… – the over 11,000 municipalities and 295 districts – that women are most noticeable by their absence from political … in 2011, is to break this stalemate by getting more women into (local) politics, improving their political career … The candidates – between 70 and 110 – are put forward by members of the German Bundestag. An independent jury chaired …
… based on its interpretation of the Bible, it prohibited women from standing for political office. The party regards women bearing government or legislative responsibility to be … in proportion to the number of contributing party members. The state appealed this decision. Under this …
… that obliges political parties to include at least 40% of women on every list for every election. Two features are … are disallowed. Secondly, it is structured to prevent women being systematically allocated unwinnable places at the … the 2004 general elections, women accounted for 36% of members of the Congress of Deputies, which is the lower …
… In response to a historically low level of women’s political representation in Ireland, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), the umbrella body for … and partly appointed; Less than one in five elected members of local authorities were female in 2013; Under the …
… towards balanced political representation for Portuguese women, the Network of Young People for Gender Equality in … project called “From Woman to Woman” to help young women, including from ethnic minorities, to participate in … a reality in Portugal, where only 7.5% of mayors, 26.5% of members of parliament and 17% of the government are women …
… The share of women in the Czech parliament has languished at around one in … about this by launching projects to raise the level of women’s political representation. One of them is a mentoring … Czech female politicians with Danish and Norwegian women who have successful political careers and valuable …
… Assembly and the Senate – have had a ‘Delegation for Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities for Women and Men’ since 1999, aiming at complementing each … process. They are cross-party bodies, and each has 36 members, among them both women and men. The Delegations can …
… and health – and two satellite domains: violence against women and intersecting inequalities. It is based on EU policy … highlights the unequal division of unpaid work between women and men in the private sphere, which remains the … violence shows that the context in which violence against women takes place, societal attitudes towards violence and …
… this contract will focus on domestic violence against women, with a special emphasis on different types of support services for women victims of domestic violence in all EU Member States … number, actual use and quality of support services for women victims of domestic violence in EU Member States and …
… areas will be addressed from the perspective of women’s economic independence. The study will consist of … the study will provide a background overview of the area Women and the Economy , will collect and analyze data and … of the study will identify good practices in the field of Women and the Economy, with specific focus to female …
… The study on the estimation of the number of women and girls at risk of FGM in selected EU Member States … least 3 Member States in order to estimate the number of women and girls at risk of being mutilated in the EU, and … those Member States where there is a significant number of women and girls who were subjected to FGM or are at risk and …
… of the Beijing Platform for Action in the area G on Women in power and decision-making in political, economic and … the progress made in reaching a more equal share of women and men in political, economic and social … promote and support a wider and better participation of women in political decision-making at EU and Member States’ …