Additional special measures to promote gender equality

The Gender Equality Act stipulates an obligation of employers actively to promote gender equality.

Goal 3 Promote gender equality and empower women

Article 4 Special measures to promote gender equality

It defines policies and lines of action to promote gender equality.

C. Goal 3. Promote gender equality and empower women (gender and environment)

In some countries, staff feel they lack the competence to promote gender equality.

State and local government agencies are required to promote gender equality systematically and purposefully.

(g) Strengthening regional cooperation and national capabilities to promote policies and programmes for achieving gender equality

In Armenia, work was under way to improve the situation of women and promote gender equality.

(i) Develop and implement policies and programmes, including awareness campaigns and gender equality training, particularly for men and boys, to promote gender equality and positive attitudes and behaviour

4. Invites Member States to initiate sports programmes to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women

1.14 The Agency will continue to promote gender equality and empower women through all of its programmes.

The Chancellor of Justice has the duty to promote gender equality and the principle of equal treatment.

(f) Gender equality to develop and implement measures to enhance gender balance, particularly among senior staff to develop policies to promote and empower women to promote gender awareness among staff at all levels through training to ensure that managers are accountable for achieving gender equality

With the Government order of 27 November 2003 an inter ministerial committee to promote gender equality was formed.

At these seminars, foreign experts promote the manners and mechanisms of achieving full equality, in all spheres of social life.

UNDP should complement its approach with targeted initiatives to promote women's empowerment and gender equality at programmatic and institutional levels.

It had submitted proposals to amend legislation that discriminated against women and had introduced new legislation to promote gender equality.

We deem this is the area where the newly established Gender Equality Agency, in cooperation with gender centres, should promote the existing mechanisms for monitoring of the situation in the gender equality field.

The subject matters that promote the Equality of genders are an integral part of the curriculum for all levels of education.

Nevertheless, the growing acceptance of a normative international framework and standards for women's empowerment has the potential to promote gender equality.

However, most programmes that explicitly promote gender equality focus on women running for political office or support for ministries for women.

UNDP staff miss opportunities to promote gender equality because they are not clear what it means or how to do it.

Within the UNCT, UNDP should promote inter agency joint financing of gender equality programmes and develop common strategies for gender mainstreaming.

J. Strengthening African statistical systems to generate gender disaggregated data to support policies to promote gender equality and empowerment of women

They are also lobbying to ensure that legislators recognize the importance of drafting of laws that guarantee and promote gender equality.

The new Government has however not yet taken steps to promote gender equality, including through the development of policies and strategies to address gender gaps, the establishment of an office for gender equality, harmonization of law with the principles of gender equality and the allocation of funds for the action plan for gender equality.

Call upon States to continue their efforts to eradicate policies and practices that discriminate against women and to adopt laws and promote practices that protect the rights of women and promote gender equality

We welcome the focus on gender equality in development issues, but we would also like to see a focus on gender equality and the role of women in efforts to promote peace and conflict resolution.

Indeed, the United Nations was created to defend and promote the rights of persons and the dignity, freedom and equality of human beings. The United Nations was created to promote the equality of all nations, mutual respect, solidarity and the promotion of cooperation among States on an equal footing and for mutual benefit.

We can halve global poverty and stem the spread of major diseases, promote gender equality and empower women in 10 years time.

The aim of the roundtable is to strengthen civil society, promote equality between women and men, and support the women's cooperation network.

The curricula, study material used and research conducted shall facilitate the elimination of unequal treatment of men and women and promote equality.

In India, the National Policy for the Empowerment of Women sought to promote gender equality in all governmental laws, policies and programmes.

(d) Call upon States to continue their efforts to eradicate policies and practices that discriminate against women and to adopt laws and promote practices that protect the rights of women and promote gender equality

Through the Telefood campaign, launched in 1997 to promote greater awareness of the need and urgency to combat hunger and promote gender equality, FAO has supported several projects in Mali to empower rural women.

Through the Telefood campaign, launched in 1997 to promote greater awareness of the need and urgency to combat hunger and promote gender equality, FAO has supported several projects in Togo to empower rural women.

3. In order to promote equality and eliminate discrimination, States Parties shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that reasonable accommodation is provided.

The Commonwealth's 53 member States straddle nearly every continent in seeking to promote peace, strong democracies, good governance, gender equality and sustainable development.

Temporary special measures, within the meaning of article 4, aimed at more than removing existing inequalities they must also promote and accelerate equality.

The non governmental organization Women's Rights Association also grants annual awards to journalists of the press or electronic journalism, who systematically promote gender equality.

The Gender Equality Act sets out the prohibition of discrimination based on sex and the obligation to promote equal treatment for men and women.

Rather, the expectation is that all social and economic development work by UNDP should purposefully take account of gender differences, and promote gender equality.

To promote gender perspectives in legislation, the basic guarantees of equality were enshrined in the 1992 Constitution, which accorded specific articles to women's rights.