Monday, April 09, 2007
[IWS] EC: EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN & MEN 2007 Report [February 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Brussels, 7.2.2007
COM(2007)49 final
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND
THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
on EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN - 2007 [4th Report]
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/docs/2007/com_2007_49_en.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
Includes numerous CHARTS & TABLES.....
For additional information on gender mainstreaming, see
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/gender_mainstreaming/activity_reports_en.html
[excerpt]
The Spring European Council of March 2003 asked the Commission to report annually on
developments towards gender equality and orientations for gender mainstreaming of policy
areas. This report is the fourth to comply with that request.
2006 saw two major events with a bearing on gender equality in the EU: the adoption by the
Commission of the Roadmap for equality between women and men for the period 2006-2010,
and the adoption by the European Council of the Pact for Gender Equality. These two key
initiatives testify to the EU's continued commitment to achieving genuine equality between
women and men.
The European Union, which has now been enlarged to 27 Member States, is about to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of gender equality policy and the European Year of Equal Opportunities
for All. Moreover, equality policy is at the centre of two areas of concern: growth and
employment, and demographic change. It will need the full support of the cohesion policy, the
new programming period for which begins in 2007.
Contents
1. Introduction.................................................................................................................. 3
2. Main developments ......................................................................................................3
2.1 Policies and legislation.................................................................................................3
2.2 Gender gaps.................................................................................................................. 5
3. Challenges and policy orientations .............................................................................. 6
3.1 Eliminating gender gaps on the labour market ............................................................ 7
3.2 Encouraging a better balance of private and family responsibilities between women and men.....7
3.3 Ensuring that policies on gender equality have the full support of cohesion and rural development policies...... 8
3.4 Ensuring effective implementation of the legislative framework................................ 9
4. Conclusions.................................................................................................................. 9
ANNEX................................................................................................................................... 10
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Brussels, 7.2.2007
COM(2007)49 final
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND
THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
on EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN - 2007 [4th Report]
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/docs/2007/com_2007_49_en.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
Includes numerous CHARTS & TABLES.....
For additional information on gender mainstreaming, see
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/gender_mainstreaming/activity_reports_en.html
[excerpt]
The Spring European Council of March 2003 asked the Commission to report annually on
developments towards gender equality and orientations for gender mainstreaming of policy
areas. This report is the fourth to comply with that request.
2006 saw two major events with a bearing on gender equality in the EU: the adoption by the
Commission of the Roadmap for equality between women and men for the period 2006-2010,
and the adoption by the European Council of the Pact for Gender Equality. These two key
initiatives testify to the EU's continued commitment to achieving genuine equality between
women and men.
The European Union, which has now been enlarged to 27 Member States, is about to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of gender equality policy and the European Year of Equal Opportunities
for All. Moreover, equality policy is at the centre of two areas of concern: growth and
employment, and demographic change. It will need the full support of the cohesion policy, the
new programming period for which begins in 2007.
Contents
1. Introduction.................................................................................................................. 3
2. Main developments ......................................................................................................3
2.1 Policies and legislation.................................................................................................3
2.2 Gender gaps.................................................................................................................. 5
3. Challenges and policy orientations .............................................................................. 6
3.1 Eliminating gender gaps on the labour market ............................................................ 7
3.2 Encouraging a better balance of private and family responsibilities between women and men.....7
3.3 Ensuring that policies on gender equality have the full support of cohesion and rural development policies...... 8
3.4 Ensuring effective implementation of the legislative framework................................ 9
4. Conclusions.................................................................................................................. 9
ANNEX................................................................................................................................... 10
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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