… 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 …
… very good example of a campaign to change awareness about women’s and men’s roles in the family. The campaign used … between October 2012 and October 2013. The City of Vienna Women’s Department initiated and carried out the campaign. … out by the agency Modul4. "Even in the 21st century do women two-thirds of unpaid family and domestic work. Women …
… models, diversity forums and leadership programmes for women. Think, Act , Report aims to drive greater transparency about women in the workplace. Countries that have limited options … of the Think, Act, Report initiative, in order to support women returners and promote gender equality more generally. …
… 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 …