The Council of Europe Ministerial Conference on Equality between Women and Men has ended with the adoption of a Resolution on “Achieving gender equality: a challenge for human rights and a prerequisite for economic development”.
The Ministers agreed on specific strategies for achieving gender equality and encouraged governments and all institutions and groups concerned to implement these strategies. In particular they called on the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers to actively assess the costs (personal, social and economic) of continuing gender inequality in its 46 member states.
 ''Gender inequality is unjust, unintelligent and expensive'' : Speech by Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
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main theme of the Conference was:
Human rights and economic challenges in Europe - gender equality
and the two sub themes were:
Gender equality as an integral part of human rights in a democratic society
Gender analysis and gender budgeting: tools for economic development |
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