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Definition of gender equality

Equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities of women and men and girls and boys.

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18 gender statistics indicators found

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Gender Statistics Database
  • Using the media to encourage women to work

    … 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 on gender equality, with funding from the European Social Fund …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Malta
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Equality mark promotes equal opportunity employers

    … In brief The Maltese Equality Mark is a national gender equality initiative aimed … mark in 2010. The initiative established a standard for ‘gender equality employers’ and runs a certification scheme …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Malta
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Productivity and wellbeing through family audit

    … to reduce absenteeism and labour turnover, and to decrease gender differences related to family responsibilities; For … the organisation. This analysis yields indicators such as gender, qualifications and position, and also information on … takes the needs of each employee into account, allows for gender and diversity, and applies solutions such as flexible …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Italy
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Contest for family-friendly firms

    … The initiative was developed in a wider policy context for gender equality under the government’s Action Programme 2011-2015, …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Estonia
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Family-friendliness as part of a diversity culture at Bosch

    … and family life, which are embedded in a strong culture of equality and diversity. These include a website, a press … a driving force of innovation. Along with the dimensions gender, generations and internationality, … Girls' Day and Girls' Campus. Within the key area of gender equality, implemented at Bosch since 1994, the aim is …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Germany
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Trade unions play their role in the family alliance

    … work and family life is a core element of the DGB’s gender policy. The focus is on raising awareness about … the reconciliation of family and work, and hence improving gender equality. Works councils and staff councils with an awareness …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Germany
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Encouraging SMEs to give fathers time off for their kids

    … change company culture about parental leave as a goal of gender equality. They are also a good example of cooperation with … to involve men more actively in the process of creating gender equality. Twelve workshops were conducted, each …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Austria
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Using web 2.0 to promote debate on the relationship between men and women

    … direct feedback on the way they portray women and report gender issues. Early in 2009 it launched the … on all forms of violence and discrimination due to gender or sexual orientation. From 2014 the website has … out of 100 is specific mention made of issues concerning equality between men and women. In comparing the situations …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Italy
    Topics
    • Culture
  • Training media-savvy women experts

    … to give them an understanding of how news is made, and how gender imbalances develop. The courses teach women how to … the way the news-making process works and creates gender imbalances in the visibility of experts is, in fact, … has attracted media attention to the subject of gender equality, and leads to requests to make presentations – and …

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    Good practice
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    Netherlands
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    • Culture
  • Actively Searching for Women’s Opinion on Male-Dominated Subjects

    … a flood of sexist images, yet the effects of pre-1990 gender equality polices persist, and women occupy many high-level … Act, both adopted in 1998, and both repeatedly amended. In gender and media issues, two often contradictory trends are …

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    Good practice
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    Bulgaria
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    • Culture
  • Austria’s national broadcaster adopts gender equality plan

    … of women in its organisation and found a widespread gender imbalance. While women make up 42% of its workforce, … this situation, in 2012 the ORF introduced a six-year gender equality plan. It aims to promote gender equality and women’s …

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    Austria
    Topics
    • Culture
  • Union survey reveals widespread discrimination against woman journalists

    … The British media suffers from significant and persistent gender gaps. A study conducted in 2011[1] counted the number … The study also showed that all national papers had large gender gaps in their byline averages, with the politically … Telegraph , 5 March 2012). Although some progress towards equality has been made in decision-making, this is more …

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    Non EU countries
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    • Culture
  • Learning from the experts

    … for equal representation   The UK shows considerable gender gaps in the media in terms of women’s representation … The study also showed that all national papers had large gender gaps in their by-line averages with the Daily Mail and … Mentoring for 20 women every year In order to redress the gender imbalances found in the film and television industry, …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Non EU countries
    Topics
    • Culture
  • KVINFO Expert Database

    … In brief KVINFO is the Danish Centre for Information on Gender, Equality and Diversity. In 1997 it launched its online Expert … public debate on the topic. The general assumption is that gender equality has already been achieved, and ethnicity is …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Denmark
    Topics
    • Culture
  • Mentoring for Germany’s women journalists

    … funded from membership subscriptions.     The slow road to equality   In Germany a significant gender gap still exists in the media – both in the … job, it is another man that follows. Thanks to the last Gender Media Monitoring Project (GMMP 2010) we have learned …

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    Good practice
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    Germany
    Topics
    • Culture
  • France Télévisions aims to reflect national diversity

    … adopted a diversity strategy comprising four pillars: gender, ethnic-cultural, socio-cultural and disability. In … origin, disability, geographic location and, of course, gender. It received 400 suggestions, which it weeded down to … resp­onsibility in terms of diversity, including gender equality. As the former president of the company said: “When …

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    Good practice
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    France
    Topics
    • Culture
  • A database of gender-aware journalists

    … that were likely to be sympathetic to the cause of women’s equality. It established a database of these names, which it … hard news sections. It has helped journalists to take a gender perspective when reporting the news, and established CELEM as an expert source of information on gender. This feeds into the global objective of improving the …

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    Good practice
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    Spain
    Topics
    • Culture
  • Modernising an old-fashioned media

    … In brief Gender imbalances permeate the Romanian media landscape. Gender stereotypes, influenced by advertising, are … build coalitions and to start fighting for improved gender equality, and the tone of public debate has changed so that …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Romania
    Topics
    • Culture
  • Making Belgium aware of its media’s gender imbalance

    … prepared studies of 11 good practices in implementing gender equality, and conducted an awareness-raising campaign to … or heard   Belgium's French-speaking media suffers from a gender imbalance. Only 28% of interviewees are women – which …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Belgium
    Topics
    • Culture
  • French media sign up for equal airtime

    … a lot of progress has been made in France in terms of gender equality, significant gender gaps persist including a 20% gender pay gap, …

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    Good practice
    Country
    France
    Topics
    • Culture

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