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The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies concentrates on the following areas of activity.

A. Civil Society Programme
MIGS promotes initiatives which strengthen and enhance civil society participation and that empower women, especially in the processes of governance. Priority is given to issues of involvement of women in local and national government; engaging minority and socially excluded groups in training and debate in order to help promote diverse public dialogue; combating gender discrimination and domestic violence; enhancing and promoting social empowerment, human rights and people’s diplomacy. Within the framework of this program MIGS is and has been involved in the following activities:

Current:
Daphne II-Date Rape Cases Among Young Women / Integration of Female Migrant Domestic Workers / Elani: Open Doors – Equal Initiative

Past:
Prevention of Violence Against Girls and Women in Patriarchal Families / Measures to Integrate Women Refugees / Gender, Conflict and the Media

B. Education and Leadership Programme
The dynamics of political leadership are explored through two approaches used in conjunction to one another: scholarly and experiential learning [through training, workshops, conferences, meetings and so on]. Emphasis is put on younger women, potential leaders, and other female leaders in the social and political domains who will work directly with international academics and specialists in dealing with traditional and contemporary decision-making processes. Particular focus areas are young women’s development and organising; information technologies and the media and, women’s political participation. The Institute can potentially support female students whose post-graduate work is related to the Institute’s areas of competence and concern. Within the framework of this program MIGS is and has been involved in the following activities:

Current:
Grundtvig 2 – Young Women Fit for Politics! / Daphne II-Secondary Education Schools and Education in Values

Past:
Empowerment of Young Women in Politics Through Mentoring Programmes

C. Trans-national Peace Initiatives
Given the transforming global political climate and conditions in South Eastern Europe, the Near East, the Middle East, and the whole of the region, priority is given to the following areas: Gender and Peace-making, Peace-building, Peace-Keeping; Preparing for Peace; Policy Making and Ethnic Identities; The Role of Culture in Reaching agreements; The Role of Women in Peace; The Role of Violence during Peace Processes; Minority Rights; Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution; Demilitarisation; Development and Conflict; Media, Gender, and Conflict; Post-Conflict Conditions. The above areas have attracted the attention of various funding agencies and scholarly work both in Europe and elsewhere. Within the framework of this program MIGS is involved in the following activities:

Current:
MEDA – Role of Women in Economic Life

Past:
Gender, Conflict and the Media

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