… The forthcoming Mutual Learning seminar on " Womenin political decision-making " will be held in Ljubljana, … obstacles be overcome? How to ensure that not only more women get on the candidates lists or elected but that there …
… The importance of gender strategies to promote growth and development and to improve welfare systems is widely recognized. This is reflected in the increasing commitment of both international … governments towards programmes aimed at strengthening women’s participation in economic life, in politics and in …
… advocates have increasingly urged humanitarian and development organisations to engage men and boys as a complement to empowering women and girls. This e-learning course introduces … boys can serve both as change agents and as target groups in realising gender equality and gender justice for all. This …
… Join HREA for a free one-hour professional development webinar with Gary Barker, International Director … programs and projects to promote gender equality focus on women. However, it is equally important to address power … increasingly recognise that engaging men and boys in programming is essential to advancing gender equality and …
… expertise and knowledge at the level of the Member States in tackling FGM, to initiate specific cooperation on … a change of attitudes. Continuous exchange between men and women should be encouraged so that a new generation can be educated to respect women’s bodily integrity Agenda of the meeting (.pdf) …
… develops and shares reliable evidence on gender equality in the EU and the Member States to support better informed … was developed in the satellite domain of violence against women; this domain was completely empty in 2013 because of a … the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany Marco Peronaci , Ambassador, Deputy …
… Gears’ is an international conference to be hosted by Women’s Enterprise Scotland (WES) in Glasgow on 12 and 13 May, 2015. It will be the first event … to share the journey from research findings, to policy development, to policy initiatives delivered in practice and …
… for Gender Equality (EIGE) is celebrating International Women's Day. The event will take place at EIGE’s premises in Vilnius, on 6 March, 2015. EIGE supports the Presidencies … smaller or interrupted social security contributions by women. The important findings of the note will be explained …
… Following the project’s successful kick-off conference in Brussels in April 2014, the European Gender Medicine … to implement sex and gender sensitive approaches. Women make up over 50 % of the world population, yet in … are referred to as a sub-population group. Even today, women still are not optimally included in clinical trials in …
… The consultation meeting on “ good practices in the area of political decision making “which will take … decision-making with specific focus on competence development, awareness-raising and dedicated gender … of policies and practices to support and increase women’s participation in political decision making. The …
… take almost 30 years to reach the EU’s target of 75% of womenin employment, over 70 years to make equal pay a reality, … years to ensure that housework is equally shared between women and men. To find out how we can achieve a gender equal …
… and experience to improve the working conditions of women and strengthen equality is the main objective of the … that the ETUI organises on March 4-6, 2015 at the ITUH in Brussels. The conference will touch on 6 areas organised … interaction between workers’ action and knowledge developmentin a dialogue among all stakeholders …
… Vice-minister, Chair of the Commission on Equality Between Women and Men, Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the … Affairs, Sweden Session I: Institutional Mechanisms in EU-28, Eastern partnership and IPA countries 20 years … from Austria , Italy , Luxembourg , and Cyprus Development of Guiding Principles for Gender Equality …
… Twenty years ago, world leaders gathered in Beijing to define a policy framework and roadmap for achieving gender equality and women's rights. Where do we stand two decades years later, … to reflect on achievements and remaining challenges in gender equality in the EU based on this review process. …