… In brief The Women Entrepreneurs’ Loan Programme is an innovative loan programme initiated in response to low levels of women’s employment and entrepreneurship in Croatia. It was … and institutes which are majority-owned and led by women. It makes favourable loans to women entrepreneurs to …
… In brief The Entrepreneurship of Unemployed Women Aged 22-64 programme was an ESF-supported subsidy … of Labour and Social Insurance. It aimed to promote women’s self-employment, entrepreneurship and business … the economic and financial crisis (which has exacerbated women’s unemployment). The programme offered a grant of …
… or neutral consequences for the state of equality between women and men. The central question of the GIA is: Does a … maintain or increase the gender inequalities between women and men? The European Commission defines gender impact … policy under consideration, and the projected impacts on women and men once the policy has been implemented. It is …
… examine the impact of all contracted activities on women’s and men’s needs, interests and concerns, and design … and include fostering equal economic independence for women and men, closing the gender pay gap, advancing the … is a gender mainstreaming tool to achieve equality between women and men by focusing on how public resources are …
… a gender point of view, there are significant gaps between women and men. For example, women farm holders have significantly smaller farms than men … 2% of all EU farm holders, regardless of gender. In 2013, women represented 24% of EU farm holders in organic farming, …
… are human rights, and as such are the rights of both women and men. Across all areas of culture, human rights are … linked to culture. The socially constructed roles of women and men are culturally determined, and differ in time … construction, defined by the power relations between women and men, and the norms and values regarding ‘masculine’ …
… to the Broadband Commission report, the presence of women online can boost GDP: bringing an additional 600 million women and girls online around the world will result in a GDP … of up to USD 18 billion. The report underlines that, for women, having access to the Internet means: increased …
… gender equality will unleash the talents and capacities of women, which are needed to achieve the goals of sustainable … that is available. And that needs to change, not just for women’s sake, but for economies’ sake’, according to … keynote speech in Tokyo. From a macroeconomic perspective, women’s inclusion in the labour market is relevant in terms …
… knowledge and skills throughout their lives. It also makes women and men better equipped to secure steady, well-paid … a violent home. At the same time, educated citizens – both women and men – benefit entire societies. They make … and employment rates, and job quality indicators show that women remain at greater risk of social exclusion, …
… While considerable progress has been made in relation to women’s labour market participation over the past decades, … structures consider and integrate gender. While women’s activity rate has increased during the past years, … sharing of unpaid work represents a serious constraint for women’s equal access to the labour market and their equal …
… areas of environment policy. Gender relations between women and men, and girls and boys, play a key role in the … changes intersected with the emergence of studies on women’s roles in development and development policy strategies within the international women’s rights movement. In this context, the United Nations …
… and cultural factors that affect the behaviour of women and men and their access to health services. Regarding … of social and biological sources of differences in women’s and men’s health. An understanding of the interaction … conditions. In the European population, there are more women than men. Women generally live longer than men in all …
… but the justice system does not equally accommodate women’s and men’s needs. The due diligence principle holds … responsible for taking measures to fight violence against women. Acknowledging the gender dimension of crime is not … equality and human rights, but also an economic one. Women’s representation in decision-making is a matter of …
… are owned by men. However, in most fishing communities women play a key role and make significant contributions to the industry. Despite their contribution, women remain largely invisible and their roles … the statistics grossly underestimate the reality of women’s work in some of these sectors, and the widespread …
… in relation to promoting economic development and pursuing women’s empowerment. Promoting gender equality is important … economic development. A lack of gender equality between women and men implies that human resources are not being used … “utilising everyone and letting everybody – both men and women – be assets on which to build development through e.g. …
… In addition to amateurs, an increasing number of women and men are choosing sport as a leisure activity, … both in terms of participation and governance. Worldwide, women’s participation rates in sporting activities are lower … sometimes confrontational spirit. In many societies, women who engage in sports are perceived as ‘masculine’, …