Gender Equality

Rights Groups Warn Proposed African ‘Family Values’ Charter Threatens Women and LGBTQ Rights

A proposed African charter on family values, sovereignty and culture is facing growing criticism from human rights organizations, legal experts and advocacy groups, who say it could undermine protections for…

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Europe has made little progress since last year in gender equality

The EU scores 68 points out of 100 in the Gender Equality Index, released today by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). This is a microscopic increase of just…

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Auditors say EU budget failing to deliver on gender equality

The European Union lacks specific budget tools to ensure its spending advances gender equality and should make more use of data broken down by sex to track and assess progress,…

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Poland, Hungary push against “gender equality” at EU social summit

Lobbying by Poland and Hungary has led to the removal of the phrase "gender equality" from a draft declaration on advancing social cohesion that the EU is due to publish…

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European Parliament strives to be frontrunner on gender equality

Parliament leadership adopts roadmap to achieve gender equality in political processes and its administration. 50% women in middle and senior manager positions and 40% women in top manager positions in…

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Malta: Gender equality in parliament should not be a two-party affair – PN MP

A gender equality mechanism for parliament should not be restricted to only allow candidates from the two major political parties to be elected to the House, a Nationalist Party MP…

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European Parliament launches its first European Gender Equality Week

At the initiative of the Women’s Rights Committee, the European Parliament is holding its first ever European Gender Equality Week from 26 to 29 October. 2020 sees the 25th anniversary…

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Australia: Company boards reach 30% women target without quotas

For months Australian politics has been engulfed by allegations of a culture of sexism, which prompted at least one female MP to resign. But on Wednesday there was better news…

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