Albanian Legislative Review from Gender Equality Perspective - Achievements and Challenges

Barbados Part One Overview of the Achievements and Challenges in Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

In 1995, the Government of Barbados participated in the Fourth World Conference on women, which was held in Beijing, China. The Barbados Government was one of 189 countries which signed the Beijing Platform for Action, which is a comprehensive agenda outlining the key goals and objectives for achieving women’s rights. The Platform for Action provides a powerful framework for change, nationally,...

Gender Equality from a European Perspective: Myth and Reality.

In the past 50 years, significant progress in women's equality has been made worldwide. Western countries, particularly European countries, have implemented initiatives to attain a more gender-balanced workforce with the introduction of family friendly policies, by trying to narrow the gender pay gap and by promoting women's career progression. In academia, however, fewer women reach top leader...

[Gender-based violence in Public Health: challenges and achievements].

This text deals with violence against women (VAW) as a scientific and practical object of Health. It is a theoretical and critical reflection related to historical processes that show convergences and distances between the approach of this violence as an issue and the health field particularities, creating contemporary conquests and challenges especially to Public Health. The text debates inter...

Gender Equality and Democracy

Although democratic institutions existed long before gender equality, at this point in history, growing emphasis on gender equality is a central component of the process of democratization. Support for gender equality is not just a consequence of democratization. It is part of a broad cultural change that is transforming industrialized societies and bringing growing mass demands for increasingl...

Gender Equality and Equity