Promoting gender equality

Special Secretariat on Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality (Secretaria Especial de Políticas de Promoção da Igualdade Racial)

Bosnia and Herzegovina has made a significant progress in guaranteing legal Equality to women, since de jure there were no obstacles for strengthening position of women in society and their affirmation.

Greater equality reinforces the ambition for still more equality.

Goal 3 (promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women).

As far as the concepts of equality and equity were concerned, she informed the Committee that a mass media campaign, entitled Iguales en todos (Equal in Everything), had been launched with a view to promoting a culture of equality.

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

In Myanmar, we have made great strides in fostering gender equality.

Promoting gender equality (MDG 3)

Recognizing the importance of science and technology in promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women,

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

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

This resulted in an advisory memorandum aimed at promoting gender equality.

Its current structure is divided into the Central Administration Division, Networks Promotion and Development Division, the Bureau of Gender Equality Promotion and the Bureau of Family Institution Promotion with 157 officers.

Following are some of the results achieved to date in promoting equality between men and women

(a) Macro level. Policies and laws strengthened to achieve gender equality in democratic governance

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

The UNDP gender mainstreaming mandate includes promoting gender equality.

strengthening institutional mechanisms (Agencies for Gender Equality of BiH and Entity Gender Centers),

Women's equal rights in the field of employment continue to be promoted along with the national process of (Doi Moi) reforms.

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

Welcoming the United Nations Millennium Declaration and its call for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women,

INSTRAW is one of four United Nations entities specializing in the promotion of gender equality.

The evaluation therefore addressed itself to the range of UNDP work, including corporate and institutional policy its contribution to shaping national and international development policy and its regional and country programmes. Gender mainstreaming implies that UNDP should

The Special Secretariat on Policies Women (SPM) and the Special Secretariat on Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR) creation intensified this commitment.

(c) Meso level. Gender equality advocates have the knowledge and capacity to spearhead and transform policies and programmes to promote gender equality in democratic governance

In addition to the Employment Equality Act and the Equal Status Act he had just mentioned, equality was promoted by an Equality Authority.

Progress towards promoting gender equality has been significant since 1946, when the equality of the sexes was first promulgated in the DPRK.

Since the submission of the last report by Estonia, the number of institutions dealing with the promotion of equality between women and men has increased.

The measures outlined above strengthen the international framework for promoting equal treatment and combating discrimination.

To promote gender equality and the empowerment of women as effective ways to combat poverty, hunger and disease and to stimulate development that is truly sustainable.

Reaffirming the United Nations Millennium Declaration and its call for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women,

Women's organizations continue to play an active and valuable role in the promotion of gender equality in Israel.

Dialogue, both among political parties and with non governmental organizations that are active in the field of promoting gender equality.

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

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

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

The Ministry of Education (MEC), together with the Special Secretariat on Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR), created an Inter Ministerial Committee for Affirmative Action Policies.

Pursuant to paragraph 5 of this Article it is allowed to set forth special measures in the aim of promoting equality and equity of genders and elimination of the existing inequality, or protection of genders based on biological determination.

Affirming that the realization of the right to education, especially for girls, contributes to the promotion of gender equality and the eradication of poverty,

(d) Promoting women's equal access to labour markets, sustainable employment and adequate labour protection

It should also be pointed out that public policies are increasingly aimed at promoting gender equality and respect for the country's cultural diversity.

Reaffirming the importance of the enhancement of international cooperation and equal participation of all States in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and in responding to human rights challenges through the strengthening of existing international human rights mechanisms,

Reaffirming the importance of the enhancement of international cooperation and equal participation of all States in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and in responding to human rights challenges through the strengthening of existing international human rights mechanisms,

The Declaration recognized that the successful promotion of development, security and human rights required the full and equal participation of women.