… Over the last nine years, the proportion of women on the boards of the largest listed companies across … later proposed a Directive with a target to reach 40 % women on boards. Despite the fact that no agreement was … This quota is applicable to companies with more than 500 employees or revenues over € 50 million. Women account for at …
… demonstrating their effect on the economic independence of women and men, and on gender equality more broadly. Based on … EIGE proposed a set of indicators and sub-indicators on women and the economy, which were subsequently endorsed by …
… EIGE's study on area F of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the economy Read more: Report: Gender equality and … EU Indicators for the Beijing Platform for Action area F. Women and the economy …
… for Action in the EU. The report reviewed area F, ‘Women in the Economy’, and proposed new indicators for strategic objective F1, concerned with women’s economic rights and independence, which were endorsed … by the Council in June 2014. View statistics on area F, Women and the Economy …
… brief Going for Growth provides structured peer support to women entrepreneurs who are serious about growing their … round tables and a national forum at midpoint. Over 350 women entrepreneurs have taken part, at a cost of some €2,000 … exporters in the group increased by 22%. A total of 88 new employees were hired and 10 new interns engaged, and over 650 …
… was part of the wider European Network of Mentors for Women Entrepreneurs, supported by the Enterprise DG of the … recognise and support the distinctive nature of women’s business start-ups and ensure that newly-established … the programme to women entrepreneurs who had at least one employees proved to be an obstacle to finding suitable …
… Pionnières is a network of business incubators which helps women entrepreneurs to establish themselves in innovative … a gender perspective on business was in its infancy, and women were not expected to be active in business outside the social economy. It aims to enable women from different geographic and social backgrounds to set …
… the National Rural Network, the project aimed to stimulate women’s entrepreneurship and increase their use of … an ‘employability agent’ in each area, who could support women entrepreneurs. It also ran 11 online training courses which attracted 833 women, and held seminars on how to set up co-operatives. The …
… In brief The Cyprus Women's Cooperative Bank Ltd. (WCB), one of the first co-operative banks created by women in the world, started its activities in January 2001 in … be entrepreneurs, and not just mothers, wives, carers or employees). Loans, research, seminars and advice The bank …
… (€15m) fund which makes equity investments to help strong women’s businesses grow. It works on a co-investment basis in … expertise on finance measures to support SMEs. In the UK women are about half as likely as men to be entrepreneurs. … fund’s objective is to increase the number of successful women-led businesses in the UK, ensuring that those with real …
… In brief The Women Entrepreneurs’ Loan Programme is an innovative loan programme initiated in response to low levels of women’s employment and entrepreneurship in Croatia. It was … and institutes which are majority-owned and led by women. It makes favourable loans to women entrepreneurs to …
… demonstrates their effect on the economic independence of women and men, as well as on gender equality more broadly. On … a set of indicators and sub-indicators in the area of women and the economy that were endorsed by the Council in … Council of the European Union. View statistics on area F, Women and the Economy …