FEMISE continues to strive to encourage and boost investment in women. Inclusion of women and filling the gender gap are among actions that FEMISE advocates for, especially as the EU-Med region faces climate, security and unemployment challenges. On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2024, FEMISE launched a social media campaign on its channels, to share different insightful views on the challenges faced by women in the region and recommendations on ways to enhance their inclusion. A number of FEMISE experts and members with diversified backgrounds from the academia, and entrepreneurs participated in the campaign, . They emphasized the importance of investing in women, accelerate the progress of their integration, and inspire their inclusion.

Here are the recommendations shared by the experts:

Dr. Stella Tsani, Associate Professor at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,Greece.

Ms. Sana Afouaiz, Founder & CEO Womenpreneur-Initiative, and FEMISE entrepreneurship expert, Morocco.

Dr. Moundir Lassassi , Research Director at the Research Center for Applied Economics for Development (CREAD), Algeria.

Prof. Inmaculada Martínez Zarzoso, Professor at Universitat Jaume I – UJI (Spain), and Apl professor at University of Goettingen (Germany), and member of FEMISE.

Prof. Hanene Baccour Akrout, Electrochemist, and Wastewaters and Environment Laboratory head at the Center of Water Research and Water Technologies, Borj Cedria, Tunisia.