… city of Vantaa in Finland has provided basic training on gender equality for its staff (directors, experts, planners, … in service delivery, for example on how to develop gender sensitiveness. The provision of hands-on, tailored … on-the-job advice and consultancy, depending on the needs and assignments of each employee or unit. This support …
… In brief The Maltese Equality Mark is a national gender equality initiative aimed at increasing women’s … mark in 2010. The initiative established a standard for ‘gender equality employers’ and runs a certification scheme … costs by retaining staff, understand and meet customers’ needs better and reduce the risk of litigation. Rita …
… work and family life is a core element of the DGB’s gender policy. The focus is on raising awareness about … councils to raise awareness of reconciliation, identify needs, develop solutions and specify rules and policies in … 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 … It was not a general campaign but was tailored to the needs of one specific group, namely SME decision-makers and …
… 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, … But training alone is not sufficient, and attention needs to be paid to changing the culture from all angles. A …
… a flood of sexist images, yet the effects of pre-1990 gender equality polices persist, and women occupy many … Act, both adopted in 1998, and both repeatedly amended. In gender and media issues, two often contradictory trends are … images of women. On the other hand, there is a positive gender balance within media organisations, with many women …
… 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 … Plan After carefully assessing its gender equality needs, ORF devised a Gender Equality Plan to redress this …
… 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 … and then compensates for them. It carefully assesses the needs of women working in film and television industry, and …
… In brief KVINFO is the Danish Centre for Information on Gender, Equality and Diversity. In 1997 it launched its … public debate on the topic. The general assumption is that gender equality has already been achieved, and ethnicity is … capacity to produce all the resources the intervention needs to be continued. It is a relevant solution to the …
… 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 … mentoring was preceded by an assessment of gender equality needs. Its results have been achieved at reasonable cost, …