… want to set up their own businesses, women entrepreneurs and business experts. Gründerinnenzentrale is a contact point … commercial spaces. The centres principle is to support genderequality in the social life and employment through a … of Berlin, that aims to support the equality of women andmen in the labour market and improvement of the …
… entrepreneur-ship by providing specialised programmes and easy access to finance. The bank combines the operations … access to the bank’s professional network. The bank serves men as well as women, and one-third of its loans have been to … was set up, women’s absence from decision-making centres, gender stereotyping and the burden of multiple roles combined …
… support SMEs. In the UK women are about half as likely as men to be entrepreneurs. The fund’s objective is to increase … capital. It provides financial support of between £100,000 and £1m (€120,000-€1.2m) for the development of a number of … wide network. Moreover, it seeks to address the issue of gender-based inequality and discrimination in business …
… Gender Impact Assessment is an ex-ante evaluation, analysis … consequences for the state of equality between women andmen. The central question of the GIA is: Does a law, …
… Relevance of gender in employment While considerable progress has been … persist. They are the result of discriminatory norms and attitudes, the unequal distribution of care … women’s activity rate has increased during the past years, men’s activity rate has remained largely stable. The slow …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The European Union (EU) fisheries … people in the EU have a full or part-time job in fishing and fish processing. EU fisheries policy promotes sustainable … fish processing are male-dominated activities in Europe. Men provide the main labour on board fishing vessels, and the …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The term ‘sport’ implies two … increasingly considered at EU level: professional sport, and sport as a leisure activity. While, in professional … In addition to amateurs, an increasing number of women andmen are choosing sport as a leisure activity, mainly for …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Tourism is the third largest … become one of the main income generators in both developed and developing countries, with business volumes that equal or … been paid to how the tourism industry benefits women andmen, as well as to the relation between tourism andgender …