"Make room for women’s voices and women’s leadership in decision making processes": EU-financed project in Israel 10.09.2025 To amplify women's leadership and political participation across the country, FES Israel and four CSOs have launched an initiative with the help of our office's EU projects team. Monday, 27.05.2024 News “Raising Civil Voices”: EU-financed project in South Sudan We have launched a new three-year EU-financed project “Raising Civil Voices” in Juba. Thursday, 13.04.2023 News "Fight against corruption and for good public finance management": EU-financed project in Mali With the help of EU funds, a new FES-project in Mali sets out to tackle corruption. Monday, 13.02.2023 News "PARTICIPE": EU-financed project in Madagascar A new EU-funded project in Antananarivo strives to motivate young people to build a more democratic future for Madagascar. Representatives of the consortium with Eduardo Fernandez-Zincke (r) and Oshra Yosef Friedmanat (l) at the Legal Forum Conference. © FES Israel On 1 January 2025, FES Israel, together with four Israeli CSOs – WePower, The Mossawa Center, Nivcharot and Itach Ma'aki – launched a two-year EU-funded project, “Make Room for Women’s Voices and Women’s Leadership in Decision-Making Processes in Israel”. The project aims to empower CSOs and women leaders – both established and aspiring – from all parts of Israeli society, particularly underrepresented groups such as Arab and Haredi women, to actively participate in decision-making processes and public discourse. It also seeks to strengthen the capacities of the four co-applicants, foster collaboration and knowledge exchange, and build networks between female leaders from diverse communities. The project targets more than 800 women: secular, religious and ultra-Orthodox Jewish women, as well as Arab and Bedouin women from across the country. Legal Forum Conference A newly established Legal Forum promotes gender equality through legislative amendments, petitions to the courts and leading policy initiatives. On 10 September 2025 the Legal Forum Conference gathered lawyers, CSO representatives and special guests Eduardo Fernandez-Zincke, Head of Cooperation at the Delegation of the European Union to Israel, and Oshra Yosef Friedman, Deputy Head of the Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women, to explore ways to boost women’s participation in decision-making processes and advance the UN’s “50:50 by 2030” goal. The project was facilitated by our EU Projects team at the FES EU Office.
