Welcome to the Council
of Europe’s web site dedicated
to equality between women and men
This site
has been set up to provide information on all the Council of Europe’s
activities in the field of equality between women and men at intergovernmental
level. Since 1979, the Organisation has been promoting European co-operation
to achieve real equality between women and men. It possesses a wealth
of information on subjects such as violence against women, trafficking
in human beings, gender mainstreaming, positive action, balanced participation
in decision-making, national machinery for equality, men and gender
equality. These works are presented on this site that gives direct access
to several reports and studies. This site will be updated regularly.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with your comments.
NEWS
Gender Equality Conference "Media and the Image of Women", Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, 4-5 July 2013
 [17/05/2013,
Strasbourg] Every day, and the world over, we are exposed to images and information from a wide array of sources which play a crucial role in shaping our opinions, values and ideas of what is a desired and acceptable behaviour for women and men. Unfortunately, the visibility given to women in mass media, whether in text, audio, or audio-visual form is more often than not based on stereotypical portrayals of what is feminine and masculine. To raise the media's and the general public's awareness of gender equality issues in the media and discuss and exchange good practices on effective ways of combating gender stereotypes, the Gender Equality Commission of the Council of Europe, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands, is organising a conference on the theme of media and the image of women, to be held in Amsterdam on 4-5 July. The Conference aims to attract a wide range of participants, including the Council of Europe Network of National Focal Points on Gender Equality, representatives of national media regulatory authorities, journalists and representatives of the media.
Conference website
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"No Hate Speech Movement"
 [21/03/2013,
Strasbourg] An overflow of xenophobia, intolerance and
discrimination inundates cyberspace: Hate Speech online has
recently turned into a major form of human rights abuse, with
serious consequences both online and offline. Spreading,
inciting, justifying or promoting expressions of hatred amongst
young people on internet has become a pressing challenge for
today’s societies. The Council of Europe’s answer to these
compelling threats is the Youth project on combating Hate Speech
Online, an initiative aiming at fighting racism and
discrimination in the online articulation of hate speech
(more...)
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Thorbjørn Jagland: Women’s role in society is “strongest transformative
force” in the world today
On the
occasion of International Women’s Day, Council of Europe Secretary
General Thorbjørn Jagland paid tribute to the increasing role that
women are playing in societies worldwide. From politics to business
and their role in achieving peace, he described women’s role in
society as the “strongest transformative force in the world today.”
The Secretary General, however, warned that women “still earn less,
decide less and they are more often than men victims of violence”.
Jagland called upon governments to ratify the Council of Europe
Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and
domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) and to promote gender equality.
Video
message of the Secretary General
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57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
On the occasion of the fifty-seventh
session of the
Commission
on the Status of Women from 4 to 15 March 2013 the Council of
Europe held a
side-event entitled "Violence against Women:
our concern, our response". See a podcast of the side-event
here.
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GENDER EQUALITY
COMMISSION MEETING DOCUMENTS
3rd meeting
10-12 April
2013
The third meeting of the Gender Equality
Commission will take place in Strasbourg from 10 - 12 April.
Link to Meeting Documents
Link to Presentations
2nd meeting
14-16 November
2012
Report
1st meeting
6-8 June 2012
Report
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