… soft measures have also worked in some countries. However, gender balance has not made significant improvements in the … 2010, the European Commission suggested legislative action and two years later proposed a Directive with a target to … across the 28 EU Member States had 28 % women and 72 % men. The proportion of women has increased by 1 percentage …
… This study focused on the importance of genderequality in the realisation of economic rights and independence, including access to employment, appropriate … their effect on the economic independence of women andmen, and on genderequality more broadly. Based on the …
… Gender mainstreaming has been embraced internationally as a … into the preparation, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, regulatory measures and spending … with a view to promoting equality between women andmen, and combating discrimination. Further information EIGE's …
… The principle of gender mainstreaming consists of taking systematic account of the differences between the conditions, situations and needs of women andmen in all Community policies and actions. The gender impact …
… Valtava Programme, a national development programme for gender mainstreaming that has been established within the … programming period of the European Social Fund (ESF) and is coordinated by the Finnish Ministry of Employment and … activity among women whereas it increases it for men. The InnoLady Camp initiative aims to stem this trend by …
… 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 …