… Today the European Business Schools Women on Boards Initiative is migrating their 'Global Board Ready Women' list of 8000 women into an online database. The women on this list all …
… Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the European Union … in its policy document “The Roadmap for Equality between Women and Men 2006-2010” and in the Action Plan of the Commission Strategy for Equality between Women and Men 2010-2015 that followed. To implement these, …
… researchers and experts on this issue. While countless women in the European Union continue to be affected by … and comparable data on different types of violence against women in the EU. …
… Across Europe, women are more likely not to be equally represented in media top management and editorial board. Even women have managerial and decision making roles, still this doesn’t guarantee gender equality balanced news. Women are also more likely not to be used as experts in …
… and most difficult to combat forms of violence against women and girls. The main objectives of the study are to fill … FGM among professionals who are in contact with girls and women at risk of FGM and victims of FGM is insufficient. The … genital mutilation is a violation of the human rights of women and girls and a cruel form of gender-based violence. …
… 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 … States' activities to raise awareness of violence against women and a further EUR 11.4 million for NGOs and others …
… Europol sees this 102 nd International Women’s Day with the theme The Gender Agenda: Gaining … the ideal opportunity to recognise the achievements of all women working within the organisation. Today more than 200 women from all over the European Union and beyond are working …
… to learn about the Institute’s work and the situation of women and men in the European Union. Among topics discussed … of the Gender Equality Index which indicate gaps between women and men in Finland in the selected domains of the …
… Equality Index shows differences in outcomes between women and men at the individual level in EU Member States,’ … against unemployment, improving job opportunities for women is a matter of fairness, but it is also good for … Index,’ says Michael Gustafson, Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European …
… 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 … for the first time reliable and comparable EU-wide data on women and men in decision making in the media sector. The …
… 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 … bridging this huge gender gap. And we hope for more women in the Parliament to ensure the change. ” says …
… 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 …
… on ‘Preventing and combating all forms of violence against women and girls’, which called on relevant EU Agencies ‘to continue their efforts to combat violence against women and to strengthen their cooperation and pool their … the dataset from its EU-wide survey on violence against women for EIGE to use in its work. In this regard FRA and …
… 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 …