… Ensuring a gender-balanced representation in the highest decision-making body of Ghent University Since Ghent University was founded, the composition of the university’s Board of Governors (Raad … minimum 60/40 for the boards of directors of companies and public institutions by 2017. The new election procedure In …
… Malta has one of the lowest levels of women’s political representation in the … range of issues related to women’s role in private and public life. It has also undertaken a programme of courtesy … This included a seminar entitled ‘Women in Politics and Public Life’, as well as theoretical and practical training …
… In Germany, it is in local authorities – the over 11,000 municipalities and 295 districts – that women … Their share of local councils is stuck at around 25%. The aim of the Helene Weber Kolleg, created in 2011, is to … actions to promote gender equality, such as seminars on public speaking and appearance and lectures and discussions …
… Despite electoral reforms dating back to 2000, the number of women elected to Croatia’s parliament and local … sexist or discriminatory speech by politicians and other public figures, and every month gives thepublicthe chance to vote for the most outrageous among them. …
… Until 2013, the SGP (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij or Reformed … state had acted unlawfully by subsidising the SGP and thepublic funding to the SGP should be suspended. That would … still without allowing them to stand for election to public office. The other demand of the plaintiffs was that …
… Faced with the very slow trend towards balanced political representation for Portuguese women, the Network of Young People for Gender Equality in Portugal … a similar project operated in 2005-2006, and supported by the European Social Fund. It had four components: The …
… Both houses of the French parliament – the National Assembly and the Senate … reports, initiating or active participation in hearings, public debates, international events, etc. Throughout the … measures for supporting women entrepreneurs by thePublic Investment Bank (BPI). The same applies to the draft …
… beneficiaries run one-person enterprises, most of them of the service sector, such as cosmetics, restaurants, … start-ups, which is then made available to the general public. Turning unemployment into self-employment has become … Economics and Technology, the KfW-Bankengruppe (a federal public bank) and the GLS bank (a private ethical-ecological …
… have been obliged to carry out gender budgeting since the revision of the constitution in 2009, but this provision … that gender training should be included in every stage of public administration education. Consequently, the … of Teacher Education, Salzburg. The Federal Academy of Public Administration now offers a course in Gender …
… In brief The city of Vantaa in Finland has provided basic training on … – can result in positive outcomes for both citizens and public authorities. The training aims to raise awareness of … needed for the success of such an initiative. Firstly, thepublic commitment of the most senior officials from the city …
… This was organised in three phases, which progressed from the general to the specific, and involved setting up working … about the future while forgetting the barriers related to public administration. It resulted in many new and innovative … was somewhat slowed down by general bureaucracy in public administration in terms of rules and procedures that …
… raising campaign targeted at SMEs and employed parents. The main theme was fatherhood and active fathering, and the … and parental leave. Although the issue has attracted some public attention, the scope and scale of the campaign was … for Poland. The campaign brought to the attention of thepublic and employers the issue of active fathering and it …