Under EC President Ursula von der Leyen, the EU has prioritized economic and security issues to strengthen its role as a ‘geopolitical player,’ while human rights and gender equality have received less emphasis.
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Report from October 15, 2024
On the possibilities and realities of feminist foreign policy with regard to the countries of the Middle East.
Monday, 21 October 2024, 13:00 – 17:00
Otto Mauer Zentrum, Währinger Straße 2-4, 1090 Vienna
with Sheena Anderson (Netzwerk F) and Shonali Pachauri (IIASA)
A Palestinian researcher and scientist describes the current situation in Gaza and the West Bank and shares her perspective on reconstruction and the political future of the Occupied Palestinian Territorities.
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In October 2023, 100 prominent jurists and civil society leaders urged the international community to codify gender apartheid as a crime against humanity and in March 2024, the End Gender Apartheid Campaign was launched.
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Hadia was a lecturer at a private university in Balkh province, Afghanistan, before she lost her job and source of income after the Taliban took power.
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The Afghan cultural association AKIS, in cooperation with VIDC, organized an event in Vienna with the aim of raising awareness of the pressing educational limitations faced by Afghan women and girls.
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The workshop series aims to shed light on the main features of a feminist foreign policy and show how a foreign policy should be designed in order to meet the claim of being feminist.
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As part of the event, the study "Syrian Diaspora Engagement in Austria" was presented and commented on by representatives of ADA, MA 17 and the umbrella organisation of Viennese social institutions.
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Despite the severe restrictions on their rights and freedoms which is amounting to gender apartheid, Afghan women are finding ways to resist the Taliban's oppressive regime and demonstrate remarkable resilience.
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