int)
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