Intersectoral Approaches and Actions At the conference ‘ Eliminating Violence against Women in Europe — Intersectoral Approaches and Actions’, which took place in Vienna on 25 and 26 November 2013, more than 200 participants from 42 countries and from a large variety of backgrounds discussed approaches to combating gender-based violence (GBV). In what follows, the main findings, arguments and points...
Report from consultation meeting Within the context of the ‘Study on area F of the Beijing Platform for Action Women and the Economy’, the consultation meeting ‘ From practices with potential to good practices on women’s entrepreneurship’ was held in Athens on 27 and 28 February 2014. The aim of the meeting was to present practices with potential, understood as...
Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States This publication compares and presents the progress of Member States in the area of institutional mechanisms and gender mainstreaming since 2006 when the first report on institutional mechanisms was developed by the Finish Presidency of the Council of the EU. The main findings show that...
Discussion paper International agreements have underpinned a focus on gender stereotyping as a policy priority for over thirty years. A policy focus on gender stereotypes on the European level can be observed in the work of a number of EU institutions, including the European Commission, European Parliament and the European Council. Lately though, the policy focus on gender stereotypes has...