… salaried employment. Against this backdrop, interest in women’s entrepreneurship has grown among scholars and policymakers. … through the years. Indeed, despite women’s increasing participation in the labour market, women remain …
… EIGE as the European Union’s Knowledge Centre on Gender Equality We are an independent … the European Union become a Union of Equality, where women and men, girls and boys in all their diversity … can equally participate in and lead our societies. EIGE’s unique expert knowledge, research, data and tools help …
… – the over 11,000 municipalities and 295 districts – that women are most noticeable by their absence from political … is at local level In Germany, the biggest gap in women’s representation in political decision-making is at … constitutes a very good basis for debate on political participation of women. Under the aegis of the Helene Weber …
… In Portugal, the share of elected political posts held by women is respectable at European level (38%), rather low … Elections centred on one person are less open to women’sparticipation – as in the case of presidential elections, at …
… electoral reforms dating back to 2000, the number of women elected to Croatia’s parliament and local authorities remains at around a … are women. In 2001 a further measure to enhance women’sparticipation in politics was introduced, which allows …
… In response to a historically low level of women’s political representation in Ireland, the National Women’s … of women in political parties. Obstacles to women’sparticipation in Irish politics identified by the …
… towards balanced political representation for Portuguese women, the Network of Young People for Gender Equality in … of parliament and 17% of the government are women .Women’s representation in the European parliament is rather better, … different types of organisations; Increase young women’sparticipation in decision-making; Develop young women’s …
… The share of women in the Czech parliament has languished at around one in … this by launching projects to raise the level of women’s political representation. One of them is a mentoring … organisation founded in 2004 which supports the equal participation of women and men in politics and …
… Assembly and the Senate – have had a ‘Delegation for Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities for Women and Men’ since … information and evaluation reports, initiating or active participation in hearings, public debates, international …
… They are often used by men to assert themselves over women for instance by treating women as invisible, ridiculing … political decision-making is the Power Handbook by Sweden’s National Federation of Social Democratic Women (S-kvinnor) … as well as the recent OSCE Handbook on Promoting Women’sParticipation in Political Parties (2014). …
… This report was prepared for EIGE as a part of EIGE’s ‘Collection of good practices in the area of reconciliation … involvement of men in care activities, the labour market participation and economic independence of women, the involvement of social partners in reconciliation …