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+ 23-08-2010

Vienna Active against Sexist Advertising

Vienna’s City Councillor for Women, Sandra Frauenberger, takes a clear position against sexist advertising. As a first step, form letters are offered to complain about sexist advertising at the company concerned and/or at the Austrian Advertising Council (“Werberat”).

+ 29-07-2010

FemCities Conference 2010 - Documentation of presentations

Find here the power points of the speeches at the FemCities Conference 2010 which took place in Stuttgart (Germany) from 23-24.6.2010. Full documentation will be published in two languages, at the moment power point presentations of the speakers are either in German or in English available for download:

>Link for speeches on "Municipalities and cities as promoters of gender equality – Best practices on equality methods, regulations and financing"
>Link for speeches on "Public procurement and the advancement of women"

+ 10-03-2010

FemCities Conference 2010 - Program, registration form, hotels - Registration till 11.6.2010

The FemCities Conference 2010 on "Jobs, service provision and public procurement: Cities and municipalities as promoters of gender equality" will be hosted by Stuttgart (Germany) from 23-24.6.2010.

+ 10-03-2010

FemCities Konferenz 2010 - Anmeldefrist bis 11.6.2010

Die diesjährige FemCities Konfernz findet von 23 -24.6.2010 in Stuttgart statt. Thema der Konferenz: Arbeitsplätze, Dienstleistungen, Auftragsvergabe: Städte und Gemeinden als Motoren der Gleichstellung

+ 04-02-2010

Beijing +15 European Forum

On 4 and 5 February a meeting was held in Cádiz to analyse the progress of the past 15 years of the objectives set at the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

+ 02-01-2010

Spanish EU presidency

With beginning of 2010 Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the next six months.

+ 01-07-2009

Swedish Presidency of the European Union

The presidency has published a website (http://www.se2009.eu/en). The site also provides a specific section on gender equality and non-discrimination as well as on their working agenda regarding Gender Equality.

+ 18-06-2009

New Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women: Rashida Manjoo

Rashida Manjoo, advocate of the High Court of South Africa and a former commissioner of the Commission on Gender Equality will succeed Yakin Ertürk in the position of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences. The special rapporteur undertakes fact-finding country visits, submits annual reports on the subject of violence against women and transmits urgent appeals and communications to states regarding alleged cases of violence against women.

+ 08-06-2009

OSCE Symposium - "Bringing Security Home"

At a symposium in Vienna on June 8th 2009 the OSCE Secretariat's Gender Section launches a compilation of good practices for combating violence against women in the OSCE region.

+ 29-05-2009

Rape in the European Union: Different systems, similar results in eleven european countries?

Criminal prosecution in cases of rape is differently regaluated within the European Union. Liz Kelly and Corinna Seith present their new study and draw attention to challenges within the EU.

About

Milena goes FemCities

Ten years have passed since the launch of the East-West women’s network MILENA in 1997. Cooperating with cities in Central Europe, especially in Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, the network now expands its activities to cities within the entire European Union.

FemCities has taken over from the MILENA network: FemCities - European cities networking for gender equality.

Knowledgebase

Planning recommendations for the gender-sensitive design of public parks

Planning recommendations for the gender-sensitive design of public parks Open space design may indirectly influence the behaviour of different user groups. The following recommendations include a gender perspective and are primarily geared towards the requirements of children and young people.

Politics

Roadmap for equality between women and men

The Roadmap for Equality between women and men for the period 2006-2010 was adopted by the European Commission on 1 March 2006.

Portraits

KOOFRA

Organisation Against Trafficking of Women

Sandra Frauenberger

City Councillor for Women's Issues in Vienna

FemCities has been launched for the purpose of deepening international exchange and of initiating cooperation between European cities.

EVENT of the month

Stark im Beruf - Successful in your job

The event Stark im Beruf (Successful in your job) focuses on the situation of women in employment. Women still encounter more difficult challenges in their carreers than their male colleagues.

BOOK of the Month

Handbook on violence against women, UN, NY, 2009

This Handbook for legislation on violence against women is intended to assist States and other stakeholders to enhance existing, or develop new laws to protect women.

Study of the month

The Global Gender Gap, a study by the World Economic Forum.

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