Gender Equality Act

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

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

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

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

On 1 May 2004 the Gender Equality Act entered into force.

The Gender Equality Act already contains a number of special measures.

The Spanish administration has also promoted gender based positive discrimination by approving gender equality legislation in 2007 aimed at providing equality between genders in Spanish political and economic life (Gender Equality 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.

Necessary legal grounds and responsible institutions are provided for in the Gender Equality Act.

The revised version of the Gender Equality Act of Norway (2002) enhanced the responsibility for gender mainstreaming in public policies.

The Gender Equality Act also protects against the use of counter measures by the employer.

The Gender Equality Commissioner is an independent and impartial expert who monitors compliance with the requirements set out in the Gender Equality Act and gives opinions regarding complaints submitted by persons.

In Finland, the Act on Equality states that the promotion of gender equality is the task of all Government ministries and that gender mainstreaming must be carried out in the entire State administration.

Gender equality and gender mainstreaming

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

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Gender equality overcoming pervasive gender bias

Gender Equality Council

Promoting gender equality

The General Secretariat for Gender Equality and the Research Centre for Gender Equality (K.E.TH.I.

According to the Gender Equality Act an injured party may demand compensation for damage and termination of the harmful activity.

The right to equal conditions and selection criteria in employing men and women is established in the Gender Equality Act.

(a) Gender equality factors

The Gender Equality Commissioner

In such cases the court may award compensation based not only on the Gender Equality Act but also on other acts.

The Gender Equality Act establishes the duty of the employer to ensure that employees do not become victims of sexual harassment.

The UNDP gender mainstreaming mandate includes promoting gender equality.

In 2002, BDP issued a gender equality policy note describing effective entry points for advancing gender equality.

Ireland's far reaching equality legislation included the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000.

BiH Law on Gender Equality

Women's position and gender equality

Gender equality in economic life.

European policies for gender equality

General Secretariat for Gender Equality

(Research Centre for Gender Equality)

Promoting gender equality (MDG 3)

Gender equality in legal acts

That ultimately hindered gender equality.

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

According to the Gender Equality Act an official of the structural unit of the Ministry of Social Affairs which deals with gender equality provides consultation to all persons on matters related to implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women.

9 Taking Action Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women (Millennium Project, Task Force on Education and Gender Equality, 2005).

Gender Equality as a Development Goal