… In brief The Aspire Fund is a £12.5 million (€15m) fund which makes equity investments to help strong women’s businesses grow. It works on a co-investment basis in … manager for venture capital. Specifically, CfEL is a fund management company which designs, delivers and manages …
… In brief The Women Entrepreneurs’ Loan Programme is an innovative loan programme initiated in response to low levels of women’s employment and entrepreneurship in Croatia. It was …
… examine the impact of all contracted activities on women’s and men’s needs, interests and concerns, and design and deliver contracts in a way that reduces inequalities. It does not necessarily … as part of modern standards of public financial management ( [36] ). Integrating a gender perspective into …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Agriculture is one of the most widespread … a gender point of view, there are significant gaps between women and men. For example, women farm holders have … to the production of food, rural development and the management of fisheries. Areas under agricultural policy …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Culture can be defined as the systems of … are human rights, and as such are the rights of both women and men. Across all areas of culture, human rights are … women accounted for 80% of all staff and 75% of senior managementpositions. Yet, in 2003, 73% of artistic directors …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The Digital Agenda for Europe was … to the Broadband Commission report, the presence of women online can boost GDP: bringing an additional 600 … that gender balance in high-value ICT positions, both inmanagement and operational roles, improves business …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The European Union (EU) is one of the … gender equality will unleash the talents and capacities of women, which are needed to achieve the goals of sustainable … that is available. And that needs to change, not just for women’s sake, but for economies’ sake’, according to …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Education is a catalyst for social change … knowledge and skills throughout their lives. It also makes women and men better equipped to secure steady, well-paid … category, their representation within decision-making positions is rather low, especially in tertiary education. …
… Relevance of gender in employment While considerable progress has been made in relation to women’s labour market participation over the past decades, … over-represented in lower-paid sectors across the EU. Management boards are dominated by men. Despite an intense …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Energy is a driver of economic … climate change. Energy plays an essential role in both women’s and men’s lives. However, it has been recently … gaps in decision-making The number of women who hold managementpositionsin the energy sector is very low. …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Environment is a cross-cutting issue. It … issues relating to: water, air and soil quality waste management and the use of chemicals environmental assessment … areas of environment policy. Gender relations between women and men, and girls and boys, play a key role in the …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Gender plays a specific role both in the … and cultural factors that affect the behaviour of women and men and their access to health services. Regarding … interaction between sex and gender in the development and management of health and disease can benefit both sexes in …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The relevance of gender in the justice … but the justice system does not equally accommodate women’s and men’s needs. The due diligence principle holds … 23 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the management by prison administrations of life sentence and …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The European Union (EU) fisheries sector, … are owned by men. However, in most fishing communities women play a key role and make significant contributions to … women are involved range from what are clearly senior management tasks to basic administration (accounting, …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area EU regional policy is an investment policy … in relation to promoting economic development and pursuing women’s empowerment. Promoting gender equality is important … such as urban housing, water and sanitation, solid waste management, and public transport. Applying a gender lens to …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Promoting gender equality is a key … research still shows a pronounced under-representation of women, particularly in the hard sciences and in leadership … balance in research teams at all levels, including inmanagement and decision-making; combating gender-based …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The term ‘sport’ implies two different … In addition to amateurs, an increasing number of women and men are choosing sport as a leisure activity, … The barriers women face in taking on decision-making and managementpositions can partly be explained by the different …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Tourism is the third largest … has been paid to how the tourism industry benefits women and men, as well as to the relation between tourism and … jobs. In addition, women’s presence in decision-making positions is not particularly high. As beneficiaries of the …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Transportation facilitates access to the … and policies are often considered to equally benefit women and men, there is a large body of professional … the urban public transport sector, the share of women on management boards is less than 20% and women represent only …
… the implementation of actions for equality between women and men in the policies and annual work programmes for their … and discussed during the annual legal seminar. Overall management of the network rests with Human European …