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. The site being constantly
developed and updated, do not hesitate to contact us with your comments.
At the 119th meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers in
Madrid, 12 May 2009, Ministers for Foreign Affaires and representatives of
the 47 Council of Europe member states adopted the
Declaration: Making gender equality a reality. 20 years after its
Declaration on equality of women and men, the Committee of Ministers renewed
its commitment to achieve a real equality between women and men and urged
its Member States to commit themselves fully to bridging the gap between
equality in fact and in law.
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Recommendation CM/Rec (2010) 10 of the Committee of Ministers to member
states on the role of women and men in conflict prevention and resolution
and in peach building was adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 30 June
2010 at the 1089th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies
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brochure: Working towards a convention on preventing and combating
violence against women and domestic violence
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The 7th Council of Europe Conference of Minister
responsible for Equality between women and men was held on 24-25 May 2010 in
Baku, Azerbaijan. The main theme of the Conference was:
"Gender equality: bridging the gap between de jure and de facto equality"
There were two sub-themes
dedicated to:
Positive
action and gender mainstreaming to achieve de facto gender equality;
Combating
gender stereotypes: the role of education and the media
Parity Democracy – a far cry from reality
This study concludes that in recent
years no major progress has been achieved to increase the presence of women
in political decision making bodies. The report calls for the creation of a
new momentum in member states to implement the 2003 Council of Europe
Committee of Ministers
Recommendation which set a 40% minimum threshold in public decision
making bodies for both men and women.
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Positive
action and gender mainstreaming to achieve de facto gender equality;