… and cultural process in which the social construction of femininity and masculinity plays a key role in influencing … and approaches. A number of practical barriers to women’s participation in sport still exist. Further …
… While considerable progress has been made in relation to women’s labour market participation over the past decades, deeply entrenched inequalities persist. They are the result of discriminatory norms and attitudes, the unequal …
… 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, …
… 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 …
… Summary Rescuing Women from Modern Day Slavery is a comprehensive step-by-step pathway to release women victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation from their … enhanced and economic independence becomes possible. The participationofwomen who have escaped human trafficking as …
… are standardised using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) system of the World Health Organisation. In 2012 the Federal … National strategy and action plans on violence against women The way prevention and repression of gender-based …
… research and teaching: an award promoted by the University of Santiago de Compostela Since 2010, a gender perspective … and the first Strategic Plan for Equal Opportunity between Women and Men was approved in 2009 and implemented until … consider targeted communication actions to ensure a higher participation in the first years of implementation. Nearly …
… 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 … making women’s representation in the Council’s election; participation in the preparation of the election regulations; …
… Overcoming bias in personnel selection procedures As part of the internal leadership training programme of the … This training is anchored in the university’s Plan for Women’s Advancement, which prescribes that the rectorate has … are actually shaped by bias. Ensuring a broader participation In 2010, the Coordination Centre for Gender …
… realising gender equality. It involves the integration of a gender perspective into the preparation, design, … programmes, with a view to promoting equality between women and men, and combating discrimination. Key concepts … in tertiary education. When there is an unbalanced participationofwomen and men in the planning and …
… is approaching the halfway mark towards equality between women and men. Malta scored 46.8 out of 100 on EIGE’s most recent update of the Index (2015), giving it a rank of 16, when compared to …