206 items / 11 pages

  • What is gender mainstreaming

    … into the preparation, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, regulatory measures and spending … as their representation in the labour force and in the decision making processes. Read more Women are beneficiaries … can make a particular difference here, as they have more power to introduce changes.  Read more Key elements to …

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  • Malta is almost halfway to gender equality

    … the halfway mark towards equality between women and men. Malta scored 46.8 out of 100 on EIGE’s most recent … and men in six core domains: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. It then assigns a score to each Member … room for improvement. Women are seriously lacking from decision-making positions in the political sphere, and even …

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    News article

  • Head of Administration

    … The registration of applications begins on 11 May 2016 and closes on 13 June 2016 at 13:00 Eastern European Time. … in strategic planning and  implementation together with decision making capacities; Proven interpersonal, communication, …

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    Vacancy
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    Temporary Agents

  • Men dominate positions of power in Eastern Partnership countries

    … A recent study from EIGE on gender equality in decision-making shows that important positions of power in the EU are predominately held by men, especially in … - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine – wanted to check the situation in their …

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    News article

  • Will three quarters of equality suffice for Finland?

    … has been reversed in some areas. Particularly in political and financial decision making, equality between men and women has taken a … country in six core domains: work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. Finland gets its lowest score (61/100) from …

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    News article

  • Gender planning

    … a gender perspective into policies, programmes and projects requires that both women’s and men’s needs are … distribution of resources, actions, responsibilities and power [4]. Read more about gender planning  Gender planning … the problem  At this step, an issue enters the agenda of decision-makers and the intervention problem is defined. …

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    Method/Tool

  • Serbia - the first EU candidate country to produce a Gender Equality Index

    … non-EU country to produce an assessment of how equal women and men are in the various fields of society by applying a … and neighbourhood countries.’ On gender equality in decision-making, Serbia ranks among the top ten EU Member … of its six core domains – Work, Money, Knowledge, Time, Power, and Health. While the Index is a sophisticated …

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    News article

  • Entrepreneurship

    … plays an important role in creating jobs, innovation and growth. Fostering entrepreneurship is a key policy goal … It is more widespread among workers with less bargaining power and the most vulnerable in society. From this … in starting a business. For more women than men, the decision to be self-employed is motivated by the search for a …

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    Policy area

  • Men control the money in the EU

    … jobs Men dominate central banks, finance ministries and boardrooms throughout Europe with only one in every 25 … women and men. An in-depth study ‘Gender Equality in Power and Decision-Making’ by the European Institute for Gender …

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    News article
    Topics
    • Economic and financial affairs

  • A party strategy to increase women’s political representation

    … – since women‘s suffrage in 1947. Nevertheless formal and informal practices are blocking further progress. … should be better represented in political and economic decision-making. Nevertheless the number of women in elected … members. When the Labour Party was returned to power in the March 2013 elections, the new Prime Minister, …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Malta

  • Women Power Politics – Helene Weber Kolleg

    … is in local authorities – the over 11,000 municipalities and 295 districts – that women are most noticeable by their absence from political decision-making. Their share of local councils is stuck at … arose from the campaign Frauen Macht Kommune (‘Women Power Municipalities’) which was launched in 2008 by the NGO …

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    Good practice
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    Germany

  • A toolkit, training and an awareness campaign

    … at European level (38%), rather low nationally (26%) and abysmal locally (only 7.5% of mayors). To counter this, … candidates since the 1980s – than collegial or plural decision-making bodies such as the national or European … and discussing inequalities between women and men in power-related and decision-making positions. Through group …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Portugal

  • Grassroots campaign empowers women

    … led a campaign to change policy, raise awareness and empower women to play an active role in politics. … in Ireland as men greatly outnumber women in all political decision-making structures: Women make up only 15.7% of … Equality Index, Ireland scored 26.5 on the domain of power, the ninth-lowest score and below the EU27 average of …

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    Good practice
    Country
    Ireland

  • Parliamentary delegations keep gender on the agenda

    … houses of the French parliament – the National Assembly and the Senate – have had a ‘Delegation for Women’s Rights … to ensure good outcomes for women in all aspects of decision-making, and to raise awareness of policy areas particularly …

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    Good practice
    Country
    France

206 items / 11 pages