… that obliges political parties to include at least 40% of women on every list for every election. Two features are … are disallowed. Secondly, it is structured to prevent women being systematically allocated unwinnable places at the … The law has led to a steady increase in the number of women elected, and, interestingly, not only in the case of …
… In response to a historically low level of women’s political representation in Ireland, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), the umbrella body for women’s organisations, led a campaign to change policy, raise …
… towards balanced political representation for Portuguese women, the Network of Young People for Gender Equality in … project called “From Woman to Woman” to help young women, including from ethnic minorities, to participate in … Fund. It had four components: The mentoring of 30 young women from the Lisbon and Porto areas by women active in …
… The share of women in the Czech parliament has languished at around one in … about this by launching projects to raise the level of women’s political representation. One of them is a mentoring … Czech female politicians with Danish and Norwegian women who have successful political careers and valuable …
… Assembly and the Senate – have had a ‘Delegation for Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities for Women and Men’ since 1999, aiming at complementing each … bodies, and each has 36 members, among them both women and men. The Delegations can scrutinise proposed …
… They are often used by men to assert themselves over women for instance by treating women as invisible, ridiculing them, withholding information, … by Sweden’s National Federation of Social Democratic Women (S-kvinnor) which promotes ways to resist men’s use of …
… association that started making small loans to women entrepreneurs in Berlin area in 1982. Its objective is to help business women in Berlin to set up and invest in their own businesses … microloans. In recent years preference has been given to women aged over 45 and with a migrant background. All …
… be carried out with a view to ensuring equality between women and men. Training programme Accordingly, an extensive … on gender budgeting is commissioned by the Minister for Women and Civil Service. One start-up training session per … Legal Matters at the Federal Ministry for Education and Women’s Affairs, and Dr Silvia Kronberger, Head of the …
… than 2,000 counselling sessions, which attracted 9,000 women and 4,000 men. It has resulted in a better … of unpaid care and household work men’s violence against women must come to an end In addition, the official … 2,000 counselling sessions, which attracted 9,000 women and 4,000 men. Overall, the project has contributed to …
… new reconciliation models in the workplace and enabling women to work by developing fathers’ awareness and skills. … of work and family life, as it not only improves women’s position in the jobs market but also helps men to … was unprecedented. It fits within efforts to improve women’s labour force participation as well as respond to the …
… awareness-raising campaign run in 2010-2012 to promote women’s participation in the labour market, which remains at … men’s active role in the family, with a view to enhancing women’s employment participation. It was carried out through … of reconciliation. The campaign had a noticeable impact on women’s employment participation and better awareness about …
… a national gender equality initiative aimed at increasing women’s participation in employment (the women’s employment rate in Malta is low), by promoting … was financing the initiative came to an end. Too few women go out to work in Malta Malta’s female labour force …