Diversity, Gender Equality

International Women’s Day
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. 

The White House Project
The White House Project
Foundations, Non profit organizations & NGOs / Communities & Networks
2009
The White House Project, a national, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization, 501(c)(3), aims to advance women’s leadership in all communities and sectors, up to the U.S. presidency. By filling the leadership pipeline with a richly diverse, critical mass of women, we make American institutions, businesses and government truly representative. Through multi-platform programs, The White House Project creates a culture where America’s most valuable untapped resource—women—can succeed in all realms. 

Femmes Universelles
Femmes Universelles
Media (press, TV, radio) / Press review
2009

The magazine of a new world, to be purchased on the web.

Here is a new magazine inviting to the discovery of a feminine world yet underestimated in its richness and potentials, even though these assets are essentials to renew human societies. Women bring a vision that is to be acknowledged and valued. Women actions, culture, history, biology, the articles presented are top visual quality and available on paper magazine. 

EQUAL Initiative – Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
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.

Equality between women and men
European Commission
Governments & Institutions / Reports
2009
The European Commission's annual report on equality between women and men shows that despite a generally positive trend towards a more equal society and labour market in the EU, progress in eliminating gender inequalities is slow. Gender gaps persist in employment rates, pay, working hours, positions of responsibility, share of care responsibilities and poverty. Considerable progress was made in women's employment between 1998 and 2008, with a rise in the female employment rate of 7.1 percentage points to 59.1% - but this positive trend has been interrupted by the economic crisis. 

Gender Equity Index 2009
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. 

More women in senior positions - key to economic stability and growth
European Commission
Governments & Institutions / Reports
2010

As Europe collectively strives to recover from the recent recession and build a platform for future growth and stability, this report serves as a reminder of why gender equality issues should be kept at the forefront of the policy debate. One crucial resource for future growth in Europe lies in the untapped economic potential of women and their full integration into the decision-making process in all areas of the economy is crucial.
The report examines the current situation and recent trends regarding the gender balance in key decision-making positions across Europe. It also considers some of the ways in which the advancement of women can be supported or accelerated in order to bring about a fundamental shift in the gender balance in these positions of influence so that the men and women of Europe can have an equal voice in working together towards a better future.
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.

 

Women’s Economic Opportunity
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.