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Gender Mainstreaming from Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia Gender mainstreaming is a strategy of the European Union aimed at the achievement of gender equality in all spheres of public and private life. It is anchored in the Treaty of Amsterdam (1996) as an obligatory principle. By entering the EU all member states have committed themselves to apply it in their politics. Read more...

Equality of Men and Women Equality between men and women is one of the fundamental principles and common values of the European Union. At the same time, objectives on gender equality are to ensure social growth, employment and social cohesion. Although the inequality still persists, the EU achieved a considerable progress in this issue in the last decades. New regulations have been adopted about the equal treatment, gender mainstreaming and concrete measures designed to support women. Read more...   Gender Statistics in Slovakia Gender statistics represent a way of penetration into the world of women and men in the present society. They reveal information about their status in various spheres of life. They are a statistical area taking into account traditional areas aimed at the identification, production and dissemination of statistics reflecting the reality of life of men and women and political aspects of gender equality. It does not take into consideration only the biological sign – gender, which is given and unchangeable. The gender statistics point out especially the social differences between men and women. Except for moral and social dimension, gender equality is also an important economic foundation and represents an inevitable economic investment for the future and contributes to the economic growth of society in various ways. Read more...   Information about the mutual negotiation between the Regional Organisation the Union of Women in Slovakia Košice (hereinafter referred to as the “RO UWS Košice”) and Regional Point of Contact Košice of the Institute for Gender Equality The tradition of International Women’s Day has more than a hundred-year history. In order to improve the position of women in society and the quality of life of citizens, RO UWS Košice holds public dialogues with the self-government, civil service and legislator every year. IGE R-POC Košice, as a partner institution, has naturally joined the activity. Read more...   Television TV Bratislava, the guests of the journal Metropolitný denník Martina Janíková and Elena Mokrá talking about the 10th anniversary of the competition Employer Accommodating to the Family Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family declares the 10th anniversary of the competition “Employer Accommodating to the Family, Gender Equality and Equality of Opportunities”. Show your employees that you are better than other employers and that you care about them. Would you like to apply? Would you like to know how much time is left? We will speak about it in a little while with Martina Janíková, director of the Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities Department at the Ministry of Labour, and Elena Mokrá, the project manager at the Gender Equality Institute. Read more...   Closing the gender pay gap The first EU equal pay day on March 5 signals a commitment of the EU to end discrimination against women at work. Equal pay for equal work relates to one of the EU's founding principles, non-discrimination. Source: http://ec.europa.eu/news/employment/110304_sk.htm Read more...