Diversity, Gender Equality
What role women play in our today societies? How do they contribute to the societies? How are they affected by the economic downturns, the political or social situations they live in their countries? This section explores the big picture of diversity and gender issues.
Social Watch
Foundations, Non profit organizations & NGOs / Reports
2010
The Gender Equity Index 2009 computed by Social Watch shows that the gender gap is not narrowing in most countries and a majority of the countries that show progress are those that were already comparatively better. The distance between the countries and regions in the better and worse relative situations has widened in the last years. In education and economic activity the situation of women has globally improved, but when it comes to empowerment some 15% of countries have regressed over the past year, and this has been so severe that the average global value of this indicator fell from 35% in 2008 to 34.5% in 2009.
European Commission
Governments & Institutions / Reports
2010
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The report examines the current situation and recent trends regarding the gender balance in key decision-making positions across
Wherever possible, the report is based on a quantitative analysis of the situation with the majority of data being drawn from the Commission database on women and men in decision-making1 and collected between June and October 2009.
Economist Intelligence Unit
Media (press, TV, radio) / Reports
2010
To gain a better understanding of the factors that infl uence women’s economic opportunity—and how countries have addressed them—the Economist Intelligence Unit constructed a pilot Women’s Economic Opportunity Index, the first of its kind. Women’s economic opportunity is defined as a set of laws, regulations, practices, customs and attitudes that allow women to participate in the workforce under conditions roughly equal to those of men, whether as wage-earning employees or as owners of a business. The goal of this Index is to spur debate and research on the factors that affect women’s ability to access jobs and business opportunities. It is also intended to prompt improvements in policy and programmes that will encourage women’s participation in the workplace and thus create more productive economies overall.
European Commission
Governments & Institutions / Projects (incl. Awards), Programs
2009
The EQUAL Initiative is implemented in the framework of the Structural Funds regulations and, more specifically, through the European Social Fund. The Commission guidelines are the main official document, at European level, concerning EQUAL.
International Women's Day
Web 2.0 (web, blogs, communities) / Communities & Networks
2009
The International Women's Day website provides a free service to women around the world wanting to share and promote their IWD activity, videos, opinions and ideas.
International Labor Organization (ILO)
Governments & Institutions / Source of information
2009
While all staff in the ILO are responsible for promoting gender equality in their work, the Bureau for Gender Equality supports and advises constituents and Office staff at headquarters and in the field on matters concerned with promoting and advocating for gender equality in the world of work. It also manages an extensive knowledge base on gender issues. This includes a Gender Helpdesk which responds to queries to help to strengthen the capacity of staff and constituents to address questions of equality in their work.
International Labor Organization (ILO)
Governments & Institutions / Source of information
2009
This resource guide provides gender equality information via links to both ILO and other publications, statistics, ILO labour standards, as well as to other resources around the world.
Femmes Universelles
Media (press, TV, radio) / Press review
2009
The magazine of a new world, to be purchased on the web.
