… 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 … media; education, science and research; and sports). EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database provides statistical evidence …
… over economic resources. The report analysed part-time work and self-employment, demonstrating their effect on the economic independence of women and men, and on gender equality more broadly. Based on … June 2014. This publication was the sixth report in EIGE’s review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for …
… salaried employment. Against this backdrop, interest in women’s entrepreneurship has grown among scholars and policymakers. … competing demands on time (double burden of home and work responsibilities). Although most of these difficulties …
… Factsheet from EIGE's study on area F of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the economy Read more: Report: Gender equality and economic independence: part-time work and self-employment Good practices database EU …
… ‘Gender equality and economic independence: part time work and self-employment’, prepared by EIGE in support of the … 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 …
… association that started making small loans to women entrepreneurs in Berlin area in 1982. Its objective is to help business women in Berlin to set up and invest in their own businesses … association also grant-aids activities relevant to women’s rights and also networks with other microcredit …
… brief Going for Growth provides structured peer support to women entrepreneurs who are serious about growing their … explore a series of questions related to growth and work through a series of agendas. In this way, the lead … Pharmapod, Laureate for Europe in The Global Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards 2013, describes her experience as …
… In brief The Dobbantó – Women entrepreneurs’ competence development programme is an intensive course for women intending to start a business or already running one. … people have been regularly informed of the programme. SEED’s web page had 38,000 visitors in 2012, and its Facebook page …
… is an entrepreneurship training programme for academic women in Finland who are planning to set up their own … students. It has been run since 2011 by the Women’s Enterprise Agency (Naisyrittäjyyskeskus), one of the 32 … organised at weekends, which enabled those who were at work during the week to take part. As for the chosen training …
… 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 women … 600 business support organisations in 50 countries. They work in partnership to provide Irish small and medium-sized …
… Pionnières is a network of business incubators which helps women entrepreneurs to establish themselves in innovative … women who wished to create their own businesses. Women’s entrepreneurship was identified with the social and … unemployed and over 40 years old. Women who are in work but are looking for a more challenging and rewarding …
… the National Rural Network, the project aimed to stimulate women’s entrepreneurship and increase their use of information and … Spain suffer from multiple discrimination. Fewer of them work and fewer use ICT. Gender roles are strongly imposed and …