… week and next, the 68th annual Commission on the Status ofWomen (CSW68), is happening in New York. CSW is the UN's … have a spillover effect. Gender gaps in the labour market participation will close. Income disparities will diminish. …
… Committee in European Parliament followed by an exchange of views. Good afternoon members of the FEMM Committee. Thank … WORK is the second most improved, mostly led by increased participationofwomen in employment in the last 10 years. The Domain of …
… Carlien Scheele gave an address at the Joint exchange of views on Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget on 23 … on Budgets, Budgetary Control and FEMM. Dear Members of the Committee on Budgets, Budgetary Control and FEMM Dear … resources in a way that addresses the specific needs ofwomen and men. Despite the commitment, EIGE identified on a …
… first time ever, EIGE’s Gender Equality Index shows signs of a worsening situation for women in many areas of work and home life. The Index paints a picture of rising …
… Poverty in Europe today is more than just a lack of resources for survival. It also involves a loss of opportunities for meaningful participation in all areas of life, leading to detachment and … Given the gender inequalities in public and private life, women are continually at a higher risk of poverty across the …
… 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 …
… changes in the employment structure and skills content of jobs. The complexity of jobs is increasing across all sectors and occupations and … precarious work and the situation of different groups ofwomen and men in low-quality employment presents the …
… sectors. This poses a major challenge for the 64 million women and men with low levels of education in Member States. They are more often unemployed … potential in the EU, especially when it comes to women’s participation in the workforce. Opportunities for upscaling …
… Review of the implementation of Area A: Women and Poverty of the Beijing Platform for Action Poverty … It also involves a loss of opportunities for meaningful participation in all areas of life, which can cause …
… Summary Roma Women Talk is a project responding to the lack of information and knowledge about the problems of Roma women, about their life situation, their life values, …
… Summary A key indicator of gender inequality in the Swedish labour market is the difference in working time. There are many more women than men working part-time (30 % ofwomen and 11 % of … for change. Make the change understandable and create participation in the effort for change Innovate in the way …
… is a gender equality initiative aimed at increasing rural women’s participation in employment, launched in Croatia in 2013. It focused on unemployed women in a rural area of Karlovac County, one of the least developed counties in …
… offers counselling and information services in the areas of education, health, language class access, employment and … services in deprived areas within Berlin´s districts. Some of the project workers canvass social hot spots in search of … in a context of gender inequality, draws the focus to women. Women participants are often mothers with two to six …
… (ICT). It provides orientation modules that allow women to explore careers in different computing professions, … tools (such as administrative assistant). Since the end of the 1980s, the rise in use of personal computers (PCs), … in technical and decision-making positions. Women’s active participation in the ICT sector is essential for Europe's …
… media agency Oglivy & Mather and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, implemented a project to support migrant women working in Czech households, from 2012 to 2014. The …
… Summary Cooks without Homes is an initiative of Homelike (Jako doma), a non-profit organisation focusing on women experiencing homelessness. Homeless women, in the … Homes lies in the empowerment of homeless women through participation and partnership as co-workers. The focuses on …
… 2015, the Rotterdam-based Cleo-Patria Foundation set up 14 women’s studios to create a safe meeting place and learning … environment in their own neighbourhood for migrant womenof all nationalities, run by the women themselves. It … three quarters of whom were constant in their participation. Between 2003 to 2015, this amounted to more …