EuroMed gender equality news

"On the long journey towards gender equality, I cannot help but ask are we there yet? And, if we are on this road together who is responsible for getting us there safely and in one piece? My answer arrived with an article published in Paidiea News on November, 23 by a male teacher with the ministry of education.

He got my attention when he shared his frustrations about a series of training sessions for teachers of pre-primary, primary, middle and secondary technical education, entitled: ‘Education and gender’."

"[...] In some respects the last electoral term was golden for Icelandic women. The milestones were impressive: Iceland voted in Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir as prime minister, and her first cabinet was evenly split between men and women, while her second had a female majority – six women to five men. That same government passed the law banning strip clubs, criminalised payments for sexual services, and set a boardroom quota law stipulating that 40% of company boards needed to be made up of women.

Yet for all their supposed advances in gender equality, Icelandic women are not that different from women elsewhere in the western hemisphere. They are still being slotted into gender-specific professions like nursing and teaching. They struggle to navigate the demands of the labour market while still being largely responsible for home, hearth and children."

"Sweden is striving to become a more gender-equal society despite an already high degree of equality along with other Nordic countries. In a workshop organized by the Swedish Institute in Stockholm which commenced on Monday, experts informed journalists from different countries on the economic impact of gender equality."

"Gender equality is still often considered a “women’s issue”. Furthermore, in the past, gender issues and gender equality policies have been contextualised mainly as a women’s issue."

Prague, May 14 (CTK) - The Greens (SZ) promote gender equality most of all Czech political parties, both in society and in their own ranks, Forum 50% group said when declaring the Greens winners of the Party Open to Women contest Tuesday.

The second and third positions went to opposition Social Democrats (CSSD) and Communists (KSCM).