A redoubling of efforts was indicated, particularly as equality in educational opportunities was critical.

Differences based on sex that upset the equality of opportunities in labour are prohibited.

The Constitution evokes the equality of rights and opportunities between men and the women.

The Gender Equality Department will be transformed into an Equal Opportunities Sector.

Subject matter Equality of arms in connection with opportunities to question defence experts in criminal proceedings

The equality of opportunities for both men and women also concerns all stages of the DREAM Plan.

The emergence of new information and communication technologies (ICT) poses opportunities and challenges for the promotion of gender equality.

The following year, 2005, would provide a number of important opportunities for further promotion of gender equality and women's empowerment.

Furthermore, they will designate Equal Opportunities Coordinators in order to advance gender equality at the local level.

We note that equality of opportunities is a basic feature of all the projects of the EQUAL Initiative, in all measures.

These examples show the areas in which women have been increasing their participation in Brazilian society, in equality of conditions and opportunities.

Environmental protection projects offer opportunities for combating gender stereotypes and promoting gender equality, as in the Philippines and South Africa.

The General Secretariat for Gender Equality participates as a partner in Development Partnerships for the implementation of six (6) projects of the EQUAL Initiative, aiming at preserving the implementation of equality of opportunities in the framework of each programme.

Equality counsellors had the responsibility of promoting equal opportunities and monitoring the implementation of relevant legislation, inter alia by receiving complaints of gender based discrimination.

Greater gender equality can contribute to economic growth and development, and major initiatives to increase opportunities for women can transform society.

UNDP staff miss opportunities to promote gender equality because they are not clear what it means or how to do it.

Resources for gender equality initiatives targeting men and boys must not, however, compromise equal opportunities and resources for women and girls.

This Law regulates, promotes and protects the equality of genders, and guarantees equal opportunities for all citizens, both in public and private sphere of life.

The National Programme for Equality of Opportunities and Outcomes for Women in Education (PRIOME) had also seen significant achievements, particularly in terms of gender mainstreaming.

Study of the Equality of Opportunities between men and women and Agricultural Development , National Centre for Social Research Institute of Civic and Agricultural Sociology, April 2000.

In the Community Initiative EQUAL, axis 4 with the general goal Equal opportunities for both women and men contributes to the promotion of Pillar 4 of the National Action Plan for Employment Reinforcing the equality of opportunities between men and women .

WASHINGTON, DC In many countries, public debate about gender equality focuses mainly on women s access to top positions and high powered career opportunities.

While globalization provides wider opportunities for gender equality and justice, it also creates conditions that can perpetuate gender inequality in the work force.

The delegation interacted with representatives of local authorities, the Centre for the Equality of Opportunities and Opposition to Racism, NGOs and persons of African descent living in Belgium.

Equality. No individual and no nation must be denied the opportunity to benefit from development. The equal rights and opportunities of women and men must be assured.

The Environmental Policy gives a special attention to women through attention to programs of management of the natural resources, environment education and other programs that allow women to achieve equality of opportunities.

Most societies recognize a moral obligation to help ensure that young people can live up to their potential. Some countries even impose a constitutional mandate for equality of educational opportunities.

They create opportunities for the community to learn new skills and, by enabling people to act together, community development practitioners help to foster social inclusion and equality.

It stresses equality in that because small and medium sized States, which make up the vast majority of Members of the Organization, would have greatly enhanced opportunities to have access to the Security Council and to influence it on the basis of the principle of the sovereign equality of States.

The non governmental Organization European Network of Greek women Journalists (EDED), the aim of which is, inter alia, to promote equality of opportunities for women journalists, has participated, during the period 2000 2004, in a substantial number of E.U. Programmes with respective actions, aiming at informing women about new opportunities.

The Group of 77 and China also believed that gender equality was a prerequisite for development and peace. Jobs, meaningful work and educational opportunities were essential for such equality, since they would enable both women and men to influence, participate in and benefit from development processes.

It may refer either to equality of opportunity, the view that the government ought not to discriminate against citizens or hinder opportunities for them to prosper, or the quite different notion of equality of outcome, a state of economic affairs in which the government promotes equal prosperity for all citizens.

Humanitarian efforts must take account of women's needs, but there are also crucial opportunities relating to gender equality, because during periods of conflict or crisis women step out of their traditional gender roles.

Both men and women journalists, at an equal percentage (42.2 and 42.9 respectively) believe that in their profession there is no equality of opportunities as far as their development is concerned.

UNIFEM tracks the extent to which its partnerships, such as those described in section B above, contribute to expanded and sustainable opportunities to achieve gender equality and women's empowerment.

Some of the most important issues are employment opportunities, especially for the young access to productive assets public spending on the provision of basic social services gender equality and population policy and good governance.

The report provides an overview of challenges, opportunities and promising strategies for enhancing an enabling environment for gender equality and the advancement of women, with illustrative examples from the areas of education, health and work.

(l) Encourage private sector organizations to promote gender equality, including through its inclusion in their business plans and reports, and to establish structures to support the implementation of equal opportunities and gender mainstreaming

On the basis of equality in offering other persons properties and inherit properties according to a will or laws, women have full opportunities to exercise their equal rights with men in the field of inheritance.

Equality of Access

These data confirm the fact that some efforts are being made in the country to guarantee equality of opportunities and access to institutional services at the different levels and spheres of life political, economic, social and cultural.

An integrated response to the interrelated problems of social development, gender equality and human rights had increased the chances for the world's poorest and most vulnerable people to join the ranks of those who enjoyed greater opportunities.

(c) To work collectively so that sport and physical education can present opportunities for solidarity and cooperation in order to promote a culture of peace and social and gender equality and to advocate dialogue and harmony

(c) To work collectively so that sport and physical education can present opportunities for solidarity and cooperation in order to promote a culture of peace and social and gender equality and to advocate dialogue and harmony

Gender equality and women s empowerment, which are essential to overcoming poverty and disease, have made at best fitful progress, with insufficient improvement in girls schooling opportunities or in women s access to political authority.