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    • Platform work: Has flexibility become a cover story?

      The platform work economy comes with great strengths. The ability to work where you want and how you want is a significant motivator for people who have grown tired of the 9-5 rigidity and seek more diversity in their career path.

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    • Are you ready to take #3StepsForward for gender equality?

      Achieving equality between women and men makes everyone better off. We have come a long way, but there’s still more to do. Let’s shape an economy where gender equality, social fairness and prosperity go hand in hand. #3StepsForward is how policymakers, business leaders and individuals can unite to build a fairer future. We all have a role to play. Join our #3StepsForward campaign and do your part!

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      This toolkit provides guidelines for the use of gender-sensitive language in writing. Gender-sensitive communication ensures that women and men – and those who do not conform to the binary gender system – are treated as persons of equal importance and dignity.

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    • Sexism at work: How can we stop it?

      The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help stop sexism in the workplace. From recruitment to performance evaluation, EIGE’s handbook shows how organisations can ensure women and men employees feel safe, respected and fulfilled.

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    • What does it take to achieve gender equality? – Resources and structures key for women's empowerment

      With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality?

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      27 Feb 2023
    • GRPP: Four letters can unlock €2 trillion to accelerate our drive towards gender equality

      Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP.

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    • Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality  

      EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women.

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  • Model protocol medical care for women and girls with FGM

    … initiative of health professionals: the protocol medical care for women and girls with FGM The Model protocol medical … cases of FGM.   FGM as a very serious and damaging form of child abuse   Dutch policy towards violence against women … approach with a number of tangible measures. Dutch policies on FGM focus on prevention, mainly through an …

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  • Parental-leave policies

    … time-limited job protection to enable an employee to care for their new-born child, and afterwards return to work with the same employer, usually to the same job. These leave policies not only support gender equality, they are also …

  • Informal care of children and childcare services

    … and varied childcare services, has put pressure on public policies and services. Member States in the EU have reacted … affect gender roles, particularly in the division of care work at home, is key to progress on gender equality. … The EWCS shows that in households with the youngest child below 7 years of age, women spend an average of …

  • Step 5: Carefully measure progress

    … benefit of measuring data on update of work-life balance policies is to highlight the link between such measures and … after parental leave (after the first, second and third child) Average duration of leave, disaggregated by sex Rate … disaggregated by sex Sick leave (also caring for a sick child), disaggregated by sex Staff turnover, disaggregated by …

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  • Poverty

    … in women’s and men’s access to health and long-term care  and/or housing and property. In particular, certain … given the strong link between women’s poverty and child poverty, inadequate child income support is also a … of poverty combating women’s poverty through labour policies and social protection reconciliation of family and …

  • Work-life balance for men and women remains unequal

    … the hours that they work in order to provide informal care. One third of women who curtail their employment in … work therefore a compromise must still be made between child care and a successful career. Reconciliation Policies Reconciliation policies are designed to minimise …

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  • We need to think about care differently. Right now, it’s not working for anyone.

    … on 25 February addressing new ways to revolutionise the care system. Good afternoon to you all. It’s wonderful to be … to use flexible work for family responsibilities – so if a child needs to be picked up at 4pm, they can be picked up at … first observations were how active Spain’s gender equality policies are – their place at number 6 in EIGE’s Gender …

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  • Annex 2: The EU’s gender equality legal and policy framework

    … involves mainstreaming a gender perspective in all policies, while also implementing specific measures to … the gender pay and pension gap, closing the gender care gap, and achieving gender balance in decision-making and … of exploitation; eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital …

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  • Fictional case study 2: reconciling shift work and childcare

    … Currently, they can access some provision for their eldest child. Yet, sometimes, Agneta’s hours change and the family … as do local sources of labour market data, housing and child benefit statistics, public transport availability, time … complex, everyday pressures on time, childcare and other care needs as key priorities. Step 2: Identify gender-aware …

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  • Youth

    … other sectors, such as education or health. In turn, youth policies can contribute to delivering results in other areas, … from being in education to having a job, and from being a child to being responsible for their own children. Across the … in access to the labour market young families and care responsibilities. Issues of gender inequality in the …

  • Tourism

    … replicate gender segregation in domestic work and family care. For instance, some managers in the hotel and … equality in the tourism sector relates to entrepreneurship policies, as acknowledged by the 2003 Commission … sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography Directive 2012/29/EU on common minimum …

  • Early childhood, when everything begins

    … this speech at a ministerial conference on the European Child Guarantee, organised by the French presidency of the EU … do they make? How do current laws enable them to take care of children raised in a family while leading fulfilling … children because of their background. That is why EU policies to integrate people with a migrant or Roma …

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  • Legislative and regulatory basis for EU policies on gender equality

    … involves mainstreaming a gender perspective in all policies, while also implementing specific measures to … 10 working days of paternity leave around the time of a child’s birth, which will be compensated at least at the … making better use of EU Funds to improve long-term care and childcare services. Policy measure: removing …

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  • Budapest Conference on Demographic Change

    … formation. Family support in the form of appropriate child care, flexible working arrangements, cash and tax benefits for families with children etc were addressed as policies known to facilitate the reconciliation of work and …

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    28 Mar 2011, 13:00 EEST - 29 Mar 2011, 16:00 EEST Europe/Athens
  • Step 6: Setting gender equality objectives

    … Women and men share equally in household work and family care, child education and care while maintaining their independent living. Women and …

  • Measures for a family-friendly firm

    … D.D. has a long-standing commitment to reconciliation policies. Information is disseminated to employees through … close to the premises. The company also provides care for elementary school children during holidays and a child-related time bonus is given for parents for leave for …

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  • Tool 3: Operationalising gender equality in policy objectives (in Partnership Agreements) and specific objectives/measures (in Operational Programmes)

    … (SDGs) of the UN Agenda 2030 are in line with EU cohesion policies and therefore relevant to the EU Funds as well. SDG … exploitation. 5.3 Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation. 5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public …

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  • What does gender budgeting have to do with women’s and men’s lived realities?

    … than women? In EU Member States, both paid work and unpaid care work exists. These different kinds of work are performed … Public financial allowances, such as paid parental leave, child benefit, carers’ allowances, agricultural subsidies and … through a guaranteed return to their job. Additional policies are often needed to provide and encourage greater …

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    • Economic and financial affairs
  • A multi-pronged national campaign on the father’s role

    … Research and data show that the unequal division of care responsibilities is a key issue for reconciliation of … a database of examples of good practice, the ‘Day with a Child at Work’ campaign, a competition on employers’ good … for parents of young children; The campaign ‘Day with a Child at Work’ (Dzień z Dzieckiem w Pracy); Discount cards …

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    Poland
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    • Employment
  • FGM Enhanced Dataset

    … response to FGM in UK   Female genital mutilation (FGM) is child abuse and the Department of Health and NHS England are … domestic and international efforts to end FGM and child, early and forced marriage within a generation. The … 16 October 2014 and is available on the Health and Social Care Information Centre website . All these data are stored …

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