… of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Economy Women still remain the main carers of children and the elderly today. In Europe, women between the ages of 25 to 44 spend three times longer …
… instruments, which oblige them to combat violence against women as a human rights violation, and as a specific … form of violence linked to the discrimination of women. This implies an obligation on Member States to end … ensure redress. The EU supports an increased protection of women through soft law (communications, recommendations …
… on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) . In 1989, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women released General recommendation No. 12 on Violence against Women stating that articles 2, 5, 11, 12 and 16 CEDAW …
… providing a composite indicator of direct violence against women, based on the data on violence against women collected by the European Union Agency for Fundamental … Rights through the EU-wide Survey on Violence against Women. The results of the Gender Equality Index show that …
… recognition as the EU knowledge centre on equality between women and men. Its work on combating violence against women has become increasingly significant. In recent years …
… most severe forms of gender inequality. This issue affects women disproportionally as it is directly connected to the unequal distribution of power between women and men. The elimination of gender-based violence and … across the EU is €366 billion a year. Violence against women makes up 79 % of this cost, amounting to €289 billion. …
… as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects deep-rooted inequality between women and men and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women. It is nearly always carried out on minors and is a …
… for Action in the EU. The report reviewed area F, ‘Women in the Economy’, and proposed new indicators for strategic objective F1, concerned with women’s economic rights and independence, which were endorsed … by the Council in June 2014. View statistics on area F, Women and the Economy …
… is the problem? Is it the same or different for men and women? What do the statistics show regarding the target … access to ESF measures and the participation of men and women in terms of their diversity, context, subject, … towards gender equality in society, which relates to both women and men in their diversity (e.g. ethnic, educational, …
… is on reconciliation measures for families, rather than women or men. Promoting equality through EQUAL Slovenia … home if exceptional circumstances require care of family members; Christmas gifts for children of between ages 0 and …
… new reconciliation models in the workplace and enabling women to work by developing fathers’ awareness and skills. … of work and family life, as it not only improves women’s position in the jobs market but also helps men to … was unprecedented. It fits within efforts to improve women’s labour force participation as well as respond to the …
… effects of pre-1990 gender equality polices persist, and women occupy many high-level positions, both editorial and … visits each day. Conscious of the restricted range of women’s contributions in its pages, Trud decided to go out … editors therefore encourage young writers, bloggers and members of NGOs to submit contributions to the paper. …