… States are born outside of the EU, and half of them are women and girls. Work, study and reuniting with family … forms of persecution, are common reasons motivating both women and men to migrate and live in other countries. … migrants and their families. Especially in societies where women are limited in their mobility decisions, the act of …
… that the policy area of security is not gender-neutral. Women and men, and girls and boys experience conflict, … reveals important gender differences. For example, women are typically understood as passive victims of violent … even though they have long been active in this field. Women have always been important actors in preventing and …
… environments. Gender differences and inequalities between women and men are a major feature of social exclusion and … Focus needs to be placed on the numerous ways in which women, due to specific economic and social processes, may … deprived of resources essential to their well-being. Women suffer more than men from different types of poverty. …
… salaried employment. Against this backdrop, interest in women’s entrepreneurship has grown among scholars and policymakers. While the rationale for women’s entrepreneurship has traditionally focused on enhancing women’s equality, empowerment and social inclusion, its …
… a gender point of view, there are significant gaps between women and men. For example, women farm holders have significantly smaller farms than men … 2% of all EU farm holders, regardless of gender. In 2013, women represented 24% of EU farm holders in organic farming, …
… are human rights, and as such are the rights of both women and men. Across all areas of culture, human rights are … linked to culture. The socially constructed roles of women and men are culturally determined, and differ in time … construction, defined by the power relations between women and men, and the norms and values regarding ‘masculine’ …
… to the Broadband Commission report, the presence of women online can boost GDP: bringing an additional 600 million women and girls online around the world will result in a GDP … of up to USD 18 billion. The report underlines that, for women, having access to the Internet means: increased …
… gender equality will unleash the talents and capacities of women, which are needed to achieve the goals of sustainable … that is available. And that needs to change, not just for women’s sake, but for economies’ sake’, according to … keynote speech in Tokyo. From a macroeconomic perspective, women’s inclusion in the labour market is relevant in terms …
… knowledge and skills throughout their lives. It also makes women and men better equipped to secure steady, well-paid … a violent home. At the same time, educated citizens – both women and men – benefit entire societies. They make … and employment rates, and job quality indicators show that women remain at greater risk of social exclusion, …
… While considerable progress has been made in relation to women’s labour market participation over the past decades, … structures consider and integrate gender. While women’s activity rate has increased during the past years, … sharing of unpaid work represents a serious constraint for women’s equal access to the labour market and their equal …
… climate change. Energy plays an essential role in both women’s and men’s lives. However, it has been recently … development. From a gender and human rights perspective, women and men have different energy needs. Women spend more time than men in unpaid household work. This …
… areas of environment policy. Gender relations between women and men, and girls and boys, play a key role in the … changes intersected with the emergence of studies on women’s roles in development and development policy strategies within the international women’s rights movement. In this context, the United Nations …
… and cultural factors that affect the behaviour of women and men and their access to health services. Regarding … of social and biological sources of differences in women’s and men’s health. An understanding of the interaction … conditions. In the European population, there are more women than men. Women generally live longer than men in all …
… but the justice system does not equally accommodate women’s and men’s needs. The due diligence principle holds … responsible for taking measures to fight violence against women. Acknowledging the gender dimension of crime is not … equality and human rights, but also an economic one. Women’s representation in decision-making is a matter of …
… are owned by men. However, in most fishing communities women play a key role and make significant contributions to the industry. Despite their contribution, women remain largely invisible and their roles … the statistics grossly underestimate the reality of women’s work in some of these sectors, and the widespread …
… in relation to promoting economic development and pursuing women’s empowerment. Promoting gender equality is important … economic development. A lack of gender equality between women and men implies that human resources are not being used … “utilising everyone and letting everybody – both men and women – be assets on which to build development through e.g. …
… research still shows a pronounced under-representation of women, particularly in the hard sciences and in leadership … According to the European Commission’s She Figures 2021, women accounted for just 33% of European researchers in 2018. Women are particularly under-represented in the business …
… In addition to amateurs, an increasing number of women and men are choosing sport as a leisure activity, … both in terms of participation and governance. Worldwide, women’s participation rates in sporting activities are lower … sometimes confrontational spirit. In many societies, women who engage in sports are perceived as ‘masculine’, …
… has been paid to how the tourism industry benefits women and men, as well as to the relation between tourism and … tourism presents both opportunities and challenges for women, which makes the gender equality perspective highly … an entry point into the labour market, especially for women, young people, migrant workers and rural populations, …
… and policies are often considered to equally benefit women and men, there is a large body of professional … behaviour. Firstly, mobility is experienced differently by women and men, as they use different modes of transport for different purposes and in different ways. In general, women tend to have more complex patterns of mobility (usually …