… – since women‘s suffrage in 1947. Nevertheless formal and informal practices are blocking further progress. … the party has adopted a fourfold approach to promoting genderequality within itself, and is acting on quotas, party … its national executive, opened up its women’s section to men, ran a training programme in Brussels, drafts press …
… is in local authorities – the over 11,000 municipalities and 295 districts – that women are most noticeable by their … prize money in order to organise activities to promote genderequality in politics. The problem is at local level … 91% of the 295 administrative districts are governed by menand only 10 % of mayors are women . A couple of studies …
… 2000, the number of women elected to Croatia’s parliament and local authorities remains at around a quarter or fewer. … one factor that has contributed to a small improvement in gender representation in recent elections, as well as a … the legislation on balanced representation of women andmen,” says the feminist organisation CESI (Centar za …
… led a campaign to change policy, raise awareness and empower women to play an active role in politics. … for and raising awareness on this issue. It supports gender quotas, and believes that if there are more women in … in politics. This issue is very important in Ireland as men greatly outnumber women in all political decision-making …
… which partners Czech female politicians with Danish and Norwegian women who have successful political careers and … lower than in the majority of the EU Member States. The gender imbalance in political decision-making, which is a … 2004 which supports the equal participation of women andmen in politics and decision-making. It strives for a more …
… houses of the French parliament – the National Assembly and the Senate – have had a ‘Delegation for Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities for Women andMen’ since 1999, aiming at complementing each other. Their function is to mainstream gender throughout the legislative process. They are …
… are defined as strategies of social manipulation and domination by which a dominant group maintains its power and privilege. They are often used by men to assert themselves over women for instance by treating … Sweden are relatively well-balanced. However the numerical gender balance in politics does not necessarily mean that the …
… Since 2005 the EU is still only half way towards genderequality, as shown by the GenderEquality Index 2015 … has built a time series of the Index covering 2005, 2010 and 2012. The total score of the Index for the EU rose … 31.4 out of 100 in 2005 to 39.7 in 2012. Despite this, men’s over-representation in decision-making positions …
… Sexual harassment at work is any behaviour in relation to gender about which the person who is responsible knows that … the dignity of persons, if such a behaviour is rejected and represents a motivation for a decision affecting those … regarding equality of opportunity between women andmen). Harassing a person through threats or constraints in …
… out under this contract will focus on the collection and dissemination of good practices in the area of … and economic growth as well as for the advancement of genderequality; increase men’s participation in care and family activities increase …
… Platform for Action in the area G on Women in power and decision-making in political, economic and social areas … progress made in reaching a more equal share of women andmen in political, economic and social decision-making in the … and collecting evidence on the benefits of increasing genderequality in the EU Member States’ national parliaments …