This year for International Women's Day (IWD) the ACTU and unions are continuing efforts on paid domestic violence leave and supporting the International Trade Union Confederation's (ITUC) global campaign on violence against women at work. More...
The Council of Europe has just adopted a new Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023, to help progress towards de facto gender equality at all levels and in all areas. Denmark will host the launching conference of this new strategy, entitled “Gender Equality: Paving the way” in Copenhagen on 3-4 May 2018. One of the Chairmanship’s objectives is to strengthen gender equality work in the Council of Europe with a particular focus on how to involve more men in promoting gender equality. More...On 7 March 2018, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted the new Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023. The Strategy renews the Organisation’s commitment to address current and emerging challenges and remove barriers towards achieving substantive and full gender equality both in the member States and within the organisation. More...
Assessing negative consequences that especially women and girls face – including unequal access to health care and social services, as well as disproportionate criminal sanctions against women, among other issues – some 100 legal experts, policymakers, and drug policy specialists are meeting for a first-ever Pompidou Group conference in Mexico, which joined the Group last year. More...
By . From 6-9 March 2018, the OECD is host to ‘Fearless Girl’, a casting of the diminutive and plucky bronze statue that’s been staring down the 3-ton ‘Charging Bull’ on Wall Street since International Women’s Day last March. Fearless Girl was conceived by asset manager State Street Global Advisors and its advertising agency McCann to ignite a conversation on women in corporate leadership—and to signal the launch of State Street’s index fund based on gender-diverse companies (trading symbol: SHE). More...
By . Competition policy usually thinks in terms of consumers and firms, government and regulators. Traditionally, consumers have been considered only by their willingness to pay, their preferences, their ability to substitute between products offered by firms. More...
Despite some progress, gender equality remains unfinished business worldwide, including in West Africa and particularly in the Sahel1. Such West African countries as Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone have closed the gender gap in primary school enrolment. More...
Les partenaires de la Fabrique à Entreprendre sur le territoire de la Communauté d’Agglomération de La Rochelle organisent le 27 mars 2018, une demi-journée de rencontres entre femmes, entrepreneures ou non, sensibles à la démarche de création. Plus...
Universities are still male-dominated institutions. Currently, 12% of rectors among the 47 EUA member countries are female, compared to 88% of male rectors. In the 28 EU member states, only 21% of rectors are female. However, the figures for female vice rectors are more uplifting - some EUA member countries do have gender parity (e.g. Latvia, Croatia or Norway) and, on average, a third of vice rector positions in 2010 were taken up by women in countries with EUA members. More...
At the University of Leicester as in other UK Universities we are committed to the Athena SWAN charter. This charter, introduced in 2005 was established to facilitate, encourage and recognise progression of women’s careers in Science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM). More recently in 2015 it was expanded to recognise similar work in the Arts and Humanities and in professional and support roles, so now covers the entire university workforce. More...
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