… work. 2. Job Description 2.1 Profile Violence against women is one of the critical areas of concern of the Beijing … one of the main areas addressed by the European Commission’s Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019. It is … EIGE’s Strategic Framework on Violence against Women 2016-2018 including strategic considerations that …
… It is also an effective measure for judging a country’s or region’s development. But what does all of this have to … life easier. Therefore, the different roles and needs of women and men who use public infrastructure have to be taken into consideration and addressed. In Europe, women are more likely to be employed in part-time roles and …
… 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 …
… Malta has one of the lowest levels of women’s political representation in the EU. Of the political … to Promote Female Entrepreneurship’, ‘Women’s Political Participation in Malta’ and ‘Women within the Party of …
… – 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 …
… 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 …
… based on its interpretation of the Bible, it prohibited women from standing for political office. The party regards … vocation of women. Despite condemnation from women’s organisations, the Dutch state was reluctant to intervene, … rights in terms of the right of women to political participation and thus violated the general interest of …
… that obliges political parties to include at least 40% of women on every list for every election. Two features are … of the socialist PSOE but also the conservative People’s Party (PP), which had previously opposed quotas. A good … parties and regions to take steps to increase women’sparticipation. In June 2002, the regional parliaments of …
… 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 …
… 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 …