… want to set up their own businesses, women entrepreneurs and business experts. Gründerinnenzentrale is a contact point … commercial spaces. The centres principle is to support genderequality in the social life and employment through a … of Berlin, that aims to support the equality of women andmen in the labour market and improvement of the …
… entrepreneur-ship by providing specialised programmes and easy access to finance. The bank combines the operations … access to the bank’s professional network. The bank serves men as well as women, and one-third of its loans have been to … was set up, women’s absence from decision-making centres, gender stereotyping and the burden of multiple roles combined …
… support SMEs. In the UK women are about half as likely as men to be entrepreneurs. The fund’s objective is to increase … capital. It provides financial support of between £100,000 and £1m (€120,000-€1.2m) for the development of a number of … wide network. Moreover, it seeks to address the issue of gender-based inequality and discrimination in business …
… Gender Impact Assessment is an ex-ante evaluation, analysis … consequences for the state of equality between women andmen. The central question of the GIA is: Does a law, …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The Digital Agenda for Europe was … same time addressing social challenges through information and communications technology. In both cases, gender has … there is a gender divide in Internet use among women andmen . This may be related to the lower take-up of digital …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Energy is a driver of economic … aspect of everyday life through its domestic uses and its role in modern communications, transport and … change. Energy plays an essential role in both women’s andmen’s lives. However, it has been recently acknowledged that …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Promoting genderequality is a key … of women, particularly in the hard sciences and in leadership positions. Genderequality in research is … to be employed as scientists and engineers compared to men: only 3.1% of women in the labour force are employed as …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Tourism is the third largest … become one of the main income generators in both developed and developing countries, with business volumes that equal or … been paid to how the tourism industry benefits women andmen, as well as to the relation between tourism andgender …