Launching the 2024 Regional Index on Violence against Women and Girls

The Regional Observatory on Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) hosted by EuroMed Feminist Initiative in Amman, has developed the Regional Index on VAWG, which includes a set of indicators under seven categories to follow up and support the implementation of policies and measures to combat VAWG in Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA). 

The 2021 Regional Index included seven countries - Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia, who scored and presented the results at a high-level conference held in Amman.

The 2024 Regional Index was widened to nine countries, including Iraq and Syria. It was reviewed at the Regional Expert Roundtable in November 2024, in Baghdad, in light of the new developments and forms of VAWG. It was scored by all countries, and the Regional Observatory combined the results.

The launching of the 2024 Regional Index on VAWG is organized in partnership with the Department of Women´s Affairs in the Presidency of Republic of Iraq, EuroMed Feminist Initiative and the Regional Observatory on VAWG. It takes place as part of the project “Combating VAWG in Iraq – Enhancing Cross Sector Cooperation”, as a part of the “Strengthening Participation, Peaceful Coexistence, and Equality in Iraq (SPACE”) programme, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.