… the European Union, the informal meeting of ministers for Employment and Social Policies will be held in Bucharest on … will begin in the morning of April 10th 2019 , when the Employment and Social Policy Ministers of the Member States will meet at the Palace …
… Sector’ (EGSS) represents approximately 2% of total EU employment. It continues to grow across the EU, despite the … economic crisis. In addition, the European Commission’s ‘ Employment Package ’ (April 2012) identified the green … and eco-innovation. Delegates will: Assess the latest policy developments and EU initiatives in the ‘green sector’ …
… Relevance of gender in employment While considerable progress has been made in … gender gaps in the labour market concern differences in: employment rate. part-time work. unpaid care and family … unemployed persons. Issues of gender inequalities in the policy area Gender employment gap In all Member States and in …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area EU regional policy is an investment policy that … EU policies such as those dealing with education, employment, energy, the environment, the single market, and … the development objectives of growth, competitiveness and employment cannot be fully achieved. The economic theory of …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Young people are a priority of the European … more likely to be affected by low pay and precarious employment as young mothers and lack adequate work-life … gender differences in education and transition to employment gender inequalities in access to the labour market …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The European Union (EU) is one of the world’s … integrated set of policies to promote and support women’s employment. Research suggests that well-designed, … choice of working hours or their decision to enter employment. Finally, gender inequalities are particularly …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Entrepreneurship plays an important role in … activity will create sustainable jobs. Self-employment, also contributes to job creation in Europe, as … of their own. European-level data indicate that the self-employment sector has shown a degree of resilience during the …
… Why is it important? Gender mainstreaming ensures that policy-making and legislative work is of higher quality and … the issue of representation of women and men in the given policy area. Both dimensions – gender representation and … for the achievement of the EU objectives of growth, employment and social cohesion. Since 1996, the Commission …
… men working part-time involuntarily. Promoting full-time employment has been high on the agenda since at least 2000. … women’s organisations have pushed for increasing full-time employment. Investigations have been carried out, commissions … systems is the conceptual basis for social inclusion policy in Sweden. The difference in employment rates between …
… initiative aimed at increasing women’s participation in employment (the women’s employment rate in Malta is low), by promoting practices … which ran between 2010 and 2012 (under the Cohesion Policy 2007-2013, Operational Programme II, Empowering People …
… the ageing workforce in the EU, which has implications for employment, working conditions, living standards and welfare. … shows how information from four agencies can support policy-making that is both complementary and greater than the … outlines the impact of long-term demographic trends on employment, and examines lifelong participation in learning. …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Tourism is the third largest socio-economic … to gender equality in several ways: Offering important employment possibilities. According to the International … jobs. Furthermore, both ILO and UNWTO studies on women’s employment in the tourism field reveal that women tend to …
… may help or hinder gender equality The increase in female employment rates, coupled with the decline of the male … job-protected leave after childbirth have become important policy measures to support parents (ILO, 2014). They provide … For gender-equality objectives, supporting the employment of mothers and increasing the take-up of leave by …
… and economic independence: part-time work and self-employment, Review of the Implementation of the Beijing … of economic benefits of gender equality in other policy areas (Belege für den wirtschaftlichen Nutzen der … für Gleichstellungsfragen - EIGE. Gender implications for employment (Geschlechterspezifische Implikationen für …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Transportation facilitates access to the labour … afford the lost time. For instance, women may turn down employment opportunities further away from home if the … transport sector. According to a WISE study about women’s employment in the urban public transport sector, the share …
… environment. Flexible working hours, an uncapped holiday policy, a corporate daycare, a compensation system, which … 10 percentage points lower than that of employed men. The employment gap is particularly large for women of maternal … measures have contributed to improvements in women’s employment status in Hungary. Against this background, it is …
… EU labour market, the variety of gender stereotypes around employment in certain jobs and related gender differences in … are currently under-represented in platform work, with the employment structure following the well-established patterns … the greater involvement of women seems to be a policy strategy with obvious economic and social benefits. …