Positive measurement instrument aimed at accelerating the achievement of gender-balanced participation and representation by establishing a defined proportion (percentage) or number of places or seats to be filled by, or allocated to, women and/or men, generally under certain rules or criteria.
… of activities are organised to ensure employees of either gender who are on parental leave can stay in the company, and … related professions among girls and young women, apply a gender-sensitive approach in education and training, identify … for female graduates entering the labour market Gender pay gap in this sector Gender equality in Austria is …
… training programme of the University of Graz, the gender equality office is organising since 2010 an annual … workshop. This workshop aims at creating reflexivity about gender and other discrimination-related biases in personnel … by external experts, as well as university-internal gender equality experts. In this workshop, participants gain …
… prize money in order to organise activities to promote gender equality in politics. The problem is at local level … EAF is an independent non-profit organisation, promoting gender equality. It combines designated scientific expertise … and presentation, motivation, feedback, networking and gender and politics. EAF Berlin supports and advises award …
… one factor that has contributed to a small improvement in gender representation in recent elections, as well as a … sex – i.e. each woman – elected. Finally in 2008 40% genderquotas were introduced: political parties are obliged to …
… of the campaign were the introduction of electoral quotas, constitutional reform and a women-friendly … for and raising awareness on this issue. It supports genderquotas, and believes that if there are more women in politics this will result in more gender-sensitive policy-making, which could make a major …
… 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 … of women in decision-making. Although the law provides for quotas for women (one-third of candidates in national, …
… 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 … implementation may suffer from the absence of sanctions if quotas are not met. Such a plan could be replicated by other …
… 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 … conditions. It runs several projects dealing with the gender gap and gender equality, such as a project to promote …
… by TV3 in Ireland, decided in 2012 to bring in a policy of gender parity – meaning that half of the experts interviewed … and lack of confidence Research shows that there are gender imbalances both in media content and in … as even though media organisations are aware of gender imbalances in top management, they do not see this as …