Social equality in general education is basically ensured.

pointing out the new social roles of the two sexes and their social equality.

Gender Equality Department in the Ministry of Social Affairs

RS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Committee on Women's Social Position and Gender Equality

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Education is a key factor in the achievement of social justice and equality.

At the social level, we will help improve access to basic services with a view to enhancing equality and social cohesion.

Only social and economic development will provide us an opportunity to realize sovereign equality.

Implement the Social Safety Net program with special attention to ensure equality of women participation.

The adoption of public policies for equality has arisen out of a dialogue with social movements.

Not only must we recognize the principles of social equality, but words must be matched by deeds.

B. Interregional cooperation to strengthen social inclusion, gender equality and health promotion in the Millennium Development Goal process

Equality means different things to different people and at different times. Interpretations largely depend on the practical realities of the social, cultural, and political environment in which the principles of equality operate.

These efforts were furthered in the gender equality project that UNIFEM executed on behalf of UNDP and the Ministry of Social Affairs, resulting in the adoption of a national gender equality policy.

The Council exercises the latter task in cooperation with the Gender Equality Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs.

The reduction of unemployment and social inequality and the expansion of social investment are determining factors for human development in other words, sustainable economic growth within a democratic framework based on social and gender equality.

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

That is why its natural environment is democracy, since democracy promotes equality of civil, political and social rights for individuals.

In this way it has strengthened the position already held by international bodies, that the realization of the principle of gender equality, through a shift towards equality of opportunity, constitutes the actualization of social rights and the principle of the social state, in accordance to respect and protection of human rights.

The overarching framework in the context of economic and social equality is provided by Article 25 which guarantees the equality of all citizens before the law and entitles all citizens to the equal protection of the law.

Positive actions for equality that were included and implemented in all Operational Programmes have absorbed 237.285.686 of the European Social Fund contribution.

6 Gender Equality Striving for Justice in an Unequal World, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (United Nations publication, Sales No.

A wide range of economic, social and environmental factors affect the health, gender equality and participation of socially vulnerable groups in society.

The educational revolution is an axis of social cohesion and the road towards equality, the redistribution of income, and the opening of new channels for social mobility, without which democracy will remain incomplete.

All advocates for women's rights and gender equality must work to eliminate the economic and social conditions that keep girls out of school.

In 2003 and 2004, about 1,000 primary and secondary schoolteachers had been trained to give social science courses that taught human rights, gender equality, family and social cooperation and the rights and duties of citizens.

Experience elsewhere has demonstrated that success in development efforts was partly due to their linking growth to income redistribution and increased social equality, thus helping to reduce social tensions and contributing to political system reform.

The guidelines prepared by the Ministry of Social Affairs ( Impact assessment gender aspect ) provide a list of legally binding documents that contain norms for the promotion of gender equality, first of all for integrating gender equality into various policies and measures.

In 2003, the Open Society Institute conducted a gender equality monitoring survey commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs with the aim to find out the opinions and attitudes of society towards gender equality and the role of women and men.

Securing equality of women is achieved by strengthening of their status, education and their active participation in decision making process in all social sectors.

In Greece, issues of gender equality are discussed mainly from the viewpoint of civil and social rights, which of course constitutes an important dimension.

There is no question that the laws and regulations in force go a long way towards affirming the dignity and social equality of women.

Moreover, women's rights and gender equality were integrated into annual courses on family, labour and social law attended by district and regional court judges.

Effective gender mainstreaming should result in development that both enhances gender equality and removes gender related impediments to social, economic, and environmentally sound development.

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

Despite undergoing a serious political, economic and social crisis, Argentina had continued to respect its commitments concerning the effective enjoyment of human rights, thereby laying the foundations for sustainable development based on equality and social justice.

Adopt a human rights approach to macroeconomic issues that promotes sustainable development linking economic growth to gender equality, social development and environmental protection and peace.

According to the Gender Equality Act an official of the structural unit of the Ministry of Social Affairs which deals with gender equality provides consultation to all persons on matters related to implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women.

The Council also recommended that governments continue to use the principles set out in SUFA (equality, diversity, fairness, individual dignity and responsibility, sustaining social programmes and services) to guide the development of new social policies and programming.

The Government had seven tools to bring about gender equality reform of the education system extension and improvement of social protection and social security promotion of an economy based on solidarity social management of the rural economy social management of the public services promotion of entrepreneurship and improvements in the quality of urban life.

The capacity of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, which is charged with coordinating gender equality programmes within the Government, is still limited.

We are committed to further promoting the political and economic empowerment of women so that gender equality becomes a matter of human rights and social justice.

Yet equality before the law was not the same as equality in rights or gender equality.

Moreover, in the context of the above programme, the Research Centre for Gender Equality, in collaboration with the Ministry of Employment and Social Protection, the General Secretariat for Gender Equality and the Employment Inspectorate, has organized seminars for employment inspectors in Athens and Thessaloniki, concerning

This programme was co financed by the Directorate General of Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission (80 ) and the General Secretariat for Gender Equality (20 ).