… In brief As part of its programme of local government reform, … a nationwide programme of gender training. It targets women who are councillors, candidates in regional and local … which cover gender policy, self-empowerment and time management, the gender perspective and gender issues, …
… In brief The city of Vantaa in Finland has provided basic … almost 12,000 employees, nearly four-fifths of whom are women. There are some statistically important gender … and practice-orientated training for employees in key positionsin relation to budgets, service delivery and policy …
… In brief The Family Audit Certification was initiated in 2008 … year process of change The process of certification is a management tool that promotes cultural and organisational … audit certification benefits employees – both men and women – as well as organisations. The two most notable …
… In brief The Bosch company, an engineering and electronics … men. However Bosch also promotes equal opportunities for women, and provides mentoring programmes, the Business … managed by the company’s Central Department for Diversity Management. Flexible working time models have been in place …
… In brief The Austrian paternal leave company workshops were … abz*austria and funded by the Federal Ministry for Women and Civil Service, the Federal Ministry of Labour, … Tools to manage parental leave abz*austria used concrete management tools such as RoadMap*KarenzManagement® (an …
… In brief The Zeroviolenza ONLUS association was created in 2008 to make the way women are presented in the media a matter of public debate, … address related issues like women’s access to higher positionsin media organisations. The website was created to …
… In brief In 2011 Austria’s national broadcaster, … Rundfunk (ORF), investigated the position of womenin its organisation and found a widespread gender … concentrated in programme-making rather than in technical positions. In higher management they are extremely thin on the ground, with only …
… In brief To redress women’s poor representation and career … 35. Thus women tend to not get to the very top levels of management because half of them have left the industry by the … progress has been made inwomen obtaining decision-making positions, this is more apparent in middle management …
… In brief CELEM, the Spanish coordinator of the European … Spain are women. However, 59% of journalists are men. Inmanagement, the disparity is even greater, with only 20% of …
… In brief In 2011 the Association of Professional Journalists … journalists working in Belgium, surveyed the position of womenin the French-language media in Belgium. This study … (out of a total of 20). Women are to be found in top-level positionsin media organisations only in the newsrooms of …
… In brief The Female Entrepreneurs Mentoring Programme was … was part of the wider European Network of Mentors for Women Entrepreneurs, supported by the Enterprise DG of the … recognise and support the distinctive nature of women’s business start-ups and ensure that newly-established …