… Aletta E-Quality – institute for gender equality and women‘s history in Amsterdam Amazone – Resource Centre for Equality between Women and Men in Brussels Cid-femmes – Centre d‘Information … Gender-based violence, in all its forms, affects mostly women. It reflects and reinforces inequalities between women …
… and 91.1% of executive board members are men, while women make up 15% and 8.9% respectively. Despite an intense … years: an incremental average increase of the number of women on boards of just 0.6 percentage points per year has …
… International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) and the 16 Days of Activism Against … Equality (EIGE) shows that domestic violence against women remains widespread and under-reported, and that victims … by public services. Insufficient specialised services for women victims of violence and the absence of mandatory …
… “Across Europe, around 1 in 5 women have suffered physical violence at least once in their … 10 have suffered forced sexual violence. Violence against women is the most brutal manifestation of gender inequality … of the International Day for Eliminating Violence against Women …
… adopted Conclusions on “ Combating violence against women, and the provision of support services for victims of … for Action in the EU Member States: Violence against Women Victim Support”. EPSCO calls on the European … of historically unequal power relations between men and women. The conclusions reaffirm that neither custom, …
… Today the European Business Schools Women on Boards Initiative is migrating their 'Global Board Ready Women' list of 8000 women into an online database. The women on this list all …
… Equality between women and men is a fundamental value of the European Union … in its policy document “The Roadmap for Equality between Women and Men 2006-2010” and in the Action Plan of the Commission Strategy for Equality between Women and Men 2010-2015 that followed. To implement these, …
… researchers and experts on this issue. While countless women in the European Union continue to be affected by … and comparable data on different types of violence against women in the EU. …
… Across Europe, women are more likely not to be equally represented in media top management and editorial board. Even women have managerial and decision making roles, still this doesn’t guarantee gender equality balanced news. Women are also more likely not to be used as experts in …
… and most difficult to combat forms of violence against women and girls. The main objectives of the study are to fill … FGM among professionals who are in contact with girls and women at risk of FGM and victims of FGM is insufficient. The … genital mutilation is a violation of the human rights of women and girls and a cruel form of gender-based violence. …
… Europol sees this 102 nd International Women’s Day with the theme The Gender Agenda: Gaining … the ideal opportunity to recognise the achievements of all women working within the organisation. Today more than 200 women from all over the European Union and beyond are working …
… to learn about the Institute’s work and the situation of women and men in the European Union. Among topics discussed … of the Gender Equality Index which indicate gaps between women and men in Finland in the selected domains of the …
… Equality Index shows differences in outcomes between women and men at the individual level in EU Member States,’ … against unemployment, improving job opportunities for women is a matter of fairness, but it is also good for … Index,’ says Michael Gustafson, Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European …
… to find, to inter-act and to learn about equality between women and men in the European Union ” Virginija Langbakk, … five documentation centres and libraries specialised in women and gender issues, namely: Amazone - Resource Centre for Equality between Women and Men in Brussels; Atria - institute on gender …
… Vienna and Vilnius, 25 November 2013 A quarter of all women in the WHO European Region experience physical and/or … to this hidden epidemic. During their lives, 25.4% of women in the European Region experience physical and/or … report Global and regional estimates of violence against women . “Violence against women can not be tolerated in any …