This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the role Nordic countries have played as exporters and importers of gender equality policies, and of how Europeanisation has framed the development and harmonisation of legislation and politics between the countries, with global consequences. This book explores the Europeanisation process and the political diversity of national and regional policies, together with the crucial ways practices in the family life and the labour market concerning gender equality depend on cultural and religious norms and group interests. With contributions on: same-sex families : good practices of equal parental leaves in Swedish lesbian families : fatherhood : good practices of gender quotas on corporate boards in Norway: excellence, gender and academic research funding : father's quotas : stalking and online harassment : gender mainstreaming in academia from the 1960s to the 2000s.
In 1957 werd het Verdrag van Rome ondertekend met daarin het objectief van gendergelijkheid in het stichtingsverdrag van de Europese Economische Gemeenschap (EEG).
This study provides analysis of women’s representation within the European Parliament and European Union institutions. It researches key factors affecting gender balance among elected representatives and strategies and actions to promote gender balance. It also presents case studies of three Member States and provides recommendations for political parties, Member States and EU institutions.