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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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  • EU Gender Institute Director reappointed for further five year term

    … 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 …

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    News article
  • EU regulations

    … 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, …

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  • International regulations

    … 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, …

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    Page
  • Female genital mutilation

    … 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 …

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    Topics
    • Economic and financial affairs
    • Violence
  • Using social media to campaign on domestic work

    … 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 …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Austria
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Training Greek women to take their place in regional and local government

    … 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 gender roles, and help them to reconcile their professional and …

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    Good practice
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    Greece
    Topics
    • Education
    • Employment
  • Fulfilling a commitment to gender mainstreaming

    … 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 …

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    Sweden
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    • Education
    • Employment
  • Transparency drives cultural change

    … 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 …

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    Non EU countries
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    • Employment
  • A multi-pronged national campaign on the father’s role

    … 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 …

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    Poland
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    • Employment
  • 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 … secondly challenged stereotypes, thirdly promoted men’s roles in the family, and finally encouraged employers to …

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    Malta
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    • Employment
  • Equality mark promotes equal opportunity employers

    … 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 …

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    Malta
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    • 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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    Italy
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    • Employment
  • Contest for family-friendly firms

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

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    Estonia
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    • Employment
  • Family-friendliness as part of a diversity culture at Bosch

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    Germany
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    • 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 …

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    Germany
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    • 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 … 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 …

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    Austria
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    • 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 … for themselves in the media, and who appear in prestigious roles showing their competence and skills to the full. In …

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    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 … 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, …

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    Good practice
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    Netherlands
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    • 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 … it does not have enough women in news and current affairs roles ( Telegraph , 5 March 2012). Although some progress …

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    Good practice
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    Non EU countries
    Topics
    • 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 … camera and sound operators, and women in technical roles – and there are too few women on the boards of …

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    Non EU countries
    Topics
    • Culture

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