Action Plan – CCWESTT

Brief – Turning Equality in Law into de facto Equality – Towards a Second Government Action Plan for Gender Equality

Brief – Turning Equality in Law into de facto Equality – Towards a Second Government Action Plan for Gender Equality This policy briefing was presented by the Femmes Autochtones du Québec/Quebec Native Women (FAQNW) in response to the invitation, issued by the National Assembly of Quebec’s Commission des relations avec les citoyens, to submit recommendations […]

Turning Equality in Law into Equality in Fact: Action Plan 2007-2010 (Poster)

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Turning Equality in Law into Equality in Fact: Action Plan 2007-2010 (Poster) This poster contains two charts which explain the first 3-year action plan for the Quebec government’s 10-year Gender Equality Policy. The first chart shows the “Tools of Governance,” and the second chart shows the “Guidelines, Objectives, and Priority Actions” for implementing the action […]

Turning Equality in Law into Equality in Fact: Action Plan 2007-2010 (2-page brochure)

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Turning Equality in Law into Equality in Fact: Action Plan 2007-2010 (2-page brochure) This 2-page brochure contains a brief summary in English of the 30-page French document entitled Pour que l’égalité de droit devienne une égalité de fait : le Plan d’action 2007-2010. This is the first 3-year action plan to support the 10-year policy developed […]

Guide to Gender Diversity in Employment – Employer’s Guide

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Guide to Gender Diversity in Employment – Employer’s Guide The provincial governments of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador jointly published a guide to help employers develop an action plan for achieving gender diversity in the workplace, review their Human Resource System, improve training and development, and increase the recruitment, […]

Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament: State of Play

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Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament: State of Play This study examines the current state of play of gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament. It gives an insight into the concept of gender mainstreaming and the possible tools to implement it, provides an overview of Parliament’s current gender mainstreaming policy (with a particular focus on […]

Belgium: the promotion of gender equality and gender mainstreaming

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Belgium: the promotion of gender equality and gender mainstreaming This webpage contains an explanation of Belgium’s legislative and policy framework; the objectives of the Federal Plan for Gender Mainstreaming; the mandate of government equality bodies; the role of the Institute for Equality Between Women and Men; the role of the Commission of Health and Equal […]

2014 – Law on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men

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The Law on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, 2014 The purpose of this legislation is to ensure the implementation of equal rights for women and men enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, and to prohibit any type of discrimination on grounds of sex, in particular by reference to marital or family […]

Iceland – United Nations document

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Iceland – United Nations document This document published by the United Nations provides a great overview of the achievements and challenges in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in Iceland and of how the Icelandic Government has taken systematic steps to introduce and promote gender equality in all areas of society, by amending legislation, creating […]

Iceland – Act on Equal Status and Equal Rights Irrespective of Gender

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Iceland – Act on Equal Status and Equal Rights Irrespective of Gender The objective of the Act on Equal Status and Equal Rights Irrespective of Gender, No. 150/2020 is to prevent discrimination on the basis of gender and to maintain gender equality and equal opportunities for the genders in all spheres of society. Upon enactment, […]

Manual for Gender Mainstreaming

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Manual for the application of gender mainstreaming within the Belgian federal administration After the Belgian Parliament passed a law on 12 January 2007, aimed at implementing gender mainstreaming at the Belgian federal level, the Institute for the Equality of Women and Men wrote this manual for federal service agents, members of strategic units, and federal […]