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Therefore, in 2005 the European Commission analysed the progress made and the remaining challenges and proposed a renewed strategy focused on "Growth and Jobs" 4 . “Integrated guidelines" were adopted by the Council of the EU, covering the three main strands of the Lisbon strategy (macro, micro and employment). From 2005, the Member States presented their main policy framework in the form of annual National Reform Programmes (NRPs) in order to respond to the "Renewed strategy for growth and jobs" in each of the three strands. The European Commission has been analysing those NRPs, in collaboration with the Council in the annual Joint Employment Report. Moreover, from the beginning of 2007 onwards, country-specific recommendations were proposed by the Commission and adopted by the Council. Gender equality and the employment guidelines In the introductory section, the Employment Guidelines clearly mention that: "Equal opportunities and combating discrimination are essential for progress. Gender mainstreaming and the promotion of gender equality should be ensured in all action taken". Moreover, some guidelines are of particular importance to gender equality. Therefore, in the Integrated Guidelines 2005-08 (renewed for the period 2008-10), gender equality has been on the one hand mentioned as a general principle (gender mainstreaming); on the other hand it is dealt with under specific policies, notably in Guideline 18 (Promote a lifecycle approach to work). Guideline 18 asked Member States to "promote a life-cycle approach to work" through inter alia: "resolute action to increase female participation and reduce gender gaps in employment, unemployment and pay" and "better reconciliation of work and private life and the provision of accessible and affordable childcare facilities and care for other dependants". Quantitative targets have been set in these areas and repeated in the Employment Guidelines: the Lisbon European Council target of achieving a female employment rate of at least 60 %; and the Barcelona European Council targets of ensuring the provision of childcare to at least 90 % of children between three years old and the mandatory school age and at least 33 % of children under three years of age. 4 COM(2005)24 final, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2005:0024:FIN:EN:PDF 14508/09 ADD 1 PL/vk 16 ANNEX DG G EN
Integration of gender issues in the European employment strategy process Gender equality has been broadly taken into account in the activities in the field of the European employment strategy, notably the process of adopting and monitoring indicators or the Mutual Learning Process. Not many of the country-specific recommendations proposed by the Commission and adopted annually by the Council (from 2007), have addressed female employment but a number of so-called "points to watch" also addressed concerns of importance for gender equality (childcare, the gender pay gap, female participation in the labour market, gender segregation) for around half of the Member States. In several annual Joint Employment reports, the European Commission and the Council jointly underlined that there was some progress in the way Member States were adopting a life-cycle approach to work, notably in terms of gender. However they also found gaps in the implementation of the gender mainstreaming principles: • "Through the European Pact for Gender Equality, Member States were asked to include a perspective of gender equality when reporting on implementation. In spite of this, the promotion of female employment and systematic gender mainstreaming of policies are rarely emphasised". (2006 Joint Employment Report.) • "Progress in the field of gender equality has continued to be mixed. (…). Most countries are still far from adopting a full gender-mainstreaming approach to employment policies, notably through systematic gender impact assessment of policy measures". (2009 Joint Employment Report.) A detailed analysis of gender mainstreaming of employment policies was conducted by the Expert Group on Gender, Social Inclusion and Employment (EGGSIE) in 2007 5 . It shows notably the limited visibility of gender in the National Reform Programmes since 2005 and the fact that the role and visibility of women's employment and gender equality seems to be declining. Moreover, this report highlights some very positive developments at national level in the field of gender equality, yet notes that they are not reported in the National Reform Programmes by the Member States. 5 Gender mainstreaming of employment policies – A comparative review of thirty European countries – http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=en&pubId=126&furtherPubs=yes. See also "The National reform Programmes 2008 and the gender aspects of the European employment strategy", 14508/09 ADD 1 PL/vk 17 ANNEX DG G EN
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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 1: Women's access to poli
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parliaments (76 % men, 24 % women).
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The Member States advance various r
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References Council Conclusions Nove
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