The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies, in partnership with the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family, is implementing a program entitled “Examining the Links between Dometic Violence against Women and Poverty and Social Exclusion” within the framework of the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion 2010. (more…)

The Legal Informational Centre for NGOs Slovenia-PIC, Slovenia, in partnership with the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies is coordinating a project entitled REACT to Domestic Violence: Building a Support System for Victims of Domestic Violence, and funded by the European Commission Daphne III Programme. (more…)

The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) has received a grant from the European Commission European fund for the Integration of Third-country Nationals to implement a transnational project entitled “Young Migrant Women in Secondary Education – Promoting integration and mutual understanding through dialogue and exchange”. The project has a duration of 18 months. (more…)

Representatives from 13 partner organisations across Europe, including the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies,  attended a meeting held in Lisbon by Family Planning Association in Portugal (APF) to formulate the priorities for the END FGM campaign strategy.  This strategy will be launched across the European Union by the partners in the beginning of next year. (more…)