This study was launched on the occasion of a workshop held in Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 2010 aimed at improving employment policies in the country. All the parties present (including national and federal employment agencies, employers and workers) concluded that strengthening gender equali...
This publication presents all relevant European Court of Justice (ECJ) case law pertaining to equal treatment between women and men and the fight against discrimination since 1971. It reviews key facts of each case as well as the questions asked to the ECJ and its final judgements in the fields o...
This report aims to study the contribution of women entrepreneurs to the economic and social development of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It assesses the existence of constraints on economic activity, particularly on women investors by analysing data from over 5,100 enterprises ...
This document forms part of a collection of practical guides aimed at promoting professional equality in enterprises and improving access to employment for marginalised groups in the labour market (young people, people with disabilities, women, senior citizens). It provides clues to help women fi...
This edition' s Report on World Employment Trends is devoted to women. It seeks to assess the impact of the financial crisis and the slowdown of world economic growth on employment according to gender. The Report updates the indicators related to the status of women in the labour market...
This is the fifth in a series of reports published since 1991 to analyse the status of women and men based on statistics on diverse fields of life. The report examines 196 countries and eight fields of action: population and families; health; education; employment; power and decision-making; viol...
This report focuses on three articles of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): article 11 on equal rights to employment, article 12 on equal rights of access to health services and article 16 on equal rights in marriage and family relations. It forms part of t...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has the lowest female labour force participation rates in the world. This report analyses the situation of women in Egypt, emphasizing the issues of education and employment linked to the tourism and new ICT sectors. It addresses the following questi...
This report addresses gender equality as a major challenge of the economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA region). While gender inequality is rarely approached in terms of economic need and costs, this publication reveals the impact that a greater economic contribution by women could ...
This study examines the state of education in Turkey and its links with the country' s development, from a historical and gender perspective. Following the proclamation of theTurkish Republic, primary education was declared compulsory and this status was subsequently secured by Article 42 of the ...
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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