… targets women who are councillors, candidates in regional and local elections, and social services workers. The courses … This initiative is needed because despite the 2001 law that established a quota of one third of each sex in the candidate lists in local elections, very few have …
… The provision of hands-on, tailored training and support on specific gender mainstreaming methods and practices (e.g. gender impact assessment of budgeting) … 2008, which found that 4.9% of employees had experienced sex-based discrimination. Legislation on non-discrimination …