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Latest backlashes

Find more about the latest contestations of gender equality in countries across the Euro-Mediterranean region below.

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Tunisia
3 Jun 2024
Tunisia: Arrests of Women Migrant and Black Rights Defenders in Escalation of Repressive Crackdown on Migrants and Civil Society Organisations
Freedom of assembly and association Citizenship and Political participation Law Enforcement Authorities Access to justice and right to a fair trial
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Tunisia
10 May 2024
Tunisia: Escalating attacks against Women Human Rights Defenders
Anti-feminism Heads of State/Government Officials Law Enforcement Authorities Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions) Citizenship and Political participation Freedom of assembly and association Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion
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France
2 May 2024
France: Police questions Palestinian human rights defenders for "advocating terrorism"
Freedom of assembly and association Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Freedom from discrimination Citizenship and Political participation Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions) Occupation/settler colonialism
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Spain
15 Nov 2023
LGBTIQ+ laws reformed in Madrid
Anti-gender Education Citizenship and Political participation Political Party Draft Law/Decree/Reform
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Tunisia
15 Sep 2022
New electoral law abandons gender parity guarantees
Illiberalism Anti-feminism Citizenship and Political participation Heads of State/Government Officials Draft Law/Decree/Reform
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Palestine
18 Aug 2022
Israeli crackdown on Palestinian CSOs, including Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees
Occupation/settler colonialism Freedom of assembly and association Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Citizenship and Political participation Law Enforcement Authorities Enactment of violence (offline/online)
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Lebanon
28 Jul 2022
Female parliamentarian subjected to harassment and misogyny
Anti-feminism Freedom from discrimination Citizenship and Political participation Members of Parliament Other act of discrimination
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Turkey
16 Mar 2022
Mass arbitrary arrest of women’s rights activists in Diyarbakır
Anti-feminism Freedom of assembly and association Citizenship and Political participation Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Law Enforcement Authorities Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions)
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Palestine
13 Feb 2022
Woman human rights defender Khitam Saafin sentenced
Occupation/settler colonialism Freedom of assembly and association Citizenship and Political participation Judiciary Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions)
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Jordan
30 Dec 2021
Constitutional amendment to add female noun for ‘Jordanians’ leads to fistfight in parliament
Conservatism Anti-feminism Citizenship and Political participation Freedom from discrimination Members of Parliament Enactment of violence (offline/online)
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Lebanon
7 Oct 2021
Electoral quota for women dismissed by MPs
Members of Parliament Block/Veto Anti-feminism Conservatism Citizenship and Political participation Freedom from discrimination
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Jordan
5 Oct 2021
Reservations from Islamic Action Front party to proposed constitutional amendment on women’s empowerment
Political Party Block/Veto Religious-based discourse Anti-feminism Citizenship and Political participation Freedom from discrimination Freedom from violence
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