… Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, European Commission Vice-President … – thought to have affected several hundred thousand women in the EU. The Commissioners were joined by Members of the European Parliament and the world’s leading …
… Women hold only 22% of strategic decision-making posts in the … for Gender Equality (EIGE) shows. ‘Increased number of women in the decision-making structures of media … at strategic levels, as chief executive officers and board members of major media organisations across the EU Member …
… to find, to inter-act and to learn about equality between women and men in the European Union ” Virginija Langbakk, … five documentation centres and libraries specialised in women and gender issues, namely: Amazone - Resource Centre for Equality between Women and Men in Brussels; Atria - institute on gender …
… Vienna and Vilnius, 25 November 2013 A quarter of all women in the WHO European Region experience physical and/or … to this hidden epidemic. During their lives, 25.4% of women in the European Region experience physical and/or … report Global and regional estimates of violence against women . “Violence against women can not be tolerated in any …
… At the conference “ Eliminating Violence Against Women in Europe – Intersectoral Approaches and Actions ” … International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 217 participants from a large variety of sectors and … report “ Global and regional estimates of violence against women ” (2013) and EIGE’s study on female genital mutilation …
… “EIGE’s research points out that although equality between women and men is recognised as a fundamental principle of the … including the disadvantages of certain groups of women or men. It is more often viewed as a human rights … exclusively to the promotion of equal treatment between women and men have more than halved in 2012 compared to 2005. …
… plays out-of-tune when it comes to the representation of women at decision-making level. There are only 34 % of women among the top level decision-makers in the 10 radio … that were included in EIGE’s study. Only 16% of the women working there operate at CEO level and the …
… for Gender Equality (EIGE) marks the International Women’s Day by presenting the Institute’s research in the area of women and decision-making to representatives of Lithuanian … − only 25 percent of ministers and 23 percent of members of the parliaments are women. Measures such as a …
… gender-based violence. Gender-based violence against women is still a hidden crime across the EU. The absence of … impedes the progress of combating violence against women. Urgent action is needed by governments to address this … shelters are missing EIGE’s report “Violence against Women. Victim Support” has also revealed that specialised …
… Although administrative data on violence against women is collected in all EU Member States, their usefulness … are best in collecting data concerning violence against women, but the data collected are not always … data sources on gender-based violence against women in the EU: current status and potential for collection …
… of female genital mutilation (FGM) and safeguard girls and women at risk in the European Union, protection and … a methodology to help estimate the number of girls and women at risk or victims of FGM. This methodology has been …
… in the EU of area K of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Environment Climate change is one of the key … priorities. Research shows that climate change affects women and men differently. Confronted with this challenge, women and men also have different needs, priorities and …
… the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Women and the Media The current report is the first one to deliver comparable data on the number of women in decision-making positions across major media … monitoring mechanisms and specific initiatives to support women’s career development. The report proposes the first …
… the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Women and the Media This publication summarises the findings … EU Member States’. The report explores the extent to which women occupy decision-making positions across a sample of … mechanisms, or implement specific initiatives to support women’s career advancement within the sector. The report also …