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            • 1. Assess the needs
            • 2. Integrate initiatives to broader strategy
            • 3. Ensure sufficient resources
            • 4. Write good terms of reference
            • 5. Select a trainer
            • 6. Engage in the needs assessment
            • 7. Actively participate in the initiative
            • 8. Invite others to join in
            • 9. Monitoring framework and procedures
            • 10. Set up an evaluation framework
            • 11. Assess long-term impacts
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        • Guide to Gender Impact Assessment
          • Step 1: Definition of policy purpose
          • Step 2: Checking gender relevance
          • Step 3: Gender-sensitive analysis
          • Step 4: Weighing gender impact
          • Step 5: Findings and proposals for improvement
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        • Guide to Institutional Transformation
            • 1. Creating accountability and strengthening commitment
            • 2. Allocating resources
            • 3. Conducting an organisational analysis
            • 4. Developing a strategy and work plan
            • 5. Establishing a support structure
            • 6. Setting gender equality objectives
            • 7. Communicating gender mainstreaming
            • 8. Introducing gender mainstreaming
            • 9. Developing gender equality competence
            • 10. Establishing a gender information management system
            • 11. Launching gender equality action plans
            • 12. Promotional equal opportunities
            • 13. Monitoring and steering organisational change
        • Dealing with resistance
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            • 1. Strengthening accountability
            • 2. Allocating resources
            • 3. Organisational analysis
            • 4. Developing a strategy and working plan
            • 5. Establishing a support structure
            • 6. Setting objectives
            • 7. Communicating gender mainstreaming
            • 8. Introducing methods and tools
            • 9. Developing Competence
            • 10. Establishing a gender information management system
            • 11. Launching action plans
            • 12. Promoting within an organisation
            • 13. Monitoring and evaluating
      • Gender Equality in Academia and Research
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        • What is a Gender Equality Plan?
        • EU objectives for gender equality in research
        • Why change must be structural
        • Who is this guide for?
        • The GEAR Step-by-Step Guide
          • Step 1: Getting started
          • Step 2: Analysing and assessing the state-of-play in the institution
          • Step 3: Setting up a Gender Equality Plan
          • Step 4: Implementing a Gender Equality Plan
          • Step 5: Monitoring progress and evaluating a Gender Equality Plan
          • Step 6: What comes after the Gender Equality Plan?
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      • Gender-sensitive Parliaments
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        • What is the tool for?
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        • Self-assessment, scoring and interpretation of parliament gender-sensitivity
          • AREA 1 – Women and men have equal opportunities to ENTER the parliament
            • Domain 1 – Electoral system and gender quotas
            • Domain 2 - Political party/group procedures
            • Domain 3 – Recruitment of parliamentary employees
          • AREA 2 – Women and men have equal opportunities to INFLUENCE the parliament’s working procedures
            • Domain 1 – Parliamentarians’ presence and capacity in a parliament
            • Domain 2 – Structure and organisation
            • Domain 3 – Staff organisation and procedures
          • AREA 3 – Women’s interests and concerns have adequate SPACE on parliamentary agenda
            • Domain 1 – Gender mainstreaming structures
            • Domain 2 – Gender mainstreaming tools in parliamentary work
            • Domain 3 – Gender mainstreaming tools for staff
          • AREA 4 – The parliament produces gender-sensitive LEGISLATION
            • Domain 1 – Gender equality laws and policies
            • Domain 2 – Gender mainstreaming in laws
            • Domain 3 – Oversight of gender equality
          • AREA 5 – The parliament complies with its SYMBOLIC function
            • Domain 1 – Symbolic meanings of spaces
            • Domain 2 – Gender equality in external communication and representation
        • How gender-sensitive are parliaments in the EU?
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          • Women and men have equal opportunities to ENTER the parliament
          • Women and men have equal opportunities to INFLUENCE the parliament’s working procedures
          • Women’s interests and concerns have adequate SPACE on parliamentary agenda
          • The parliament produces gender-sensitive LEGISLATION
          • The parliament complies with its SYMBOLIC function
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      • Gender Budgeting
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        • A chi è destinato questo kit di strumenti?
        • Che cos’è il bilancio di genere?
          • Introduzione al bilancio di genere
          • Qual è il nesso tra il bilancio di genere e le realtà vissute da uomini e donne?
          • Che cosa comporta nella pratica il bilancio di genere?
          • Il bilancio di genere nei fondi UE
            • Il bilancio di genere quale strumento per ottemperare agli obblighi giuridici dell’UE
            • Il bilancio di genere quale strumento per promuovere l’assunzione di responsabilità e la trasparenza nella pianificazione e nella gestione delle finanze pubbliche
            • Il bilancio di genere come strumento per aumentare la partecipazione di donne e uomini alle procedure di bilancio
            • Il bilancio di genere quale strumento per promuovere la parità di genere per donne e uomini in tutta la loro diversità
        • Perché il bilancio di genere è importante nell’ambito dei fondi europei in regime di gestione concorrente?
          • Tre motivi per cui il bilancio di genere è fondamentale nei fondi UE
        • Come si può applicare il bilancio di genere nei fondi UE? Strumenti pratici ed esempi di Stati membri
          • Strumento 1 — Collegare i fondi UE al quadro normativo dell’UE sulla parità di genere
            • Base legislativa e normativa per le politiche dell’UE in materia di parità di genere
            • Requisiti concreti per tenere conto della parità di genere all’interno dei fondi UE
            • Condizioni abilitanti dei fondi UE
            • Risorse supplementari
          • Strumento 2 — Analizzare le disuguaglianze e le esigenze di genere a livello nazionale e regionale
            • Misure per valutare e analizzare le disuguaglianze e le esigenze di genere
            • Fase 1. Raccogliere informazioni e dati disaggregati relativi al gruppo di riferimento
            • Fase 2. Individuare le disparità di genere esistenti e le cause soggiacenti
            • Fase 3. Consultare direttamente i gruppi di riferimento
            • Fase 4. Trarre conclusioni
            • Risorse supplementari
          • Strumento 3 — Applicare la parità di genere agli obiettivi politici (accordi di partenariato) e agli obiettivi e misure specifici (programmi operativi)
            • Misure per tradurre in azioni concrete la parità di genere negli accordi di partenariato e nei programmi operativi
            • Orientamenti generali per applicare la parità di genere nell’elaborazione di obiettivi strategici e obiettivi e misure specifici
            • Lista di controllo per l’applicazione pratica del principio orizzontale della parità di genere negli accordi di partenariato
            • Lista di controllo per l’applicazione pratica del principio orizzontale della parità di genere nei programmi operativi
            • Esempi di integrazione della parità di genere come principio orizzontale negli obiettivi strategici e specifici
          • Strumento 4 — Coordinamento e complementarità tra i fondi UE per promuovere l’equilibrio tra vita professionale e vita privata
            • Misure per rafforzare il coordinamento e le complementarità tra i fondi
            • Fase 1 — Allineamento agli obiettivi dell’impegno strategico per la parità di genere
            • Fasi 2 e 3 — Individuare e sviluppare possibili interventi a favore dell’equilibrio tra vita professionale e vita privata
            • Fase 4 — Attività di verifica mediante l’uso di indicatori nell’ambito dei sistemi di sorveglianza e valutazione (M&E)
            • Studio di caso fittizio 1: conciliare il lavoro retribuito con la cura dei figli
            • Studio di caso fittizio 2: conciliare il lavoro a turni con la cura dei figli
            • Caso di studio fittizio 3: trovare l’equilibrio tra la cura di sé stessi e la cura degli altri
            • Caso di studio fittizio 4: conciliare la cura dei figli e degli anziani con il lavoro a turni
            • Risorse supplementari
          • Strumento 5 — Definizione di partenariati e governance multilivello: individuazione di partner pertinenti, ruolo degli esperti di genere e composizione dei comitati di sorveglianza
            • Misure per definire i partenariati e governance multilivello
            • Risorse supplementari
          • Strumento 6 — Sviluppare indicatori quantitativi e qualitativi per promuovere l’uguaglianza di genere
            • Fasi dell’elaborazione di indicatori quantitativi e qualitativi
            • FESR e Fondo di coesione (stessi indicatori comuni)
            • Fondo sociale europeo Plus
            • Fondo europeo per gli affari marittimi e la pesca
            • Risorse supplementari
          • Strumento 7 — Definire criteri di selezione dei progetti sensibili alla dimensione di genere
            • Analisi delle fasi per sostenere l’elaborazione e la selezione di progetti sensibili alla dimensione di genere
            • Lista di controllo per la preparazione degli inviti a presentare proposte di progetti
            • Lista di controllo per i criteri di selezione dei progetti
            • Strumento supplementare 7.a — Accordi che tengano conto della dimensione di genere con i responsabili dell’attuazione dei progetti
          • Strumento 8 — Controllare le assegnazioni di risorse per l’uguaglianza di genere nei fondi UE
          • Strumento 9 — Integrare la parità di genere nella concezione dei progetti
            • Analisi delle fasi per integrare la parità di genere nella concezione dei progetti
            • Fase 1. Allineamento agli obiettivi e agli indicatori di genere degli accordi di partenariato e dei programmi operativi
            • Fase 2. Sviluppo del progetto e candidatura
            • Fase 3. Attuazione del progetto
            • Fase 4. Valutazione del progetto
          • Strumento 10 — Integrare una prospettiva di genere nei processi di sorveglianza e valutazione
            • Misure per integrare una prospettiva di genere nei processi di sorveglianza e valutazione
            • Risorse supplementari
          • Strumento 11 — Rendicontazione sull’esborso di risorse per la parità di genere nei fondi UE
            • Tracciamento delle spese per l’uguaglianza di genere
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          • Principle 1: Prioritising victim safety
          • Principle 2: Adopting a victim-centred approach
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          • Principle 4: Adopting an intersectional approach
          • Principle 5: Considering children’s experiences
          • Step 1: Define the purpose and objectives of police risk assessment
          • Step 2: Identify the most appropriate approach to police risk assessment
          • Step 3: Identify the most relevant risk factors for police risk assessment
          • Step 4: Implement systematic police training and capacity development
          • Step 5: Embed police risk assessment in a multiagency framework
          • Step 6: Develop procedures for information management and confidentiality
          • Step 7: Monitor and evaluate risk assessment practices and outcomes
      • Risk management principles and recommendations
        • Principle 1. Adopting a gender-specific approach
        • Principle 2. Introducing an individualised approach to risk management
        • Principle 3. Establishing an evidence-based approach
        • Principle 4. Underpinning the processes with an outcome-focused approach
        • Principle 5. Delivering a coordinated, multiagency response
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    • Work-life balance in the ICT sector
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      • EU policies on work-life balance
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      • Step-by-step approach to building a compelling business case
        • Step 1: Identify national work-life balance initiatives and partners
        • Step 2: Identify potential resistance and find solutions
        • Step 3: Maximise buy-in from stakeholders
        • Step 4: Design a solid implementation plan
        • Step 5: Carefully measure progress
        • Step 6: Highlight benefits and celebrate early wins
      • Toolbox for planning work-life balance measures in ICT companies
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    • Gender Equality Index 2019. Work-life balance
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      • Foreword
      • Highlights
      • Introduction
        • Still far from the finish line
        • Snail’s-pace progress on gender equality in the EU continues
        • More women in decision-making drives progress
        • Convergence on gender equality in the EU
      • 2. Domain of work
        • Gender equality inching slowly forward in a fast-changing world of work
        • Women dominate part-time employment, consigning them to jobs with poorer career progression
        • Motherhood, low education and migration are particular barriers to work for women
      • 3. Domain of money
        • Patchy progress on gender-equal access to financial and economic resources
        • Paying the price for motherhood
        • Lifetime pay inequalities fall on older women
      • 4. Domain of knowledge
        • Gender equality in education standing still even as women graduates outnumber men graduates
        • Both women and men limit their study fields
        • Adult learning stalls most when reskilling needs are greatest
      • 5. Domain of time
        • Enduring burden of care perpetuates inequalities for women
        • Uneven impact of family life on women and men
      • 6. Domain of power
        • More women in decision-making but still a long way to go
        • Democracy undermined by absence of gender parity in politics
        • More gender equality on corporate boards — but only in a few Member States
        • Limited opportunities for women to influence social and cultural decision-making
      • 7. Domain of health
        • Behavioural change in health is key to tackling gender inequalities
        • Women live longer but in poorer health
        • Lone parents and people with disabilities are still without the health support they need
      • 8. Domain of violence
        • Data gaps mask the true scale of gender-based violence in the EU
        • Backlash against gender equality undermines legal efforts to end violence against women
        • Conceptual framework
        • Parental-leave policies
        • Informal care of older people, people with disabilities and long-term care services
        • Informal care of children and childcare services
        • Transport and public infrastructure
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      • 10. Conclusions
    • Sexism at work
      • Background
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        • What is the impact of sexism at work?
        • Where does sexism come from?
        • Sexism at work
        • What happens when you violate sexist expectations?
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        • Under-reporting of sexual harassment
      • Part 2. Test yourself
        • How can I combat sexism? A ten-step programme for managers
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        • Eradicating sexism to change the face of the EU
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    A party strategy to increase women’s political representation

    ... parties and their leaders are in general supportive of gender equality and agree that women should be better represented in ... Promote Female Entrepreneurship’, ‘Women’s Political Participation in Malta’ and ‘Women within the Party of European Socialists ...

    17 July 2015
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    Entrepreneurship
    Financial services designed for women, by women

    ... bank The Cyprus Women's Cooperative Bank Ltd (WCB), one of the first co-operative banks created by women in the world, started its ... and can afford to have an international outlook, including participation in EU programmes. In brief The Cyprus Women's ...

    06 March 2015
  • Good practice
    Culture
    Actively Searching for Women’s Opinion on Male-Dominated Subjects

    Two contradictory trends Of all the institutions in Bulgaria, the mass-media system was the one that ... areas of their life (successful career, motherhood, active participation in the community and in society). In conclusion, the media in ...

    06 March 2015
  • Good practice
    Entrepreneurship
    Dobbantó – women entrepreneurs’ competence development

    ... potential The Dobbantó (Springboard) women entrepreneurs’ compet­ence development programme ( Vállalkozónői ... IT and networking skills through a combination of training, advice and mentoring. Participants in the programme are women who ...

    06 March 2015
  • Structure
    Women’s` Section of the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia

    Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia is a voluntary interest trade union ... retired persons, whose interests we also represent.UATUC Women’s Section is an interest group within the UATUC which advocates for ...

  • Structure
    Pro Women Foundation

    ... Women Foundation is an NGO whose mission is to support the participation of women and youth to the development of the society by increasing ...

  • Good practice
    Entrepreneurship
    Online business training for rural women

    ... Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León and Madrid. It is part of the National Rural Network (NRN) which is a platform linking rural policy ... The chief motor for the initiative’s success was the participation and commitment of local action groups, which have a deep ...

    06 March 2015
  • Good practice
    Poverty
    A Step-by-Step Pathway: Rescuing Women from Modern Day Slavery

    ... 1 ] and several guidelines and recommendations of the United Nations set the context at a global level for the fight against ... is enhanced and economic independence becomes possible. The participation of women who have escaped human trafficking as volunteers has ...

    17 October 2016
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    Education, Employment
    Training Greek women to take their place in regional and local government

    A context of local government reform  The design and implementation of the project Encouraging and supporting the participation of women in positions of political responsibility and ...

    09 March 2015
  • Good practice
    Culture
    Austria’s national broadcaster adopts gender equality plan

    ... line with gender imbalances found in other key institutions of the public sphere. As for the news media, 42% of journalists are women and ... occupational development of women in these areas and ORF’s participation in initiatives in this area; reconciliation of work and ...

    06 March 2015
  • News article
    Violence, Economic and financial affairs
    Cost of Violence against Women largely underestimated

    The estimated personal and societal cost of Violence against Women is alarmingly high. Direct and indirect costs of ... their normal lives and decreases their chances of economic participation.” Estimating these costs is a challenging task. The different ...

    10 December 2014
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    Culture
    Mentoring for Germany’s women journalists

    ... gap still exists in the media – both in the representation of women within media organisations and in content. Women lack access to ...

    06 March 2015

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