… for the next few hours. Today we release the sixth edition of our Gender Equality Index. Since we started measuring … or indeed re gressed -- when it comes to equality between women and men in recent history. With all this data, we … disorders because they are surrounded by unachievable imagesof what a woman’s body should look like. When it …
… The EU has long recognised that violence against women is a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based discrimination that has a major negative …
… been acknowledged for quite a while. This is a story of three denials: games being ignored by academics, marginal … to discuss the following questions: ⦁ Representation ofwomen in video games: feminist criticism. ⦁ LGBTQ+ in games: … potential players who are not satisfied with stereotypical images and motifs offered by conventional video games. This …
… just four points higher than ten years ago, now 66.2 out of 100. The top performing country is Sweden with a score of 82.6, while Greece moved to the bottom with 50 points. The … government policies are matching the specific needs ofwomen and men and whether they are working or not’ said …
… by gender and marked by considerable gender gaps. Women and men tend to concentrate in certain scientific … research funding are not equally accessible to researchers of all genders. ACT on Gender Gaps in Science from ACT … be disregarded in the approach to and content and analysis of research and teaching. The result is that the viewpoints, …
… Between 39 % to 57 % of girls originating from FGM-practising countries who live in Malta are at risk of female genital mutilation. The European Institute for … a gender-sensitive way. This can include the provision ofwomen interpreters and specialised referral and care upon …
… The international final seminar of the Gender matters? project is organised as part of the … Pietikäinen, Member of the European Parliament Nudging Women to Power – What Can Journalists Do? Mari-Liis Sepper, … Journalist and co-initiator of The Periscope Project Images that change the world: challenging gender stereotypes …
… EIGE is delving into the classroom to unearth some of the gender related challenges in education. “Education and … reinforce them. For example, through textbooks which show women working in traditional roles, such as nurses and … senior researcher at EIGE. A better understanding of these challenges, including higher dropout rates for boys …
… does not mean that girls are safe. Between 12 % and 17 % of girls living in Cyprus from FGM-practising countries are at risk of female genital mutilation. These are the findings released … because of integration efforts and laws. In Cyprus, both women and men from FGM-practising countries reported that …
… ONLUS association was created in 2008 to make the way women are presented in the media a matter of public debate, and to give media publishers direct … to conclude that the revival of public debate on women and images in the media which has been engaged many Italian …
… Enabling women to run for the elections for the university's council … take place. Considering the striking underrepresentation ofwomen in the university’s Council, the SU Council Election … in order to encourage a gender-balanced representation of the Council. Several activities were undertaken in order …
… does not mean that girls are safe. Between 25 % to 42 % of girls from FGM-practising countries living in Greece are at risk of female genital mutilation. These are the findings released … because of integration efforts and laws. In Greece, young women from second generations, especially from Egypt, …
… in 2006 in Berlin in order to strengthen networking among women who want to set up their own businesses, women … starters and every woman, who thinks about it, a project of the association WeiberWirtschaft e.V. and supported by … and the website receives 30,000 visits a year. Around 80% ofwomen who contact the centre go on to set up their own …
… Public procurement and the promotion of gender equality are often seen as two separate issues. … reference to GRPP. Laws that specifically mention the use of GRPP as a tool to promote gender equality not only provide … Public spending can have different impacts on women and men so, by using data broken down for women and …
… to replace human work, digitalisation offers a range of new opportunities, either by transforming existing jobs or … This section analyses the differences in participation ofwomen and men in two quite different types of job … cleaning or plumbing); and (4) micro tasks (e.g. tagging images online). Full potential of the ICT sector cannot be …
… a measurable concept, five areas defining specific aspects of parliaments’ gender-sensitivity have been identified … tool began in 2015 with an extensive literature review of the concept of ‘gender-sensitive parliaments’ and the key dimensions for women’s full participation in the political sphere, as well …
… with an ageing society as well as long term financing of social security systems are related to gender equality. … (ibid. 2). Gender equality also can tackle the challenges of demographic changes: Myrskylä and others (2011) analysing … it will therefore be necessary to fully integrate women into the labour force, not subjecting them to …