Today is the closure of "On Equal Basis" Campaign, that was launched by the “Feminist Coalition for MENA Region Towards Beijing+ 25” on November, 25^th, 2020 in the occasion of the international campaign 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, to shed the light on the discrimination against women in the Middle East and North Africa, which is an integral part of their patriarchal societies’ structure that affects the public and the private and impedes their participation in life, through some definitions and comments by feminists, activists and women human rights defenders from our region.

By the end of “On Equal Basis”, the “Feminist Coalition for MENA Region Towards Beijing+ 25” will share the following recommendations to be added to the international agenda:

·      Criminalizing Marital Rape in the Middle East and North Africa

·      Criminalizing Early Marriage in the Middle East and North Africa

·      Activating different constitutions’ articles, in regards with all forms of discrimination against women, and their application in the Middle East and North Africa

·      Implementing the international conventions and treaties, ratified by the countries in the MENA Region, in relation with the discrimination against women.

·      Activating and seriously applying legislation and laws on sexual violence crimes in the Middle East and North Africa.

·      Facilitating to survivors in the Middle East and North Africa the access to  justice for sexual violence crimes

Creating Mechanisms to deal with sexual violence crimes and discrimination against women in conflicts