… 8 March 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.EIGE’s list of 100 Inequalitiesillustrate that we … of the past 100 years, gender inequality remains an issue. Women are in general not paid equally for the same job as … chores, childcare, care of elderly and sick family members, voluntary work) with paid work [11]. 20. Women aged …
… of cooperation will be on working to end violence against women in the EU. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) will survey more than 27,000 women in order to collect data on the extent of violence against women in the EU. Given the current lack of comparable data …
… In many fields women could inspire other women to create new companies or join politics etc. The … role of EIGE is to assist the European Commission and the Members States to report upon the EU-level indicators …
… of the National Programme on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men 2010-2014, the Information Portal and Electronic Network for Women, the activities of the European Institute for Gender … Institute for Gender Equality Virginija Langbakk . ' Women and men are equivalent components of our society. It is …
… Five documentation centres and libraries specialising in women and gender issues are joining efforts with the European … violence-related information available in Europe. The members of the pilot project are: Aletta – Aletta E-Quality, institute for gender equality and women’s history in Amsterdam, Amazone – Resource Centre for …
… FGM under national actions plans on violence against women and/or gender equality. Ten Member States have … Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence enters into force, it will become …
… Aletta E-Quality – institute for gender equality and women‘s history in Amsterdam Amazone – Resource Centre for Equality between Women and Men in Brussels Cid-femmes – Centre d‘Information … Gender-based violence, in all its forms, affects mostly women. It reflects and reinforces inequalities between women …
… are dominated by one gender: 85% of non-executive board members and 91.1% of executive board members are men, while women make up 15% and 8.9% respectively. Despite an intense … years: an incremental average increase of the number of women on boards of just 0.6 percentage points per year has …
… International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) and the 16 Days of Activism Against … Equality (EIGE) shows that domestic violence against women remains widespread and under-reported, and that victims … by public services. Insufficient specialised services for women victims of violence and the absence of mandatory …
… adopted Conclusions on “ Combating violence against women, and the provision of support services for victims of … for Action in the EU Member States: Violence against Women Victim Support”. EPSCO calls on the European … of historically unequal power relations between men and women. The conclusions reaffirm that neither custom, …
… Today the European Business Schools Women on Boards Initiative is migrating their 'Global Board Ready Women' list of 8000 women into an online database. The women … defined over the last year and a half by the organization members of the European Business Schools/Women on Board …
… researchers and experts on this issue. While countless women in the European Union continue to be affected by … and comparable data on different types of violence against women in the EU. …