… Gender Equality Index 2019 Domain of work The domain of work, with a score of 72.0, keeps the … and-2017 to over 30 %. Read more Women still dominate part-time employment, consigning them to jobs with poorer career … inequalities for women. Gender inequalities in timeuse are persistent and growing: the 2017 score of 65.7 is not …
… The time that women and men have for personal matters and their … self-care and care for others, it implies the negotiation of boundaries between paid and unpaid work (Hochschild, … work has increased without a corresponding change in time-use patterns. This means that, on a daily basis, women are …
… performance measurements and the public’s own evaluations of living standards have led to a call for a people-centred … disposable income among households in a large majority of Member States (European Commission, 2018b). At the same time, Europe faces an increasing socioeconomic divide between …
… in work-life balance for all can be achieved in a variety of ways. The initiatives that companies can offer can range … one-off events to ongoing programmes. Some require minimal time and resources, while others need significant investment. … recommendation for organisations is to start with an area of least resistance: identify easily attained objectives.. …
… been drawn up. Yes No A specific person (in full- or part-time role) has been assigned to the project. Yes No … council (a body representing workers that is independent of trade unions) has been informed of work-life balance initiatives and provided input. Yes No …
… they will be measured. This is crucial because the success of work-life balance measures is dictated by a variety of … Yet collecting gender-disaggregated data on the useof a measure is crucial in monitoring progress and being … and uptake of flexible working, by sex Uptake of part-time working or return to full-time employment, by sex …
… describing the ‘right to work’ in the fictional country of Monanda. How many examples of gender insensitive language does it contain? Where are … legal trial. The text below is the legal text, this time drafted so as to be gender-sensitive . In this case the …
… by the fictional Chocolate Foundation. How many examples of gender-discriminatory language can you see? Can you think better of alternatives? Example 1 - Short description of the role … Pack. The text below shows the same policy document, this time with the language improved to be more gender-sensitive …
… below is a policy document from the fictional country of Michland. How many examples of gender insensitive language does it contain? Where are … income The text below shows the same policy document, this time with the language improved to be more gender-sensitive …
… preparing legislation and decision-making or planning of projects and programs. Three steps are defined to exercise … is recommended. There is also a manual: “Gender Glasses in use. A handbook in support of the government ministries’ … is strongly embedded in gender mainstreaming. At the same time the training created sensibility and a higher acceptance …
… be closely linked to the overall equality objectives of the organisation, either as defined in its equality … Institutionalisation refers to the process of formalising the gender-equality strategy into the … order to ensure that any resources investment (financial, time or human) to strengthen staff gender-equality …
… 1. The existence of a legal framework and policy commitment to gender … responsibilities, timeframes, etc.). The development of gender competence (for example, through training) should … in the sessions, with a consistent allocation oftime and an adequate budget in place to allow them to attend. …
… was established as a policy norm in the Treaty of Nice (2003) and the Treaty of Lisbon (2009) Gender … the Commission emphasises the need to develop and make useof specific methodological gendered tools to foster the … which have relevant in-house gender expertise often use internal resources to train their own staff. Challenges …
… The Council of the European Union, in its conclusions from 2006, noted … to improve and strengthen the development and regular useof gender impact assessment when drafting: Legislation … Programmes Projects Scope of gender impact assessment The useof the gender impact assessment has been often considered …
… This effect is known as ‘gender impact’. An assessment of the gender impact of any initiative involves a process of … well-being, security, knowledge-education, mobility, time, and so on) and in their exercise of fundamental rights … change? If yes, what will be the changes? Will the unequal useoftime between women and men change? If yes, what will …
… the foreseen impact in gender relations . Once the effects of the proposed policy have been identified, they should be … to weigh the positive, neutral or negative gender impact of any initiative: 1. Participation of women and men The … resources such as education, employment, careers, health, time, money, power, information, new technologies, etc. The …
… rules to keep in mind when considering the implementation of gender impact assessment. Policital commitment The gender … the investment of different resources: gender experts, time, gender training and capacity-building, tools, data … not only to perform gender impact assessment but also to use the potential of the gender impact assessment process for …
… weaknesses Model The European Commission deploys a variety of methods in its approach to gender mainstreaming. These … legislative and policy initiatives are not overlooked. The useof a centralised system of impact assessment in the … to analyse its strengths and its weaknesses in order to use the different steps as drivers for gender mainstreaming …
… drafting (2007) have been issued by the Ministry of Justice, thus providing some sort of regulated frame to … impact assessment in the beginning of preparatory work Use the following test questions: ‘Are people’s everyday … sometimes become a quick exercise performed at the same time as other impact assessments. Indeed, the gender impact …