… The Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is pleased to announce that it has … links to the commitment in the European Treaties to foster gender equality as a fundamental principle. EIGE works … Institutions and with the Member States to strengthen gender equality by collecting and disseminating cross …
… women as a human rights violation, and as a specific gender-related form of violence linked to the discrimination … The 2011 Council Conclusions on the European Pact for Gender Equality for the period 2011–2020 reaffirm the EU's commitment to closing gender gaps in employment, education and social protection, …
… 25 years later through General Recommendation No. 35 on gender-based violence against women , published in 2017. GR 35 emphasizes the role of gender stereotypes and gender inequality in causing gender-based violence, …
… Europe Read more about female genital mutilation in EIGE’s Gender Equality Glossary and Thesaurus Female genital … Some Member States have seen an increase in this form of gender-based violence due to migration of people from … FGM, the EU needs a comprehensive strategy, based on a gender-sensitive and human-rights approach, which empowers …
… of a campaign to change awareness about women’s and men’s roles in the family. The campaign used electronic and social … 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, … 30 women, and are divided into five sessions, which cover gender policy, self-empowerment and time management, the … aware of gender stereotypes and the construction of genderroles, and help them to reconcile their professional and …
… county administrative boards (Länsstyrelser ) to entrench gender mainstreaming in the ESF and the projects it supports … It was based on a survey which showed that although gender mainstreaming was an obligatory part of all ESF … up on by project promoters anxious to comply with the gender mainstreaming requirements laid down in the …
… step-by-step framework to help companies think about gender equality in their workforces, particularly in relation … encourage companies to: Think: identify any issues around gender equality Act: take action to fix those issues Report: … ensures a woman is on the interview panel for all senior roles. It has also set a target of 25% of executive roles to …
… was developed in a context of growing recognition that gender inequalities in Poland’s labour market are in part … among respondents with regard to fathers’ and mothers’ roles in childcare and child raising and the division of … Publicity for good employers The campaign contributes to gender equality by promoting a model of equal sharing of …
… 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 … secondly challenged stereotypes, thirdly promoted men’s roles in the family, and finally encouraged employers to …
… In brief The Maltese Equality Mark is a national gender equality initiative aimed at increasing women’s … that facilitate the reconciliation of work and care roles. The initiative is led by the National Commission for … mark in 2010. The initiative established a standard for ‘gender equality employers’ and runs a certification scheme …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… change company culture about parental leave as a goal of gender equality. They are also a good example of cooperation … to involve men more actively in the process of creating gender equality. Twelve workshops were conducted, each … be concluded that there have been two main outcomes on gender equality twofold. Firstly the workshops provided the …
… 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 … for themselves in the media, and who appear in prestigious roles showing their competence and skills to the full. In …
… to give them an understanding of how news is made, and how gender imbalances develop. The courses teach women how to … aims to create for women specifically concerns prestigious roles, such as experts, and thematic domains other than those … the way the news-making process works and creates gender imbalances in the visibility of experts is, in fact, …
… 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 … it does not have enough women in news and current affairs roles ( Telegraph , 5 March 2012). Although some progress …
… 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 … camera and sound operators, and women in technical roles – and there are too few women on the boards of …