This comparative study examines the issue of gender and career development and explores the continuing barriers to achieving equality of opportunity in this area. Looking at the current European Union countries (with the exception of Sweden) and Norway, the study explores the extent to which...

Casting the spotlight on the gender dimension in the workplace inevitably leads to an exploration of the different gendered elements of the experience of work in Europe. With this aim in mind, this paper will draw from the findings of the report Gender and working conditions in the European...

Women and girls in the European Union (EU) experience persistent gender discrimination and gender-based violence, as evidence collected by FRA confirms. This severely limits the ability of women and girls to enjoy their rights and to participate on an equal footing in society. This FRA...

In diesem Bericht wird die Rolle der Sozialpartner bei der Förderung der Gleichstellung der Geschlechter in Europa beleuchtet. Es werden die in den unterschiedlichen nationalen Rahmen der Arbeitsbeziehungen eingeleiteten Maßnahmen untersucht und das Ranking der Mitgliedstaaten beim...

The focus of this study, therefore, necessarily concerns how best to generate greater effect from Europeu0092s armed forces within the context of EU operations, given the need for autonomous operations that are likely to be progressively more robust. It considers how best to facilitate and...

In recent years, private military companies (PMCs) and private security companies (PSCs)have been increasingly employed by large and active military nations for tasks both at home and abroad: generally as a cost-cutting measure, but also to eke out overstretched state resources. A wide range of...

The agenda for Crisis Management Operations (CMOs) has widened still further and with it the related need to engage with civilian actors has become even more important due to the u0091security development nexusu0092. In essence, there is no security without development and vice versa. From this...

The European Union (EU) recognises the need to address the threat of terrorism, and further develop cooperation within both its neighbourhood and external regions to prevent or counter violent extremism (P/CVE). The EU’s Counter-Terrorism (CT) Strategy comprises four pillars – Prevent,...