… programmes. It aims to invest in STEM education for young womenand generate a crop of future employees who … choices made by Croatian girls and boys, with gender-stereotyped views held by parents also playing an important … that while gender-biased perceptions about male and female roles remain entrenched in Croatian society, some young girls …
… Enabling women to run for the elections for the university's council The EU-funded … has taken on a pioneering role at Siauliai University (SU) and in Lithuania as a whole. This project was fundamental to … duty to implement equal opportunities of womenandmen at the university. The letter was announced during a …
… knowledge and awareness, and providing methods and tools for structural change in order to achieve sustainable gender … scholars in Lund University (Sweden) (of which 37 were men). The programme runs over a year with monthly meetings. … are in fact cultural constructs related to gender roles. Women in leadership positions are often depicted in …
… that has traditionally been the first to adopt measures for the advancement of women – since women‘s suffrage in 1947. Nevertheless formal and informal practices are blocking further progress. … its national executive, opened up its women’s section to men, ran a training programme in Brussels, drafts press …
… at European level (38%), rather low nationally (26%) and abysmal locally (only 7.5% of mayors). To counter this, in 2008 the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG) republished a tried … on exploring and discussing inequalities between womenandmen in power-related and decision-making positions. Through …
… very slow trend towards balanced political representation for Portuguese women, the Network of Young People for Gender … developed from a similar project operated in 2005-2006, and supported by the European Social Fund. It had four … projects for gender equality (with a focus also on young men) The publication of useful handbooks Gender balance far …
… are designed to increase the number of women who stand for election, and then to make them successful … to sign the European Charter for Equality of WomenandMen in Local Life . Three women from each municipality are … aware of gender stereotypes and the construction of gender roles, and help them to reconcile their professional and …
… Journalists (AJP), which represents 4,000 French- and German-speaking journalists working in Belgium, surveyed … are pushed into the role of vox populi (57%-70%), whereas men often feature as representatives (82%) or experts (73%). … operators showed that out of 40 people responsible for media content just nine were women (22.5%). In the ten …
… in the Media, which was set up by the secretary of state for solidarity, which comprised not only media and … the media play in shaping – and often constraining – the roles of womenandmen in society. At 21:30 every evening, … switches on their televisions at least once a day. Stereotyped representations of womenandmen in the media are …