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equal opportunities

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Croatia is the 28th country of the EU. He raced in recent years to align gender policies with European standards and, in some respects, is ahead of other countries in the membership. However, it is still a long way to go, here are the next steps in the government's agenda.

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A main obstacle to the analysis of gender wealth gaps in the empirical literature is the lack of comprehensive information at the individual level. Using data from Germany, we find clear empirical indications of a significant raw gender wealth gap of about 30,000€, which amounts to almost 50,000€ for partners in married couples

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Many women attended the spontaneous demonstrations that followed the murder of the leader of the opposition, Belaid, and his funeral. Many, however, also attended the march of the supporters of the Islamist party in power. Story of three days of an extraordinary turnout in the streets of Tunis

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The crisis impact has been different for women and men, both in terms of employment than in terms of austerity measures and consequent cuts to social services. The ENEGE report presents main outcomes and recommendations to transform the crisis in an opportunity, for all. 

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Euro zone leadership is on course to installing an all-male European Central Bank Executive Board that will be in place till 2018. The wider Governing Council would consist of 23 men and zero women. This open letter, signed by distinguished macroeconomists from across the spectrum, urges the Eurogroup to reconsider their position and nominate one of the many qualified female candidates.

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Research has long demonstrated a gender gap in who writes and produces the news, but less is still known about how it has materialized online.

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Italy has a brand new law that garantees gender balance on boards, a law that is necessary but it's not enough. Interview with Morten Huse, scholar of corporate governance that studied the impact of women on business performance.

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Michelle Obama endorses Hillary Clinton in a speech at the democratic national convention

For the first Women in Science Day GenPORT will release a series of video interviews with leading...