This report provides a general overview of the ways in which EU gender equality law has been implemented in the domestic laws of the 28 Member States of the European Union, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (the EEA countries) and four candidate countries (the Former Yugoslav Republic...

This report provides a general overview of the transposition of EU gender equality law in the 28 Member States of the European Union, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (the EEA countries) and four candidate countries (the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and...

Regardless of ethnic origin, religion or belief, everyone living in the Union has a fundamental right to be treated equally, to be respected and to be protected from violence. This contribution paper to the Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights provides evidence of the fact that such respect...

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...

The European Commission (EC) contracted a consortium led by SOFRECO pursuant to Request for Offer N° 2009/226296, to conduct an evaluation and formulate recommendations on EIDHR support to Human Rights Defenders. The evaluation was carried out from January to March 2010, and covered the 11...

This review presents the findings and recommendations of an overview of recent work and research on closing the gender policy-practice gap in development co-operation. The objectives of this review are to: identify lessons from recent research as a basis for assisting the European Commission in...

In October 1999 the unemployment rate of people with severe disabilities in Germany was more than double that of the non-disabled population. To improve this situation, the People with Severe Disabilities Act was reformed to increase incentives for the severely disabled to enter the work force...

The current study reviews and clarifies how the various provisions of the Framework Employment Directive, advance the anti-discrimination idea in the context of employment and disability. Morover, it surveys the main features of anti-discrimination law in the Member States as it relates to the...