… example of a campaign to change awareness about women’s andmen’s roles in the family. The campaign used electronic and … the unequal distribution of domestic work impacts on the gender pay gap. The campaign ran between October 2012 and …
… reform, Greece has implemented a nationwide programme of gender training. It targets women who are councillors, candidates in regional and local elections, and social services workers. The courses … to sign the European Charter for Equality of Women andMen in Local Life . Three women from each municipality are …
… federal ministries have been obliged to carry out gender budgeting since the revision of the constitution in … An in-house seminar on gender budgeting was developed, and has been delivered 19 times to a total of 350 … out with a view to ensuring equality between women andmen. Training programme Accordingly, an extensive training …
… In brief Finland introduced training in gender mainstreaming for officials in all its national … phases, which progressed from the general to the specific, and involved setting up working groups for genderequality in … found it difficult to attract senior staff, and especially men. Better ways to entice senior male staff could be taken …
… In brief ESF Jämt was a project run between 2009 and 2013 Sweden’s 21 county administrative boards (Länsstyrelser ) to entrench gender mainstreaming in the ESF and the projects it supports … sessions, which attracted 9,000 women and 4,000 men. It has resulted in a better implementation of gender …
… Office (GEO), part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DfCMS). It provides a simple step-by-step framework to help companies think about genderequality in their workforces, particularly in relation … The scheme could include more initiatives to encourage men to make use of leave and family-related working time …
… national awareness raising campaign targeted at SMEs and employed parents. The main theme was fatherhood and active fathering, and the campaign aimed to encourage men to participate in childcare. Research and data show that … was developed in a context of growing recognition that gender inequalities in Poland’s labour market are in part …
… at a very low level in Malta. It was initiated by the Gender Unit of the national Employment and Training Corporation and was embedded in national policy … traditional stereotypes, reduce the care gap and promote men’s active role in the family, with a view to enhancing …
… In brief The Maltese Equality Mark is a national genderequality initiative aimed at increasing women’s … employers that facilitate the reconciliation of work and care roles. The initiative is led by the National … development opportunities family-friendly measures for menand women with caring responsibilities genderequality in …
… Province of Trento through its Agency for Family, Birth and Youth Policies. The regional project commenced in 2012, … to reduce absenteeism and labour turnover, and to decrease gender differences related to family responsibilities; For … that family audit certification benefits employees – both menand women – as well as organisations. The two most …
… to find the family-friendliest firm in the country, and since 2009 the government has given financial support … The initiative was developed in a wider policy context for genderequality under the government’s Action Programme … has the objective of providing equal opportunities for menand women by reconciling working and family life. Three …
… In brief The Bosch company, an engineering and electronics multinational based near Stuttgart, employs … was launched. The company predominantly employs menand there has been a good take-up of the initiative … a driving force of innovation. Along with the dimensions gender, generations and internationality, …
… In brief The campaign “Managing reconciliation of work and family” is a DGB trade union awareness raising and … balance, particularly regarding the involvement of men. Reconciling work and family life is a core element of the DGB’s gender policy. The focus is on raising awareness about …
… Austrian paternal leave company workshops were designed and carried out by the non-profit organisation abz*austria … change company culture about parental leave as a goal of genderequality. They are also a good example of cooperation … of wider efforts by the Austrian government to promote men’s take-up of parental leave and through this to support …
… are presented in the media a matter of public debate, and to give media publishers direct feedback on the way they portray women and report gender issues. Early in 2009 it launched the … between different generations, to the relationship between menand women. In order to promote a civil consciousness on …
… to give them an understanding of how news is made, and how gender imbalances develop. The courses teach women how to … recognised that many fewer women appear in the media than men, and this is especially the case when it comes to …
… a flood of sexist images, yet the effects of pre-1990 genderequality polices persist, and women occupy many high-level positions, both editorial … persist, and hard news is still male-dominated. It is only men who become opinion-leaders and only men who are invited …
… investigated the position of women in its organisation and found a widespread gender imbalance. While women make up 42% of its workforce, … to enable reconciliation of family and work for women andmen, to achieve a share of 45% of women in those areas where …