Mediterranean Women's Studies Centre

Organization's name: Mediterranean Women's Studies Centre
Organization's acronym: KEGME
Headquarters address  
Address: 97 Ethnikis Antistaseos Ave 15451 Neo Psychiko Athens


Greece
Phone: 30 210 672 2714
Fax: 30 210 8075444
Email: kegme@hol.gr
Web site: www.kegme.org.gr
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • English
  • Greek Modern

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Development
  • Drug Control
  • Education
  • Human Rights
  • Sustainable Development
  • Women/gender Equality

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Research
  • The girl child
  • Trafficking in women and girls
  • Violence against women
  • Women and armed conflict
  • Women in power and decision-making

Sustainable Development:
  • Capacity-building
  • Gender equality
  • Information for decision-making and participation
  • Protecting and managing the natural resources
  • Technology
Geographic scope: Regional
  • Europe
  • Africa
Country of activity:
  • Greece
  • North Macedonia
  • Russian Federation
  • Slovakia
  • Albania
  • Uganda
  • Afghanistan
  • Bulgaria
  • Iraq
Millennium Development Goals:
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 1982
Year of registration (YYYY): 1982
Organizational structure: KEGME is governed by a seven member elected Board of Directors.
Number and type of members: According to KEGME's Constitution members are Greek women as well as women from other countries that embrace KEGME's aims.
Affiliation with NGO networks: European Women's Lobby, The European Network of Scientific and Technical Cooperation for Women's Studies of the Council of Europe (ENWS), The Greek National Platform of NGO's for Development in the EU
Funding structure:
  • Membership fees or dues
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Scientific and technological communities
  • Women

Advancement of Women

Affiliation with other organizations: The European Women's Lobby (EWL), The European Network of Scientific and Technical Cooperation for Women's Studies of the Council of Europe (ENWS), The Greek National Platform of NGOs for Development in the EU, The Mediterranean Women's Forum under the auspices of UNESCO, The European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Resolution based in the Netherlands.