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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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    • Hidden in plain sight: improving legal responses for ‘invisible’ victims of femicide

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      07 Feb 2023
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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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      03 Mar 2023
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  • Almost 23 million children in the EU are poor: For every additional child, a woman’s risk of falling into poverty increases

    … children have a job. With the arrival of each additional child, the economic independence of women shrinks. The need …

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  • Justice

    … a series of sensitive issues (e.g. divorce, spousal and child support (maintenance), parental responsibilities, … to exercise parental responsibilities, or the right of the child to continued contact with both parents, over the safety … has adopted a relevant body of legislation for the protection of victims and for ensuring fair treatment of …

  • Costs of gender-based violence in the European Union

    … and men. The elimination of gender-based violence and the protection of victims is a goal of the European Union and one … legal costs, housing aid costs, housing aid and child protection as well as specialist services. Physical and … costs can include civil justice services (for divorces and child custody proceedings for example), housing aid and child …

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  • Principle 5. Delivering a coordinated, multiagency response

    … victim services; police; specialist victim services; child protection services; health, social work and education … MATAC Provide an alarm Provide a home safety visit Raise a child protection investigation Housing Ensure that the …

  • Principle 5: Considering children’s experiences of intimate partner violence

    … identify and assess the risks to children to ensure their protection. Key elements for considering children’s … with other agencies. Risk assessment should therefore be child competent in that it routinely and robustly takes into … accordance with Article 26 on protection and support for child witnesses of the Istanbul Convention. …

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  • Czech Republic - Sexual Assault (excl. rape)

    … commits an act given in paragraph (1) and (2) d. against a child, or e. at least with two persons. 4. An offender shall … d. he/she commits an act given in paragraph (1) against a child under the age of fifteen years, or e. he/she causes … if he/she commits an act given in paragraph (1) against a child under the age of fifteen years under his/her …

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  • Gender-based violence costs the EU €366 billion a year

    … costs can include civil justice services (for divorces and child custody proceedings for example), housing aid and child protection. EIGE has calculated the cost of gender-based …

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  • Gender-specific measures in anti-trafficking actions

    … and gender equality. EIGE developed a set of gender and child-specific recommendations and indicators to support …

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  • A European Strategy to work towards the eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings

    … identified by the strategy, there is the development of child protection systems, the setting up of national …

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    19 Jun 2012, 9:00 EEST - 19 Jun 2012, 17:00 EEST Europe/Athens
  • Tourism

    … performed informally by women do not provide legal protection or allow women access to social protection and … sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography Directive 2012/29/EU on common minimum … this effect. In 1997, UNWTO launched a task force against child sex tourism, which went on to launch the international …

  • Trafficking for sexual exploitation: a gendered crime

    … of trafficking hold the right to assistance, support and protection. EIGE has analysed both the EU Anti-Trafficking … with the European Commission, has developed gender and child specific recommendations to help Member States …

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  • Principle 2. Introducing an individualised approach to risk management

    … services, children’s rights organisations and/or statutory child protection departments to agree protocols for risk management … for children. A number of models for responding to child victims are available: for example, police might use …

  • Parental-leave policies

    … support parents (ILO, 2014). They provide time-limited job protection to enable an employee to care for their new-born child, and afterwards return to work with the same employer, … they are also important policy instruments for supporting child, maternal and paternal health and well-being, birth …

  • First International Conference on Sexual Violence in Croatia

    … Kingdom, London Metropolitan University, Head of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit) „Sexual violence – Where … Advancement and Police Development) “Support and Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence– The Need for … Violence and Violence against Women) “The Success of Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence from the Point of …

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    23 Oct 2015, 9:30 CEST - 23 Oct 2015, 16:00 CEST Europe/Zagreb
  • Poverty

    … to produce unequal life chances and choices. Social protection systems which do not take into account different … given the strong link between women’s poverty and child poverty, inadequate child income support is also a crucial factor for many women. …

  • International Women’s Day: Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation

    … a valid reason for granting asylum or humanitarian protection. In our asylum legislation, we are paying … who fear persecution because they refuse to have their child undergo this practice should be given suitable … together healthcare professionals, police, schools, child protection services and migrant organisations; A French …

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  • MSPY Database

    … partner violence (IPV) or not, pursuant to the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence (misdemeanour) and the … the victim number of special guardians appointed to the child in court proceeding linked to domestic violence … court aimed at protecting the rights and interests of the child in cases of domestic violence number of individuals …

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  • 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 … about what is happening to their data – what the Data Protection Act (DPA) terms as ‘fair processing’ and, a fair …

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  • References

    … ). (12) European e-Justice Portal, ‘Protection orders issued in one EU country can continue to be … (27) Government of Western Australia, Department for Child Protection, Family and Domestic Violence Unit (2011), … ). (76) Government of Western Australia, Department for Child Protection, Family and Domestic Violence Unit (2011), …

  • Stronger together: EU Agencies join forces to respond to COVID-19

    … and the recent surge in drug use, domestic violence and child abuse. To tackle these and other issues more effectively related to the protection of citizens and freedoms, there is a need for …

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