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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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Palestine
9 Apr 2025
Palestine: The systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare as a genocidal act
Occupation/settler colonialism Sexual and reproductive health and rights Freedom from violence Freedom from discrimination Heads of State/Government Officials Military/Secret Services War crimes
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Syria
8 Apr 2025
Syria : The struggle for gender equality in a post-Assad era
Religious-based discourse Education Heads of State/Government Officials Surveillance
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France
8 Apr 2025
France : The Senate’s Islamophobic law and its threat to women's rights
Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Freedom from discrimination Femonationalism/homonationalism Heads of State/Government Officials Draft Law/Decree/Reform
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Algeria
7 Apr 2025
Algeria: Censorship on International Women's Day
Anti-feminism Citizenship and Political participation Freedom of assembly and association Heads of State/Government Officials Movement fragmentation Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions)
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Tunisia
10 Feb 2025
Tunisia : The unstoppable wave of repression against women human rights activists
Freedom of assembly and association Citizenship and Political participation Access to justice and right to a fair trial Law Enforcement Authorities Heads of State/Government Officials
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Syria
30 Jun 2024
Syria: Rare report highlights gendered discrimination in regime detention and torture system
War crimes Judicial harassment (incl. Arbitrary Arrests, Bans, and Detentions) Surveillance Heads of State/Government Officials Law Enforcement Authorities
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Palestine
10 Jun 2024
Palestine: Israeli army demolishes refugee shelters in Beit Hanoun, abuses women and force them to remove headscarves
Military/Secret Services Heads of State/Government Officials Occupation/settler colonialism Militarism Freedom from violence Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion
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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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Palestine
23 Feb 2024
Palestine: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls
Occupation/settler colonialism Heads of State/Government Officials Military/Secret Services Militarism Anti-feminism Freedom from violence Freedom of expression, thought, conscience and religion Highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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Cyprus
16 Feb 2024
Cyprus: Government says country “not ready for Gay marriage”
Conservatism Political homophobia Heads of State/Government Officials
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Italy
31 Jan 2024
Italy: Prosecutors contestation of children born to same-sex parents’ birth certificates
Heads of State/Government Officials State Institutions/Bodies Judiciary Political homophobia Conservatism Court's ruling Sexual and reproductive health and rights Family life, marriage/divorce and child protection
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France
24 Jan 2024
France: Feminist anger at President Macron’s « demographic rearmament » plan
Heads of State/Government Officials Anti-feminism Family life, marriage/divorce and child protection Sexual and reproductive health and rights
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