terça-feira, 10 de fevereiro de 2015

RELATÓRIO | Beijing + 20 | «The 4th Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States»




O Sumário Executivo começa assim: «The 20th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action represents an opportunity to assess the progress made by the EU in the area of gender equality since the last review five years previously. This report presents an assessment of key trends in the EU and its Member States in the period 2007–12, highlighting the areas where there has been progress and where challenges remain. What is indisputable is the extent to which the EU has focused on tackling gender inequality, not only since committing to monitoring the Beijing Critical Areas in 1995, but previously in its very early days after the Treaty of Rome. Globally, the EU has reaffirmed its commitment, developed many policies and ensured resources to make gender equality a reality. This involved many actors and institutions at EU level and in the Member States, who have been dedicated to achieving progress. Nevertheless, these organisations operate within a context, which, in the time frame of the review, (2007–12) has proved to be difficult; with an economic and financial crisis that had repercussions in many different areas, not least gender equality. In reviewing progress, it is therefore important to take this contextual landscape into consideration, the impact of which has seen some trends worsen within this interval». Continue a ler.



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