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© EU Socrates project
‘WO-MEN: GENDER EQUALITY CREATES DEMOCRACY’
No. 109771-CP-1-2003-1-LT-GRUNDTVIG-G1
Transnational Cooperation Project
Co-financed by the
European Commission
DG Education & Culture
Socrates Programme
Contract No. 109771-CP-1-2003-1-LT-GRUNDTVIG-G1
Curriculum for the course
GENDER EQUALITY TRAINING
FOR DECISION-MAKERS,
EDUCATORS AND
LEADERS OF NGOs
SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND, SIF
Savanoriu pr. 1, LT – 44255 Kaunas, Lithuania
phone +370 37 208331, +370 37 206575
fax +370 37 206575
L.Mecajeva@lpf.lt
www.lpf.lt
www.women-employment.lt
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the Social Innovation Fund (LT)
for the Socrates Project
‘Wo-men: Gender Equality
Creates Democracy’
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
DIRECTORATE – GENERAL FOR EDUCATION AND
CULTURE
SOCRATES PROGRAMME
TRANSNATIONAL CO-OPERATION PROJECTS
WO-MEN: GENDER EQUALITY
CREATES DEMOCRACY
No. 109771-CP-1-2003-1-LT-GRUNDTVIG-G1
Introduction
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contact the co-ordinator of the project:
SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND, SIF
Savanoriu pr. 1, LT – 44255 Kaunas, Lithuania
phone +370 37 208331, +370 37 206575
fax +370 37 206575
L.Mecajeva@lpf.lt
www.lpf.lt
www.women-employment.lt
This curriculum is
one of the results of
co-operative activities of partners of the
EU Socrates project “Wo-Men: Gender
Equality Creates Democracy”.
The project aims to promote European
values on gender equality and
democracy through lifelong learning
and develop quantitative and qualitative
instruments to monitor the application
of gender sensitive policies. The
sustainable, democratic development
of society cannot be realised without
gender-balanced policies taking into
account representation, resources
and results. The project therefore
targets policy and decision makers,
adult educators and leaders of NGOs,
who have the ability to influence and
improve gender-balanced policies at
local, regional and national levels,
which address the needs of people
facing gender-based discrimination.
This project will also contribute to the
process of EU enlargement by enabling
the sharing of good practice with
regard to gender equality structures
and policies between Western
countries, (where this process started
more that twenty years ago) and
the accession countries, (in which
gender equality policies exist only at a
conceptual stage). The main activities
are orientated towards stimulating
the demand for lifelong learning on
gender equality and developing social
partnerships between organisations
from civil society and the political world
in order to bring about gender equality
initiatives for the most disadvantaged
people.
Information about the partnership, results and outcomes may be found on the
project website:
http://www.gender-equality.webinfo.lt
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PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR
SOCIALINIŲ INOVACIJŲ FONDAS
Social Innovation Fund, SIF
Savanoriu pr. 1, LT – 44255 Kaunas, Lithuania
phone +370 37 208331, +370 37 206575
fax +370 37 206575
L.Mecajeva@lpf.lt
www.lpf.lt / www.women-employment.lt
PROJECT PARTNERS
LYGIŲ GALIMYBIŲ KONTROLIERIAUS TARNYBA
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
Seimyniskiu g. 1a, LT-09312 Vilnius, Lithuania
phone +370 5 2612787
fax +370 5 2612725
mvlgk@lrs.lt
www.lygybe.lrs.lt
The main outputs of the project are:
u Comparative analysis of the
structures of gender equality machinery
in the countries involved.
u Good practice guide on the
implementation of innovative measures
in the partner countries to promote
gender equality through lifelong
learning.
u Survey report on indicators of gender
equality/inequality.
u Needs analyses on lifelong learning
training on gender equality for
decision and policy makers, educators
and managers of adult education
organisations, as well as leaders of
NGOs.
u Curriculum and electronic manual on
CD-ROM “Gender equality education
for policy and decision makers, adult
educators and leaders of NGOs”.
u Trans-national training course for the
further training of adult education staff
to work with the prepared CD-ROM,
matching this course to a Grundtvig 3
programme.
u Project Website.
u Leaflets about the project activities,
outcomes and results.
u International seminar “Promoting
Gender Equality through Social
Partnership and Education”.
u Conference “Gender Equality
Creates Democracy”.
NAISYRITTÄJYYSKESKUS RY
Women’s Enterprise Agency
Kaisaniemenkatu 4 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
phone +358 9 54 224466
fax +358 9 54 224455
ritva.nyberg@nyek.fi
www.nyek.fi
TYÖTERVEYSLAITOS
Institute of Occupational Health
Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland
phone +358 304741
fax +358 30474 2779
kaisa.kauppinen@ttl.fi
www.ttl.fi
STOCKPORT COLLEGE
Stockport College
Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3UQ, United Kingdom
phone +44 161 958 3371
fax +44 161 958 3371
rob.cartwright@stockport.ac.uk
www.stockport.ac.uk
GRUPUL PENTRU INTEGRARE EUROPEANA
Group for European Integration [GIE]
Calea Bucuresti, 15L, C, 19, 0300-Pitesti, Romania
phone +40 722 551 834
fax +40 248 219744
gie@gie.ro
www.gie.ro
ATHENA – SPOLEČNOST PRO VZDĚLÁVÁNÍ A ROZVOJ ŽEN
ATHENA - Association for Education and Development of Women
Přemyslovců 48, 709 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic
phone +420 599 529 980
fax +420 599 529 980
athena@wo.cz
www.athena.euweb.cz
PÄDAGOGISCHE AKADEMIE DES BUNDES IN WIEN
The State College of Education in Vienna
Ettenreichgasse 45a, A-1100 Vienna, Austria
phone +43 01 602 91 92/240
fax +43 01 603 41 39
hac@pabw.at
www.pabw.at
ДРУЖЕСТВО ЗА РАЗПРОСТРАНЕНИЕ НА ЗНАНИЯ “МИСЪЛ”
Association of Spread of Knowledge “Missal”
15, Hristo Botev str. 5000, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
phone +359 88 789025
fax +359 62 62 19 14
misal@infotel.bg
www.misal.org
GENDER EQUALITY TRAINING
FOR DECISION MAKERS,
EDUCATORS AND
LEADERS OF NGOs
Course will constitute one credit of
the European Credit Transfer System
for non-formal adult education. Total
duration of 27 academic hours,
including: 15 contact academic hours
(12 academic hours for theory and
practice and 3 academic hours for
certification) and 12 academic hours for
student work (at home).
Outline
This course is one of the
results of the EC Grundtvig
1 project “Wo-Men – Gender equality
creates democracy” and is built on
the basis of survey “Needs analysis
on lifelong learning training on gender
equality”, which was completed in 7
European countries. More information
about this survey and the project in
general could be found under http://
www.gender-eguality.webinfo.lt.
It has to be stressed that sustainable,
democratic development of the society
cannot be realized without genderbalanced policies taking into account
representation, resources and results.
This course therefore strives to
promote European values on gender
equality and democracy through
lifelong learning. It is developed with
the aim to provide initial in-service
training on Gender Equality. The
course targets policy and decision
makers, adult educators and leaders of
NGOs who have the ability to influence
and improve gender-balanced
policies at local, regional and national
levels. It also seeks to develop social
partnership between organisations
from civil society and the political
world to bring about gender equality
initiatives.
Responding to the recommendations
developed as the result of the survey
“Needs analysis on lifelong learning
training on gender equality”, the course
will investigate and discuss key subject
matters through a series of specific
modules, including the following
topics: gender equality machinery
and policies at European and national
levels, gender aspects related to
political and public life, labour market,
health, family life, violence, social life,
education, rural areas, and economic
development, as well as analysis
of lifelong initiatives and projects
on implementing gender equality in
Europe.
The content of these specific modules
will be related to key aspects, which
were identified in the Survey Report
on Indicators of Gender Equality/
Inequality, developed during the
project.
The course is flexible: some of
specific modules may be delivered
independently of the other modules
within the Curriculum, or as part of an
in-service training course or any other
training programme.
Aim and objectives of the
course The main aim of the course
is to stimulate demand for
lifelong learning on gender equality
through the development of social
partnership between organisations
from civil society and political world.
The general objectives of the course
are the following:
u To improve understanding of gender
equality and gender mainstreaming at
European level.
u To analyse and compare existing
national policies and national
machineries on gender equality.
u To encourage balanced participation
of men and women in various aspects of
local development in all spheres of life.
u To exchange good practices.
u To define the ways of influencing
public policy on gender equality issues.
Duration in academic hours
Content of the course
Total
Theory
Practice
I. Theory & practice:
12
6,5
5,5
1. Aim and objectives of the course. Needs’
analysis
0,3
0,3
-
2. Gender equality in European Union
(machinery and policies)
0,6
0,6
-
3. National machineries and policies on
gender equality
0,8
0,5
0,3
4. Gender and political and public life
1,0
0,5
0,5
5. Gender and labour market
1,0
0,5
0,5
6. Gender and health
1,0
0,5
0,5
7. Gender and family
1,0
0,5
0,5
8. Gender and violence
1,0
0,5
0,5
9. Gender and social life (with special emphasis
on ageing population)
1,0
0,5
0,5
10. Gender and education
1,0
0,5
0,5
11. Gender and rural areas
1,0
0,5
0,5
12. Gender and economic development
1,0
0,5
0,5
13. Lifelong initiatives and projects on
implementing gender equality in Europe
1,3
0,6
0,7
II. Student’s work (at home)
12
III. Assessment and certification
3
Total:
27
Learning outcomes /
competences
By the end of the course the participant
will be able to:
u Understand the basics of gender
equality as well as European Union
gender mainstreaming policy.
u Analyse European and national
policies regarding gender equality.
u Evaluate gender machineries
of different countries and develop
suggestions for their improvement.
u Analyse key issues related to gender
equality in political and public life, in
the labour market, health, family life,
violence, social life, education, rural
areas and in economic development.
u Define new ways of implementing
gender equality practices.
u Utilise existing projects, good
practices and networks for improving
situation on gender equality.
u Influence the policy for improving
gender balance at regional, national
and international levels.
u Create awareness and define ways
to ensure equal opportunities for
women and men.
Teaching & learning
strategies
u Teaching using Power Point
presentations on CD-ROM and
handouts.
u Active learning from each other
using round table discussions, practical
exercises and case studies.
u Homework, including analysis and
study of the following project outputs:
• Comparative Analysis of Gender
Equality Structures.
• Tools for change: a Good Practice
Guide Promoting Gender Equality
through Education & Lifelong
Learning.
• Needs Analysis on Lifelong
Learning Training on Gender
Equality for the Project’s Target
Group.
• Survey Report on Indicators of
Gender Equality/Inequality.
u Assessment and certification, which
consists of two stages: completion
of multiple-choice test and active
participation in the problem-based
group discussion.
Required teaching /
learning facilities
u Classroom for 10 – 20 participants.
u Multimedia projector and laptop.
u CD-ROM with Power-Point
presentations.
u Flipchart.
u Paper and pens.
u Learning materials: project output
mentioned above.
u CD-ROMs: “Women’s Human
Rights”, “Gender Equality and Rural
Women”, “ProACT – Self-employment
Handbook” which are outputs of other
European projects.
u Multiple-choice test for assessment.
u Template for Certificates.
Assessment / evaluation
strategies
Certification will be provided to trainees,
who have proven their understanding
of subject and have shown activity and
competence in the group discussions.
Assessment of trainees’ knowledge will
be performed in two steps:
1. Trainees will be asked to complete
a multiple-choice test that will help to
assess their knowledge. Time given: 10
– 15min. For certification it is required
to provide correct answers to at least
50% of questions. General time
consumption (including organization of
test and checking over the answers of
trainees) is 1 academic hour.
2. Trainees will be divided into groups
of 2 or 3. They will be provided with
problem-based case studies. The
discussions within the groups will be
set in order to perform analysis of the
situation described. Each group will
present its work to the whole class and
the tutor, who will make evaluation of
trainees’ competence and activity in
the group discussions. General time
consumption is 2 academic hours
(group work – 0,5 ac. hour, presentation
– 0,5 ac. hour, final assessment and
certification (1 ac. hour).
Module 1
Module 1. Aim and objectives of the course. Need’s analysis
Module 2. Gender equality in EU (machinery and policies)
Module 3. National policies on gender equality
AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE
COURSE. NEEDS’ ANALYSIS.
Module 4. Gender and political and public life
Module 5. Gender and labour market
Module 6. Gender and health
Module 7. Gender and family
Specific objectives of the module:
u Introduce project “Wo-Men:
Gender Equality Creates
Democracy” to the trainees.
Module 8. Gender and violence
u Present the study “Needs’
Module 9. Gender and social life (with special emphasis on Analysis on Lifelong Learning
ageing population)
Module 10. Gender and education
Module 11. Gender and rural areas
Module 12. Gender and economic development
Module 13. Lifelong initiatives and projects on implementing 10
gender equality in Europe
This module is an introduction to the
whole course. The trainees will get
general information about the project
“Wo-Men: Gender Equality Creates
Democracy”, on which the training
was developed. This module contains
brief explanation of how the curriculum
was wdeveloped through European
cooperation on the basis of study “Needs
Analysis on Lifelong Learning Training on
Gender Equality”, which was performed
in 7 European countries striving to meet
needs of target groups at European level.
The main aim and objectives of the whole
course are also introduced in this module.
Training on Gender Equality”.
u Introduce main aim and
objectives of the course.
u
u
u
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Module 2
Module 3
GENDER EQUALITY IN EU
(MACHINERY AND POLICIES)
Specific objectives of the module:
u Review gender machinery and
gender mainstreaming policies in
European Union.
u Discuss EU institutional
framework and legislation in the
field of gender equality.
u Promote awareness and critical
thinking about effectiveness of
gender mainstreaming policies at
European level.
NATIONAL POLICIES
ON GENDER EQUALITY
This module contains general information
about institutional framework of gender
equality, stressing that European Union
has structural approach to achieving
gender equality. The departments
and other structural units of European
Commission and European Parliament,
which work in gender equality field, are
described in this module. The legislation
on gender equality in European Union is
also introduced, including main treaties
and number of joint directives that go
into more detail about the goals that
the Member States have agreed on in
the treaties. The module also contains
review on gender equality policies in
European Union and presents main
ideas highlighted in the EU action
programmes on gender equality issues.
References (official web-sites) to these
policies and institutions will be given to
the participants.
u
u
u
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Specific objectives of the module:
u Review national policies and
machineries of gender equality.
u Discuss differences and
similarities of gender equality
machineries and policies in
different countries.
u Promote awareness and critical
thinking concerning challenges
to gender equality in different
countries.
The module gives review of national
policies and machineries on gender
equality in project partner countries
(Lithuania, Finland, Austria, United
Kingdom, Romania, Bulgaria and
Czech Republic). Each country’s
national legislation concerning gender
equality, including particular articles of
constitution, special laws, codes, and
plans of action, as well as ratifications
of various international conventions and
EU directives, is analyzed in detail in this
module. Gender equality machinery at
governmental level, non-governmental
sector and at social partnership level is
also exhaustively explained. The module
describes challenges to gender equality
in each country and offers discussion on
how to surmount these challenges, using
experience of other European countries.
u
u
u
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Module 4
Module 5
GENDER AND POLITICAL
AND PUBLIC LIFE
Specific objectives of the module:
u Review gender equality in
political and public life through
analysis, evaluation and
comparison of indicators from
different countries.
u Discuss and define the ways
of breaking gender stereotypes in
political and public life.
u Promote participation of
women in politics.
GENDER AND LABOUR MARKET
The module provides useful information
about gender equality in political and
public life. It offers definitions of gender
equality, gender mainstreaming, and
gender quotas. Module reviews present
situation of gender equality in political and
public life in different partner countries
(Lithuania, Finland, Austria, United
Kingdom, Romania, Bulgaria and Czech
Republic), allows analysing, evaluating
and comparing information about gender
representation, referring to statistical
indicators. It helps to understand
main gender equality problems and
suggests ways to solve them. Breaking
of stereotypes and provision of reliable
examples how to implement gender
equality in political and public life is
essential part of this work. The module
suggests discussion about specific
measures to achieve gender equality
and round table discussion about good
practices in political and public life in
different countries.
u
u
u
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Specific objectives of the module:
u Review gender equality in
labour market through analysis,
evaluation and comparison
of indicators from different
countries.
u Discuss reliable examples of
good practice in implementing
gender equality on labour market.
u Promote awareness and
create positive attitude among
the decision makers, educators
and leaders of NGOs upon the
importance of making gender
equality within labour market a
reality.
The module provides useful information
and supports knowledge transfer about
the contemporary labour market from
European perspective. It offers the
definition of gender mainstreaming in the
labour market, describes employment
problems related to gender equality at
European level, presents EU gender
mainstreaming legislation for labour
market and emphasizes the main EU
tools for gender information and statistics
on labour market. A comparison between
different national contexts related to
gender inequality existing in the EU in
the field of employment is also facilitated
through the present module by using
available EU statistical indicators on the
issue. Using the information outlined,
wide discussions on good practice
examples and promotion of implementing
gender equality on labour market will be
encouraged to affect positive changes.
u
u
u
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Module 6
Module 7
GENDER AND HEALTH
Specific objectives of the module:
u Review gender equality
in health through analysis,
evaluation and comparison
of indicators from different
countries.
u Discuss and identify a rationale
for, and good practice of, working
towards a healthier society.
u Promote gender specific healthy
life style initiatives in various
countries.
GENDER AND FAMILY
This module outlines, that in many
countries the life expectancy of
women is longer than that of men. This
phenomenon is notable across the world,
not only within the EU. The module
stresses that health is not a genderneutral issue and offers explanation
for difference in the life expectancy of
women and men. Gender segregated
health issues are also analysed in
this module on the basis of statistical
indicators. The module also suggests
what actions should be taken for health
promotion in various countries, what are
the priorities and what can be learned
from good practices in other countries.
The course develops understand that
health promotion action plans, e.g.,
European road safety action programme
and alcohol prevention programmes,
should be gender mainstreamed in order
to achieve expected outcomes. The
module suggests discussion about such
specific topics as smoking, suicides,
self-harm and fatal motor accidents within
gender equality aspects.
u
u
u
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Specific objectives of the module:
u Review the situation
concerning family life from
gender specific point of view on
the basis of statistical indicators.
u Discuss the role of legislation
This module aims to define and analyse
current family systems across a range
of European countries (on the basis
of statistical indicators) with particular
emphasis on the changing nature of
male and female roles. The information
will be subject to theoretical critique and
consider the impact of local policy and
legislation in relation to family centred
gender issues. Using a variety of teaching
methods including discussion and case
studies participants will be encouraged
to consider activities undertaken by
their organisations to embrace and
support diversity as part of the process to
promote gender equality within the family.
and social policy in evolving
family demography and increase
awareness and understanding of
gender equality issues specific to
family life.
u Promote activities to embrace
and empower non-stereotypical
concepts of gendered roles with
the goal of supporting diversity in
family life.
u
u
u
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Module 8
Module 9
GENDER AND VIOLENCE
Specific objectives of the module:
u Review the situation
concerning violence from gender
specific point of view on the basis
of statistical indicators.
u Discuss forms, causes and
implications of gender related
violence.
u Promote ways of preventing
violence with the help of
supporting institutions.
The module gives definitions of violence,
gender based violence and violence
against women. It also describes
the most common forms of violence
against women and analyses gendersegregated data on this issue on the
basis of statistical indicators from
different European countries. The module
also gives practical instruction how to
protect ourselves efficiently against
discrimination, violence, and cruelty. It
aims to de-stigmatise disclosure related
to the above-mentioned issues and
intends to create general awareness on
what the decision makers, educators and
leaders of NGOs can do. Information
about the actual situation in legislation,
public campaigns in Europe and role of
NGOs is analysed in this module. It also
seeks to enhance trainees’ awareness
about the influence of media (challenge
a discussion in the society, change of
atmosphere). The module strives to
ensure implementation of this knowledge
into their everyday professional work
and public activities. Practical exercises
on organizing public campaigns against
violence and increase their effectiveness
will be offered.
u
u
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GENDER AND SOCIAL LIFE
WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON
AGEING POPULATION
Specific objectives of the module:
u Review the situation
concerning social problems from
a gender specific point of view on
the basis of statistical indicators.
u Discuss reasons of gendersegregated poverty and ageing
population issues.
u Promote awareness and critical
thinking concerning genderrelated social problems and search
for ways of solving them.
The module analyses gender-related
issues in social life. Feminisation of
poverty is highlighted in this module as
one of the most important social problems
nowadays even in developed European
countries, statistical indicators show,
that women have a higher incidence
of poverty than men, and that their
poverty is more severe than that of men.
The other topical issue of social life in
European Union is ageing population.
The module analyses age of retirement
in different European countries (with help
of statistical indicators), and highlights
effects of ageing on the economy of EU.
It also stresses gender-related issues of
ageing population. Practical exercises on
searching solutions for these major social
problems are offered in the framework of
this module.
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Module 10
Module 11
GENDER AND EDUCATION
Specific objectives of the module:
u Review the situation on gender
equality in the field of education
and science in Europe on the
basis of statistical indicators.
u Discuss gender related
inequalities and stereotypes in the
field of education.
GENDER AND RURAL AREAS
The module will offer an overview on
the situation of the gender equality
in education and science in various
countries and will highlight some issues
of European and national legislation in
context of gender equality in education.
It will present and analyse statistical
indicators related to educational issues
and present ways of changing the attitude
of the trainees on gender stereotyping
in education. Aiming to promote genderbalanced position of educators at all
levels and provision of non gender biased
education and careers guidance, this
module will offer practical exercises,
including the use of web-based resources
and brainstorming on ways to change the
attitude to gender equality in education
and discussion on the specific measures
to be taken.
u Promote understanding of
necessity of gender-balanced
position of educators at all levels.
u Promote provision of nongender biased education and
careers guidance.
Specific objectives of the module:
u Review gender equality
problems in rural areas through
analysis, evaluation and
comparison of indicators from
different countries.
u Discuss the situation of men’s
and women’s involvement into
rural development and ways
u
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of encouraging rural women to
improve their professional status.
u Promote higher standard of
rural development programs
and projects taking into account
gender issues.
This module will consider specific gender
indicators related to rural life and work,
and will include subject categories to
encourage understanding and awareness
of the unambiguous gender implications
significant to rural life. This module
is intended to address the following
problems: differences in participation of
women and men in rural development
and decision-making, unequal benefiting
from the structural funds and gender
problems caused by ageing rural
population. Practical exercises and
case studies will be offered aimed at
increasing participant’s understanding of
inequality between women and men in
professional life in rural areas, including
lack of possibilities of starting business or
developing farm for women in rural areas.
Discussions on ways to contribute to
rural development programs and projects
taking into account gender issues will be
prompted as well in the framework of this
module.
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Module 12
Module 13
GENDER AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
Specific objectives of the module:
u Review aspects of genderbalanced economic development
through analysis, evaluation and
comparison of indicators from
different countries.
u Discuss information concerning
governmental policies and
good practices on promoting
and supporting female
entrepreneurship and genderbalanced economic development.
u Promote and strengthen the
situation of women in business life.
The module will analyse the information
provided by the Global Entrepreneurship
Monitor (GEM), that there is no country
where women are more active than men
in entrepreneurship. It will be supported
also by an analysis of statistical
indicators. Women’s entrepreneurial
activities will be shown as one potential
source for economic development in
many countries, due to new services
and growth in standard of living and
restructuring of the public sector services.
All of these open up new arenas for new
business activities. The module will show
the effects of female entrepreneurs in
various countries. In order to get more
women into entrepreneurial activities
much more targeted initiatives are
needed. This is why best practice
examples from other countries, including
governmental policies, private and
public initiatives on promoting and
supporting female entrepreneurship, will
be presented for discussion within this
module.
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LIFELONG INITIATIVES AND
PROJECTS ON IMPLEMENTING
GENDER EQUALITY IN EUROPE
Specific objectives of the module:
u Review importance of
lifelong learning on gender
mainstreaming.
u Discuss European initiatives
and projects in the field.
u Promote interception of
experiences and synergy of diverse
initiatives and European projects
on implementing gender equality
in Europe.
The module emphasises importance of
lifelong learning in the field of gender
mainstreaming, highlighting possibilities
to analyse and gain experience from
lifelong learning initiatives at community,
national and European level. The
module introduces some European
projects, such as Political Education
and Learning for Gender Mainstreaming
Implementation, GEcel: Civic Education
and Learning for Gender Mainstreaming,
MENPART, DELOA, OASIS network
(http://www.oasis-europa.org) and the
European network of the adult education
organizations working on women’s
employment issues (http://www.womenemployment.lt/), etc. It emphasises the
importance of utilising these and other
existing projects, good practices and
networks for improving situation on
gender equality in all spheres of life at
community, national and European levels.
u
u
u
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References (reading list /
bibliography)
1. The International Women’s Rights Action Watch
http://iwraw.igc.org/
2. European Women’s Lobby
http://www.womenlobby.org/
3. European Commission’s webpages on Gender Equality
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/gender_equality/index_en.html
4. A Roadmap for Equality between Women and Men 2006-2010
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2006/com2006_0092en01.pdf
5. EU legislation on equality between men and women
http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/s02310.htm
6. Council of Europe: focus on human rights
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Com/About_Coe/Human_rights.asp
7. FEMM: Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
http://www.europarl.eu.int/committees/femm_home_en.htm
8. A Memorandum on Lifelong Learning
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/policies/lll/life/memoen.pdf
9. Fourth World Conference on Women Beijing Declaration
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform/declar.htm
10. Women and men in decision-making
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/women_men_stats/index_en.htm
11. Equal treatment in employment and occupation
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/gender_equality/legislation/
wequal_treatment_en.html
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