Activity of Centre for Equality Advancement (CEA)

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Country: Lithuania
Section:
Men and Gender equality

Aims and objectives

  • Promotes equal rights for women and men and their implementation;
  • Seeks to implement means to encourage the equal representation of women's and men's interests in decision-making processes;
  • Promotes the values of an open democratic society by encouraging gender dialogue;
  • Attempts, through research and public campaigns, to change negative stereotypes of women and men, age groups, national and ethnic minorities, the disabled and other social groups in society.

Creator/owner/responsible institution

Name: Centre for Equality Advancement (CEA)

Stakeholder: Civil society organisation

Area of intervention: Men and gender equality

Organisation Country: Lithuania

Organisation Zip Code: 1140

Organisation Phone: 369 (5) 2335380

Contact person:

  • Name: Virginija Aleksejune

  • Name: Margarita Jankauskaitė

Contents/activities/services

Activities

The Centre has been involved in a number of projects:

  • "Equal and Safe at Work" (2005-2007).
  • "Towards Practical Implementation of Equal Opportunities: Innovative Educational Strategies for Social Partners" (2006-2007)
  • "Equality for Local Development: Gender Mainstreaming in Municipalities" (2006-2007)
  • "Gender Mainstreaming: from Concept to Action" (2007-2008).

Conferences

  • Zero Tolerance to Violence Against Women campaign, press launch on 24/11/09 with contributions from influential men in politics, sports, arts
  • A series of workshops and seminars for employers, representatives of trade unions, representatives of labour market institutions and social and employment policy makers.

Materials

  • 2009 Calendar for changing gender role stereotypes 'Super heroes at home'
  • Mackevičiūtė I., Delinesheva M., Kmetova T., Laja R., Sarv M., Aleksejūnė V., Jankauskaitė M. (eds.) (2008) Lyčių lygybės vadovas savivaldos institucijoms [Gender Equality Manual for Local Authorities]
  • Jankauskaitė M. (2008) Lygybės Retorika: Žiniasklaida ir (ne)stereotipinė lyčių reprezentacija [Gender Rhetoric: Mass Media and (Non)Stereotypical Representations of Gender]/ Sud.
  • Jankauskaitė M., Paškauskaitė A. (eds.) (2007) Darbo santykių ir darbo aplinkos gerinimas: Vadovas darbdaviams [Improvement of Work Relations and Work Environment: Manual for Employers]
  • Pilinkaitė-Sotirovič V., Augustas Čečelis A. (eds.) (2007) Valdžios aritmetika/ [Arithmetic of Power], Vilnius: CEA. Internet access: http://gap.lt/images/pdf/publikacijos/valdzios_aritmetika.pdf
  • Vengalė L. et al. (2007) Lygios galimybės visiems (Equal Opportunities for Everyone), Vilnius: CEA. Internet access: http://www.manoteises.lt/downloads/LGV_knyga.pdf

 

Metadata

Ongoing: 
No
Type:
Awareness-raising campaigns/events, Study / Survey, Publication
Target group:
Adult men, Men and Women/young men and young women
Keywords:
men and gender equality