‘Gender equality’ website of the Directorate-General for Justice
Provides information on the ‘Gender equality’ task area of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice in relation to the following aspects:
- your rights
- gender pay gap
- gender balance in decision-making positions
- equal economic independence
- efforts to end gender-based violence
- external dimension
- tools for gender equality
- cooperation with other institutions
- as well as key dates, legislation, documents, programmes, public consultations, events, related links and a glossary.
‘Tackling discrimination’ website of the Directorate-General for Justice
Provides information on the ‘Tackling discrimination’ task area of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice in relation to the following aspects:
- efforts to raise awareness
- diversity management
- people with disabilities
- EU and Roma
- networks of experts
- your rights and obligations
- financial support
- as well as key dates, legislation, documents, programmes, public consultations, events, related links and a glossary.
List of publications/documents provided by the Directorate-General for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship on gender equality and tackling discrimination, with downloads.
Gender equality in the European Union
Brochure of the European Commission/Justice, 2011 (PDF, 16 pages, 1.4 MB)
Strategy for equality between women and men 2010–2015
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. COM(2010) 491 dated 21.09.2010 (PDF, 14 pages, 66 KB)
Progress on equality between women and men in 2011
Commission Staff Working Document. SWD(2012) 85 dated 16.04.2012 (PDF, 54 pages, 238 KB)
Report on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2011
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality/Rapporteur: Sophia in 't Veld. A7-0041/2012 dated 05.03.2012 (PDF, 20 pages, 242 KB)
A Roadmap for equality between women and men 2006–2010. Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. COM(2006) 92 dated 01.03.2006.
Mid-term progress report on the Roadmap for equality between women and men (2006–2010). Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. COM(2008) 760 dated 26.11.2008.
Equality between women and men – 2010. Report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. COM(2009)694 dated 18.12.2009.
Opinions of the Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men:
- Opinion on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014–2020 [83 KB]
- Opinion on the gender dimension of integration of migrants [122 KB]
- Opinion on the gender dimension of active ageing and solidarity between generations [155 KB]
Database: ‘Women and men in decision making’
‘Gender in the EU: The Future of the Gender Policies in the European Union’. Heinrich Böll Foundation Regional Office Warsaw. 2009
‘Gender Datenreport – Kommentierter Datenreport zur Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland’ (Gender data report – annotated data report on equality between women and men in the Federal Republic of Germany)
‘Equal Opportunities for Women and Men’ – Monitoring law and practice in new member states and accession countries of the European Union, Overview, Open Society Institute 2005.
‘femina politica, Zeitschrift für feministische Politik-Wissenschaft‘, vol. 15, no. 1/2006, ‘Geschlechterpolitik nach der EU-Osterweiterung’.
Fuhrmann, Nora. 2005. Geschlechterpolitik im Prozess der europäischen Integration. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Hocker, Beate and Fuchs, Gesine (eds.). 2004. Handbuch Politische Partizipation von Frauen in Europa, Band II: Die Beitrittstaaten, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Jünemann, Annette and Klement, Carmen (eds.). Die Gleichstellungspolitik in der Europäischen Union/The Policy of Gender Equality in the European Union, Schriftenreihe des Arbeitskreises Europäische Integration e.V., vol. 52.
Klein, Uta. Gleichstellungspolitik in der EU. 2006. Schwalbach/Ts: Wochenschau Verlag.
Klein, Uta. 2006. Geschlechterverhältnisse und Gleichstellungspolitik in der Europäischen Union. Akteure – Themen – Ergebnisse. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Liebert, Ulrike (ed.). 2003. Gendering Europeanisation. Brussels: Peter Lang Publishing.
Meuser, Michael and Neusüß, Claudia (eds.). 2004. Gender Mainstreaming. Konzepte – Handlungsfelder – Instrumente. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
Supplements with current publications either under ‘Related media’ or ‘Selected publications’
‘Europäische Charta für die Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern auf lokaler Ebene. Fit für die Zukunft – offen für die Potenziale von Frauen und Männern’ (European charter for equality of women and men in local life: Fit for the future – embracing the potential of women and men’) – Publication of the Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament by Dr. Franziska Brantner, February 2011
