Report on Equality Between Women and Men 2015
Report on Equality Between Women and Men 2015

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Published: 2016

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 9789279568930

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Equality between women and men is one of the EU's fundamental values and its promotion is an obligation enshrined in the Treaty. To fulfil this obligation, the European Commission adopted the 2010-2015 Strategy for equality between women and men as a coherent framework to guide its action over a number of years. The present report takes stock of the EU's achievements in 2015 in the six priority areas outlined in the Strategy. It also provides a reference point for monitoring and assessing future developments and contains statistics on Member States' starting points. By highlighting good practices in Member States and innovative projects that the EU has promoted or supported, the report also aims to be a source of inspiration for future work.

On Norms and Agency
On Norms and Agency

Author: Ana María Muñoz Boudet

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2013-04-25

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 082139892X

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Based on focus groups and interviews with nearly 4,000 women, men, girls, and boys from 20 countries, this book explores areas that are less often studied in gender and development: gender norms and agency. It reveals how little gender norms have changed, how similar they are across countries, and how they are being challenged and contested.

Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women

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Published: 2014

Total Pages: 200

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"Violence against women undermines women's core fundamental rights such as dignity, access to justice and gender equality. For example, one in three women has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15; one in five women has experienced stalking; every second woman has been confronted with one or more forms of sexual harassment. What emerges is a picture of extensive abuse that affects many women's lives but is systematically underreported to the authorities. The scale of violence against women is therefore not reflected by official data. This FRA survey is the first of its kind on violence against women across the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU). It is based on interviews with 42,000 women across the EU, who were asked about their experiences of physical, sexual and psychological violence, including incidents of intimate partner violence ('domestic violence'). The survey also included questions on stalking, sexual harassment, and the role played by new technologies in women's experiences of abuse. In addition, it asked about their experiences of violence in childhood. Based on the detailed findings, FRA suggests courses of action in different areas that are touched by violence against women and go beyond the narrow confines of criminal law, ranging from employment and health to the medium of new technologies."--Editor.

Strategy for Equality Between Women and Men, 2010-2015
Strategy for Equality Between Women and Men, 2010-2015

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Publisher: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 48

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Recoge: 1. Equal economic independence - 2. Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value - 3. Equality in decision-making - 4. Dignity, integrity and an end to gender-based violence - 5. Gender equality in external actions - 6. Horizontal issues.

Women, Business and the Law 2020
Women, Business and the Law 2020

Author: World Bank Group

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2020-04-24

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 146481533X

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The World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law examines laws and regulations affecting women’s prospects as entrepreneurs and employees across 190 economies. Its goal is to inform policy discussions on how to remove legal restrictions on women and promote research on how to improve women’s economic inclusion.

Women in Business and Management
Women in Business and Management

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Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789221288732

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As women overtake men in education, they are running one-third of the world's businesses. However, women business-owners are concentrated in small and microbusinesses; fewer than 5 percent of CEOs of the largest global corporations are women. "Women in Business and Management" brings together available data and ILO statistics to provide a comprehensive, up-to-date, and global picture of women in the business world and in management positions. The report highlights the business case for gender diversity, the obstacles that women still face, and ways to move ahead. It advocates a greater role for national business organizations, which can assist their member companies in implementing policies and measures to recruit and retain talented women.

Gender Equality: Women's Rights in Review 2020
Gender Equality: Women's Rights in Review 2020

Author: United Nations Publications

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Published: 2020-04-13

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9789211270723

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2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action. It also marks the first time that progress on the implementation of the Platform is reviewed in light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in 2015. This report therefore takes an integrated approach to reporting on progress, gaps and challenges related to the advancement of gender equality and women's rights across six dimensions that link the Platform's critical areas of concern and the Sustainable Development Goals. It finds that there have been important gains since the adoption of the Beijing Platform in 1995, but that progress towards gender equality has stalled and even reversed in some areas in recent years. Across the globe women's movements, energized by young feminists at the helm, are challenging slow and piecemeal progress and are impatient for systemic change. World leaders can learn from the ways in which these movements work across silos and political boundaries, seeing their work to advance the rights of women and girls as inextricably linked to the achievement of economic, social and environmental justice for all. The report features their voices that must be heard and acted upon. The report also highlights catalytic policies and programmes under each of the six dimensions as well as a number of cross-cutting strategies that can accelerate the implementation of the entire Platform for Action for this generation and the next.