Gender Equality in SPECIFIC Operational Programme Interventions

The report was complemented by a report of the Millennium Project Task Force on Education and Gender Equality, in which specific action to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women was proposed.

Several of these resolutions provided specific recommendations for action on gender equality or the advancement of women.

Resolutions did not always include an analysis of gender perspectives or recommendations for specific action on gender equality and the advancement of women.

Some countries reported on specific gender research and analysis undertaken to assess gender discrimination in the labour market.

An increasing number of Member States utilize gender mainstreaming and specific interventions to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women. Policy frameworks for gender mainstreaming have improved at national level.

In two of its resolutions addressing the role of the United Nations system, the General Assembly made specific proposals for action on gender equality.

Decree 104 2003 ND CP provides specific regulations and guidelines to implement provisions on the gender equality of the Ordinance on Population.

Based on the Gender Equality Act the Gender Equality Council will be established.

Gender equality

Equality of the sexes

D. Gender balance

Gender equality

Gender Equality Act

Gender Equality Council

Gender equality

R. Gender

The Gender Equality Act provides for the creation of a new institution the Gender Equality Commissioner.

The constitution of the Disability Promotion Advocacy Association specifically provides for a gender balance in its governing body and in 2004, four out of the seven members were women.

UNDP also has particular responsibilities for example, in regard to the MDGs from which it derives the obligation and the opportunity to promote gender equality.

With regard to articles 10 and 90 of the Constitution, she stressed that her Government was fully aware of its responsibility to promote gender equality and of the option of implementing specific measures at its discretion.

The Gender Equality Commissioner has the duty to monitor the compliance with the norms established in the Act.

The Gender Equality Council approves the general guidelines of gender equality policy, consults the Government on issues of strategy for the promotion of gender equality and presents to the Government its position on the conformity with the Gender Equality Act of national programmes submitted by the ministries.

Gender Equality as a Development Goal

Gender equality and empowerment of women

(a) Gender equality factors

Women's position and gender equality

i. Gender Equity Policy

European policies for gender equality

Gender equality in legal acts

The Gender Equality Commissioner

Promoting gender equality

In its resolution 59 147 on the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond, the General Assembly did not make specific recommendations for action on gender equality.

Gender Balance Among WFP Staff

Two new institutions will be created according to the Act Gender Equality Commissioner and Gender Equality Council.

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

C. Gender equality and women's empowerment

Gender Equity Policy and The Nine Benchmarks

Women's Occupational Distribution and Gender Segregation

The Secretary General for Gender Equality

Household structures and gender relations

E. Gender equality and the empowerment of women

Promoting greater gender equity.

The Global Gender Gap Report 2006 ranked Sweden as the number one country in terms of gender equality.

The gender equality objective in education is underpinned by commitment to the 1997 document entitled Gender Equity A Framework for Australian Schools .