On the 12th of September, from 11:00 to 12:30 am, the End FGM E-Campus training platform on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) will be presented online with Dr. Jasmine Abdulcadir, a renowned obstetrician and gynecologist expert in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). She...
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No Woman Left Behind: closing event of the project
At the end of July, we went to Amman for the closing event of our project on gender-based violence and disability. We applied an intersectional perspective to ensure that disability is also considered in confirmed cases of violence or in cases of women at risk, in an...
Civil society’s shadow report for GREVIO
The Council of Europe published its first Thematic Evaluation about Italy, a report that evaluates the implementation of some specific aspects of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, known as the...
Closing event of the WORK project in Ethiopia
From the 24th to the 28th of June we were in Addis Ababa for the end of our project WORK, aimed at improving the living conditions of women and young people, in rural and urban areas, through creating new job opportunities and new businesses. In Ethiopia, in fact,...
Aidos announces new President’s election
Last May Aidos’ new Board of Directors elected a new President, Clara Caldera, and re-elected Serena Fiorletta as Vice President. Clara Caldera has been working at Aidos since 2004 and, over the last 20 years, has coordinated several projects, focusing especially on...
Civil7: G7 stuck in the here and now
The G7 summit in Borgo Egnazia, ended on the 14th of June, was followed carefully by Civil 7 (C7), the platform of Civil Society Organizations aimed at making proposals and requests to protect and promote gender equality, human rights, environmental protection, social...
EndFGM European Network’s manifesto for the European elections
The End FGM European Network, of which Aidos is part of, developed a six-point manifesto for the upcoming European elections, requesting candidates from EU Member States to support efforts to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and gender-based violence. The...
Launch of the #AWorldWhere campaign at the Civil 7 Summit
On the 14th and 15th of May, the Civil7 (C7) summit took place in Rome at FAO headquarters during the Italian G7 Presidency. Aidos attended the event and organized the panel “The right to Bodily autonomy: a right for achieving gender equality” with the following...
#AWorldWhere Campaign
#AWorldWhere is a campaign aiming to drive Europe’s global commitments on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including family planning (FP), to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets, advance gender equality, and strengthen health systems. We...
The 57th Commission on Population and Development (CPD)
The 57th Commission on Population and Development (CPD) began this week. It will assess the implementation of the Programme of Action defined during the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in 1994, and its contribution to the...