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Definition of gender roles

Social and behavioural norms which, within a specific culture, are widely considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex. 

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  • 5th Experts' Forum meeting

    … Programme. Furthermore, it was discused (i) the European Gender Equality Index process; (ii) the concept of EIGE's … regarding portraying women and men in non-stereotypical roles.   …

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  • Budapest Conference on Demographic Change

    … Overall, several factors interdependently determine the gender coherence of reconciliation policies, regulation and … Commission and Member States to improve and strengthen the gender dimension of social, economic, welfare and financial … work-family reconciliation on fertility and on fatherhood roles in Europe " (.pdf, 96,5 KB) …

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  • “Women and Men in Bosnia and Herzegovina” Conference

    … Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Agency for Gender Equality of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will present the … gather ministers, project partners, representatives of gender equality, statistical and European integration … the country.  The Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Carlien Scheele, will deliver a video …

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  • Zero Tolerance Day for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

    … colleague Eleonora Esposito , Seconded National Expert on Gender-based Violence, takes part in the End FGM European …

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  • GWS 2022 : 9th International Conference on Gender & Women's Studies 2022

    … 9th International Conference on Gender & Women’s Studies 2022 28-29 July 2022 | IN-PERSON … in the areas including but not limited to: ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN & POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT WOMEN & … OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WOMEN & JUSTICE ISSUES GENDER AND SEXUAL DIVERSITY FEMINISM IN THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPE …

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  • Ukraine’s Gender Scorecard: Key Gaps and Ways to Address Them

    … country.  Participants: Olena Suslova,  Independent Gender Expert Andriana Arekhta,  Leader of Ukrainian Women … of Compliance with International Human Rights and Gender Policy *** Progress towards gender equality is a key … But it has led to concrete steps in creating new roles for women in the armed forces and boosting …

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  • Regional Conference on Gender Mainstreaming in Migration

    … At first glance, gender and migration are viewed as two separate topics with … look far to see that these two topics are interlinked. The gender concept is still associated with many prejudices and … and often vary drastically for different groups. The roles, expectations, relationships, and power dynamics …

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  • INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: Strength-Courage-Solidarity Girl*’s & young women*

    … of girl*’s and young women*’s empowerment as a tool for gender equality intersectional perspective in empowerment … vice-chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality EP Keynote speeches: Why we need empowerment …

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  • FOMEN Leaders of Change training

    … The Fomen project aims at promoting gender equality and violence prevention through the work with … backgrounds around challenging own bias on masculinity, gender roles and diversity, using an interculturally sensitive …

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  • EESC online Public Hearing: Pay transparency - The next step to end the gender pay gap

    … the pay levels for workers doing the same work, as well as gender pay gap reporting obligations for big companies. The … value which continues to contribute to the persistent gender pay gap? The EESC hearing will feed into the …

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  • Donne professioniste nell'avvocatura tra disuguaglianze di genere, divari reddituali e squilibri pensionistici

    … la conciliazione famiglia/ lavoro nella determinazione del Gender Gap? Non vi è dubbio che la situazione professionale, … important is the work / family balance in determining the gender gap? There is no doubt that the professional, income, … can no longer tolerate disparities "on the basis of gender" in society as a whole and even more so in the Bar. …

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  • Gender Equality Academy | Online Training on Gender sensitive leadership: what does it take?

    … online training aims at sensitising about the value of gender-sensitive decision-making processes and highlighting … We are inviting you to register for the online training“ Gender Sensitive Leadership: what does it take? " organised by the EU-funded project “ Gender Equality Academy ” on 24th of November 2020 at …

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  • 4th Europen conference on domestic violence

    … of domestic violence while recognising the primary role of gender as a significant factor both causing and sustaining …

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  • “The Gendered Impact of Austerity Policies in Europe” PGAE Gender Seminar

    … The Program on Gender Analysis in Economics (PGAE) of American University  … theoretical and empirical economics training in gender analysis. Projects investigate the role of gender in social reproduction, labor markets, finance, and …

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  • Joint webinar with Gearing Roles | Challenges for feminist leadership in HEIs

    … this joint webinar with our sister project,  Gearing Roles . The topic of this 90 minutes webinar is “Challenges … reflect on the ‘space’ and ‘power’ leaders have to bring gender equality forward. Read more,  here . FOR WHOM:    It … and managers Decision makers Change agents Sister projects Gender focal points We are inviting you to register for the …

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  • Joint webinar with Gearing Roles: Bias and Resistances: Exploring Challenges to Gender Equality in Leadership and Decision-Making

    … this joint webinar with our sister project,  Gearing Roles . The topic of this 75 minutes webinar is “Bias and Resistances: Exploring Challenges to Gender Equality in Leadership and Decision-Making”. … explaining and deepening the understanding of the role of gender bias in leadership and decision-making while exploring …

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  • On the road to gender equality: gender balance in the European Economic and Social Committee - Study presentation - 3 March 2020, Brussels

    … 2020, the Committee has published a study analysing gender balance among its members and staff . The findings … in the Assistants category. To help to improve the gender balance and advance gender equality within the EESC, the study makes important …

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  • GE Academy - In person training: Facilitation of change processes towards gender equality

    … dimensions of the facilitation of change processes towards gender equality. It provides the opportunity to engage in … here .  The training is guided by one of the leading gender experts in Europe, Dr Maxime Forest.  Dr Forest’s recent work  includes the roles of Scientific Coordinator on the FP7 EGERA Project, …

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  • Workshop "Digital Diaspora: Gender, Identity, Belonging"

    … The Center for Gender Studies at the University of Latvia is pleased to open … and postgraduate (M,, PhD) students Digital Diaspora: Gender, Identity, Belonging which will be held on June 20-21, … contexts of mobilities and connectivities, the concepts of gender, race and diaspora are intensively addressed with …

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  • Registration Open! Transformative Leadership for Gender Equality and Women's Rights

    … for the training course  Transformative Leadership for Gender Equality and Women's Rights , which will be held from … capacity and knowledge of leaders and managers to advance gender equality, women’s empowerment, and women’s rights … gender equality. It is designed for those with managerial roles and responsibilities, and/or with functions to provide …

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