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The European Union has been active in the field of women in science for 10 years now. Since the beginning, we have … concentrated on collecting information on the situation of women in European science, and on funding measures that encourage and … retain women in science and technology careers. We have had good results in these areas, but a lot has still to be done. . …
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This background paper has been drafted to coincide with the hearing of the European Parliament's Committee on Women …'s Rights and Gender Equality (November 21st 2007, Brussels) on Women and Violence at work in the European Union. The European …
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This publication has been commissioned by the European Commission under the framework of the European Community Action Programme to combat discrimination (2001-2006). This programme was established to support the effective implementation of new EU anti-discrimination legislation. The six-year...
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The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporates into the UK law most of the rights in the European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols , and authorizes UK courts to enforce these “Convention rights.” None of the existing legislation expressly prohibits sexual orientation discrimintation in...
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The aim of the project is to undertake a study of the feasibility of establishing methods and indicators to measure the costs and benefits of diversity policies in companies in a European context to enable the effectiveness of such policies and practices to be properly assessed and disseminated....
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The FRA delivered an opinion on 31 May on the proposed EU law on the property consequences of registered international partnerships, following a request from European Parliament on 25 April 2012. The proposed regulation (COM(2011) 127 final) does not offer civil partners the same choice as...
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This study aims to provide an analysis of the situation of women living on EU islands focusing on the situation of … women in fifteen island regions belonging to six member States (Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Finland) and on … the situation of women living on islands is more difficult than that of women living on the mainland or than that of men …
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Many people in Europe do not receive the social benefits to which they are entitled. This is the case across countries and for many types of benefits. Addressing this ‘non-take-up’ of benefits is critical for two key reasons: benefits do not fulfil their objective if they do not reach the...
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