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The Unit "Equality between Men and Women", Directorate General Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, contributes to the drive to eliminate inequalities and promotes gender equality throughout the EC through the promotion of an integrated approach to gender equality, encompassing both gender mainstreaming in all policy areas and specific measures. Its action is complemented by the Unit "Equality, Action against Discrimination: Legal Questions", which is responsible for ensuring compliance with the existing gender equality Directives. The following bodies are active under the coordination of the Unit "Equality between Men and Women": - The Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men assists the European Commission in formulating and implementing the Community's activities aimed at promoting equal opportunities for women and men. It is composed of representatives of the Member States from ministries or bodies having specific responsibility for equal opportunities between women and men, of members representing employers' and workers' organisations at Community level, and of representatives of European NGOs and international/professional organisations as observers. Governmental representatives of countries of the European Economic Area also participate in the Committee as observers. - The High Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming is an informal group of high-level MS representatives responsible for gender mainstreaming at national level. The Group is also the main forum for planning the strategic follow-up of the Beijing Platform for Action, including the development of indicators. The Group also assists the European Commission in the preparation of the Report on Equality between Women and Men to the European Council. Under the coordination of the Unit " Equality, Action against Discrimination: Legal Questions " Directorate General Employment, Social affairs and Equal Opportunities the following body is active: - A network of equality bodies seeking to promote the uniform implementation of Community law in the field of equal treatment of women and men and to encourage the exchange of best practices between national bodies and the European Commission (EQUINET). 14508/09 ADD 1 PL/vk 10 ANNEX DG G EN
The Regulation establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality was adopted in December 2006. The main objective of the Institute shall be to contribute to the promotion of gender equality, including gender mainstreaming in all Community policies and the resulting national policies, by providing technical assistance to the Community institutions, in particular the Commission and the authorities of the Member States. The Institute is in the process of being set up. The Management Board was established in 2007 and the Director took up her duties in April 2009. The European Parliament The Committee on Women’s rights and gender equality is responsible for: 1. The definition, promotion and protection of women's rights in the Union and related Community measures: 2. the promotion of women's rights in third countries; 3. equal opportunities policy, including equality between men and women with regard to labour market opportunities and treatment at work; 4. the removal of all forms of discrimination based on sex; 5. the implementation and further development of gender mainstreaming in all policy sectors; 6. the follow-up and implementation of international agreements and conventions involving the rights of women and 7. information policy on women. The European Parliament High Level Group on Gender Equality was constituted in April 2004 and the most important task of this Group is to ensure that the European Parliament takes into account the issues of gender mainstreaming and equality between women and men in all the policy areas which are debated in its committees. The Council of the EU Member States' ministers responsible for Gender Equality meet in the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO). As regard the policy area of gender equality, the Council has in recent years mainly taken decisions concerning indicators relating to the Beijing Platform for Action. 14508/09 ADD 1 PL/vk 11 ANNEX DG G EN
Page 1 and 2: COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Bruss
Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents Table of Contents
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Some women with low education may f
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overall. Today girls and women have
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Indicator1: measures the number of
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Latvia had the greatest proportion
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4.4 Violence against women (D) 4.4.
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This was one of the conclusions dra
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Some of the measures that have been
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The reporting to the UNECE shows th
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4. 5. Women and armed conflict (E)
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4.5.3. Trends emerging from EU-wide
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men. As a result this ‘new’ ins
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To date, 10 of the 27 MS have devel
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• Indicator 4. Comprehensive and
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The data is uncertain and, at least
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It should be emphasised that the hi
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In most countries single mothers' t
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Unemployment has been falling in mo
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The main political measures taken c
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• Indicator 7. Proportion of the
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Indicator 1: Women's access to poli
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parliaments (76 % men, 24 % women).
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Indicator 12: Out of 108 senior eco
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The Member States advance various r
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The Belgian quota law adopted in 20
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References Council Conclusions Nove
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4.9.3. The CEDAW The Convention on
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Member States report on increased p
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4.10.3. EU policy on eliminating ge
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In Spain, a specific institute (Obs
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Women remain absent from leadership
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Some MS report on actions that have
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• L.1. Eliminate all forms of dis
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The most recent information availab
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highest in Estonia with 90 %. The m
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In relation to the indicators adopt
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When the Council of the European Un
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EU commitments to achieve the objec
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5.5. Women and Armed Conflict (E) W
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Although it can be noted that the E
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5.8. Institutional Mechanisms for t
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5.10. Women and the Media (J) The m
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Two issues clearly placed on the MS
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Although gender mainstreaming is ar
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6.3. Challenges for the future Euro
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The main challenges in the area of
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Annex I Indicators developed at EU
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IT Italy LV Latvia LT Lithuania LU
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Annex III Table 3.1 Personnel resou
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Table 3.3 Structure and content of
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Figure 4.1.2 At risk of poverty rat
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Figure 4.2.1 Employment gap between
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Figure 4.2.5 Proportion of female a
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Figure 4.3.1 Number of years with g
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Figure 4.3.3 Proportion of persons
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Figure 4.3.5 Proportion of persons
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Figure 4.3.7 Proportions of women a
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Figure 4.6.1 Employed women and men
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Figure 4.6.5 Proportion of children
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Figure 4.6.9 Time spent on domestic
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Figure 4.6.13 Time spent on domesti
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Table 4.7.1 The cluster of Member S
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Figure 4.12.1 Difference between pr
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Figure 4.12.3 Difference between pr
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Table 4.12.2 Difference between 15-
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