… a nationwide programme of gender training. It targets women who are councillors, candidates in regional and local … The courses are designed to increase the number of women who stand for election, and then to make them … which bring together elected representatives, municipal employees, gender experts and representatives of local NGOs. …
… is the largest employer in the town with almost 12,000 employees, nearly four-fifths of whom are women. There are some statistically important gender … 2007, the city signed the European Charter on Equality of Women and Men in Local Life, thereby publicly committing …