… (€15m) fund which makes equity investments to help strong women’s businesses grow. It works on a co-investment basis in which the private investment … expertise on finance measures to support SMEs. In the UK women are about half as likely as men to be entrepreneurs. …
… a gender point of view, there are significant gaps between women and men. For example, women farm holders have … the share of female farm holders is particularly high on farms with no clear specialisation in livestock rearing or … bodies of businesses, cooperatives, local agricultural boards and agricultural associations support information and …
… While considerable progress has been made in relation to women’s labour market participation over the past decades, … to describe the unequal outcomes achieved by women and men on the labour market, as well as women’s restricted access to … in lower-paid sectors across the EU. Management boards are dominated by men. Despite an intense public debate …
… climate change. Energy plays an essential role in both women’s and men’s lives. However, it has been recently … time at home and are therefore more dependent than men on heating and indoor air quality. In addition, women are … the 295 energy companies surveyed had no women at all onboards or management groups. Also, only 5% of the companies …
… areas of environment policy. Gender relations between women and men, and girls and boys, play a key role in the … discussed since the early 1970s , when the growing debate on environmental changes intersected with the emergence of studies onwomen’s roles in development and development policy …
… 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 … The World Health Organisation (WHO) provides global data on violence against women. Recent global prevalence figures …
… 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 … of society have been rising and impacting negatively onwomen’s lives. Furthermore, there is a large body of …
… stocks. Each year these quotas are renegotiated based on changes in stocks. Fishing and fish processing are … 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 …
… research still shows a pronounced under-representation of women, particularly in the hard sciences and in leadership … The vertical segregation is also evident in the data onwomen heading universities or research institutions and womenon the boards of universities and research institutions. The latest …
… In addition to amateurs, an increasing number of women and men are choosing sport as a leisure activity, … of 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise performed on at least 5 days each week): the gap between women and men … all fields of sport increasing gender balance on executive boards and committees in the area of sports, as well as in …
… 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 … of certain regions in a country, but lack knowledge on how to transform this activity into a profitable business. …
… and policies are often considered to equally benefit women and men, there is a large body of professional … more frequent and more dispersed during the day. Men, on the other hand, tend to make fewer and more direct trips … public transport sector, the share of womenon management boards is less than 20% and women represent only 9.3% of …
… in particular, most important treaties like the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197) and the on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CETS No. 210). The Steering Committee for Equality between Women and Men (CDEG) had been the internal structure of the …
… EIGE is awaiting your nominations of women and men who have had successful initiatives and … Women/ Men fostering greater presence of womenonboards. Health Women/ Men researching and/or promoting a …