This study focuses on the role of the media and the attitudes towards women and the representation of violence against women based on an analysis of the Media Watch Unit reports on the mass media in Egypt. The study includes an analysis of the media...
This annual report offers information and recommendations aimed at improving the services provided to women in Europe, notably to migrant minority women. By showing that these women are often faced with multiple types of violence and discrimination,...
This report presents the findings of the hearing held on 29 April 2008 by the Labour Market Observatory (LMO) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on the issue "Women and the labour market". The hearing addressed the difficulties...
In order to help members of parliamentary bodies to further strengthen gender equality, between 4 and 6 December 2006 the Inter-ParliamentaryUnion(IPU) held a seminar entitled "The Role of Parliamentary Committees in Mainstreaming Gender and...
This report seeks to provide an overall view of pay inequalities in Europe, based on nine indicators approved by the Council of Ministers of the European Union (EU) in 2001, and to formulate a proposal for updating these indicators, bearing in mind...
This document aims to analyse the impact of the presence of young children on parents' employment and their effect on working hours and continuity in employment in 14 European countries. The findings show that maternity has an important negative...
This document has been published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, on the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2011. It seeks to offer a selection of data disaggregated by gender on the composition of...
On 17 January 2007 the European Economic and Social Committee drew up an own-initiative opinion on "Promotion of Women' s Entrepreneurship in the EUROMED Region", which was adopted in the 12 July 2007 session. The opinion provides an overall view of...
What is the importance of the differences between men and women and how do they evolve? This brochure provides figures on diverse fields: population; migration; paid work; entrepreneurship; poverty; training; participation in science and technology;...
Since the mid-1990s in Belgium, several laws have been adopted to ensure a more balanced presence of men and women on the candidature lists for European, federal, regional, provincial and municipal elections. This report aims to assess women' s...
This platform is part of the Axis 1 "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors" of the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women for the future in the Mediterranean" funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, in the framework of the project “Developing Women's Empowerment” labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean.
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