The industrial sector is extremely developed in Zarqa (Jordan) where it represents more than half of the national industry size. Actually the petroleum refinery Jordan, the Hussein Thermal station’s processing centers, and a free zone called the Industrial Zone because it includes...
Providing an empirical and conceptual context for the volume, this chapter of the book discusses patterns and trends in women’s social and economic participation in the region, draws together the themes explored in individual chapters, and offers policy recommendations and suggestions for f...
This study discusses to what extent gender equality contributes to economic growth and vice versa. It reviews the evidence for both sets of relationships: the impact of gender equality on economic growth and the impact of economic growth on gender equality. The study draws on existing literature,...
This policy brief focuses on the gender dimension of the Integration of non-EU migrants and refugees in the European Union, it highlights the main reasons behind the inequality and gender gaps, especially in employment and labour market. It provides figures and numbers of migrant male/f...
This new educational exhibition for the general public is meant to raise awareness and combat sexist stereotypes in professional segregation. It should particularity concern associations and public bodies in charge of promoting employment. This is the reason it includes testimony about ...
The strategy defines the different key actions to be implemented in five priority areas of the European Union: equal economic independence for women and men, equal pay for work of equal value, equality in decision-making, dignity, integrity and ending gender-based violence and promoting gender eq...
This plan aims to provide a detailed overview of the objectives for gender equality in the field of employment. It sets out new programmes on gender equality for the period 2009-2010 and reviews the progress made since 2005. Despite important efforts at a national level to introduce new policies ...
The study has been carried out based on data from annual surveys of the National Council of Engineers and Scientists of France (CNISF in French) and the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE). It provides detailed information on women engineers and scientists in France and on the underlying t...
This report provides an updated view of gender equality in Hungary since 2010. Thus, it illustrates the history of the institutional and political development in Hungary in this field and explores the measures taken in terms of women's economic empowerment, reconciliation between family life and ...
Founded in 1935, the Atria - Institute on Gender Equality and Women’s History is a foundation based in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) committed to equal treatment and equal opportunities for girls and women in all their social and cultural diversity. The Foundation has a library tha...
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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