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Johanna de Tessières EU

Empowering female entrepreneurs in the Middle East: from challenges to opportunities

Article
Ambassadors' Blog Post

On the occasion of International Women’s Day and of the publication of a book* I contributed to, I’d like to share some insights on the challenges female entrepreneurs in the Middle East face every day and how we can address them...

Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Gender
Entrepreneurship

Les femmes et la science dans la région du voisinage Sud de l'UE : leçons tirées de l'initiative THE NEXT SOCIETY

Article
Voices & Views

Les femmes du voisinage Sud ont un rôle important à jouer pour changer les choses dans leur communauté, par le biais des sciences, de la technologie, de l'ingénierie et des mathématiques. L'UE soutient les jeunes entrepreneurs et...

Africa
Algeria
Egypt
+6
Morocco
Tunisia
Asia
Jordan
Lebanon
Palestine
Gender
Digitalisation
Private Sector

Women and science in the EU Southern Neighbourhood region: lessons learnt from THE NEXT SOCIETY initiative

Article
Voices & Views

Southern Neighbourhood women have an important role to affect change in their communities through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The EU supports young entrepreneurs and researchers to boost the region’s...

Africa
Algeria
Egypt
+6
Morocco
Tunisia
Asia
Jordan
Lebanon
Palestine
Gender
Digitalisation
Private Sector

Des villes pour le commerce équitable: Des alliances pour une chaîne de chocolat durable

Article
Voices & Views

Les villes hébergent plus de la moitié de la population mondiale et représentent 80% de la production économique mondiale. Elles ouvrent la voie en tant que pionniers sur les questions de durabilité, en développant des solutions...

Africa
Cameroon
Europe
+1
Belgium
Trade & Economic Integration
Fair Trade

Cities for Fair Trade: Alliances for a Sustainable Chocolate Chain

Article
Voices & Views

Cities are home to more than half of the world’s population and 80% of the global economic output. They lead the way as pioneers on sustainability issues, developing innovative solutions for environmental, social and economic...

Africa
Cameroon
Europe
+1
Belgium
Trade & Economic Integration
Fair Trade

Migration management: One year on from the launch of the EU-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection & Reintegration

Article
Voices & Views

With over 3,500 migrants rescued from the desert and 15,000 assisted in returning home from dire situations across the Central Mediterranean routes, the first year of the EU-IOM joint initiative has yielded substantive results...

Africa
Libya
Burkina Faso
+12
Côte d'Ivoire
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Cameroon
Chad
Humanitarian Aid
Protection
Relief co-ordination, protection and support services
+7
Migration & Forced Displacement
Smuggling of Migrants & Trafficking in human beings
Legal pathways
Migration dialogues
Migration policy
Refugees
South-South migration

Building Safer and More Inclusive Cities for Women

Article
Voices & Views

A refuge for women in Kenya’s Langas slum in Eldoret decided it needed to provide more than shelter and healthcare for victims of sexual and other violence. So SlovakAid helped set up the St Vincent de Paul vocational training...

Africa
Kenya
Asia
+3
Lebanon
India
Europe
Gender
Urban Development

Supporting Young Peacebuilders to Counter Extremism

Article
Voices & Views

Development gains are easily undermined by rising extremism in fragile contexts. In response, donors are keen to embed elements of CVE, or ‘combatting violent extremism’, in their cooperation programmes. Engaging young people in...

Africa
Morocco
Tunisia
+4
Asia
Lebanon
Syria
Europe
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience

The Land-Drugs Nexus

Article
Voices & Views

"For many communities in Myanmar who grow opium, for them opium is not the problem, it is the solution to their problems," said local project consultant, Tom Kramer, from the Transnational Institute. And therein lies one of the...

Asia
Afghanistan
Myanmar
Agriculture & Rural Development
Fisheries

Humanitarian and Development Actors Unite to Build Resilience in Lebanon

Article
Voices & Views

“We are now in the fourth year of the Syria crisis and we can see that there is not only a host community fatigue [in Lebanon], but also a donor’s fatigue,” said Emily Jacquard, Director of Search for Common Ground’s Lebanon...

Asia
Lebanon
Syria
+1
Europe
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Humanitarian Aid