European Union (EU) accession has been a highly ambivalent and contradictory process both for women's mobilization and … networking, and the introduction of gender equality policies in the new member states. While EU membership gave women's NGOs in … Central and Eastern Europe better access to EU institutions and EU funding, it also resulted in a loss of financial support …

This report presents and compares old-age income provision rules with respect to the issue of equality between women … survivors. Overall, European countries adopt similar measures for ensuring adequate old-age income for women. The elimination of … and women. In particular, this process means a faster increase in the minimum retirement age for women and different …

most substantial drop in the labor force participation of women after childbirth. We show that country differences in … family leave policies can explain much of the cross-country variation in the gender unemployment gaps …