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The Ministerial Conference on Strengthening Euro-Mediterranean cooperation through Research and Innovation, takes place on 4 April 2017, in Valletta, Malta.

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Fifty-two years ago ‘Mary Poppins’ won five Oscars. Singapore, Maldives and Gambia became independent countries. West Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations. The Vietnam War raged. Malcolm X was assassinated. It’s stuff for history books.

According to the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report, it will take another 52 years for the world to reach gender parity in parliaments and confine inequality in political representation to history – if the past trajectory, measured by the WEF since 2006, remains at its current speed, that is. But the last three years have seen a significant roll-back; the number of years to the time that women and men have the same rights and opportunities is increasing, not decreasing. My daughter’s grandchildren might not live to see the day when it’s as likely for a girl to become President of a country as it is for a boy.

Despite some positive dynamics in the last years, having just one woman for every four men in parliaments is a clear sign of how bad societies are at tapping into the potential talent of more than 50% of the population. There are, of course, important variations: Nordic countries are the most gender equal, and the world champion for female participation in politics is Rwanda. At the other end of the scale are Arab and Gulf countries.

As in business and academia, the greater the seniority, the lower the number of women. A 2016 report by UN Women says that men make up 77% of parliamentarians, 82% of government ministers, 93% of heads of government and 94% of heads of state. Every time a woman makes it to the top, it makes global headlines. You can name all current female leaders of countries in less than 30 seconds.

“Today women need three things to accelerate their political careers: communication, connection and community”

There’s good reason to care about this imbalance. Gender equality in political participation has both intrinsic value and instrumental value. Women in political office make it a priority to advance rights, promoting equality and opportunity for women and girls (to the benefit of all society) in a way and to a degree that men in power overwhelmingly do not. It’s a matter of human rights. It’s a matter of good governance. The composition of executives and legislatures affects the quality of laws and influences the extent of their application. Women leaders are also more likely to be responsive to public needs and tend to cooperate across party lines.

A range of barriers – official and unofficial, formal and informal – limit women’s political participation. The Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL), the Gender and Development Unit of the World Bank, and Yale University (with support from EY) conducted a study on ‘The Female Political Career’. It analyses survey responses from 617 politicians, female and male, from 84 countries. It is designed to understand the non-legal barriers that women face in different phases of the political lifecycle.

The findings tell the same old story – one that applies globally. Women politicians tend to start their careers later, have fewer children, spend more time caring for their families, and arrange their lives to have shorter commuting times than their male counterparts. It appears that only females with supportive families run for office, whereas men are more likely to run without consulting with their families. Family commitments still constitute a major source of concern for women. “Gender equality begins in our homes,” says Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chair of the African Union (2010-2016) and a member of the WPL advisory board. Another said “three Ms stand in the way of women: money, media and men”.

Women and men have systematically different levels and types of political support networks. On average female politicians receive fewer private donations than their male counterparts. They rely more heavily on party sponsorship and support. Media portrayal and voter perceptions of ‘a woman’s place’ seem to cast a longer shadow over female politicians’ decisions about whether to run for office and their decisions to pursue higher office.  While both men and women express concern about the many pitfalls of political campaigning, females are more worried overall, particularly about stereotypical discrimination, the difficulty of fundraising, negative advertising, the loss of privacy and not being taken seriously.

“Every time a woman makes it to the top, it still makes global headlines”

So what can be done to address these problems? In politics, networks are key. Today women need three things to accelerate their political careers: communication, connection and community. WPL aims to increase both the number and the influence of women in political leadership positions, optimising the power of communication and connection to build new communities of knowledge for women political leaders everywhere. Progress happens by convening women political leaders who have the drive and the influence to create positive change.

And not just women. In a flagship campaign, WPL asked male presidents and prime ministers to complete the sentence “We need more women in Parliaments and as political leaders because …”. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, was among the almost seventy respondents to date. He said: “Future generations are not going to ask whether you were a man or a woman politician, because this is simply irrelevant. What they are going to ask is, ‘what did you do when you were in a position to do anything of worth?’”

Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, said: “When women engage in the political process, societies thrive and prosper.” Werner Faymann, a former Austrian chancellor, said: “Gender equality improves the quality of our democracies. Gender diversity among political decision makers is key to good governance.” And former European Commission president José Manuel Barroso, said: “We need more women as political leaders because we are for justice.”

But the glass ceiling remains. There may be some cracks and openings, but there is still a lot to do. As Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, rightly puts it: “When one woman is a leader, it changes her. When more women are leaders, it changes politics and policies.”

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POZSONY. A parlamentben mára hívták össze az ellenzék kezdeményezte rendkívüli ülést, melynek egyedüli pontja az Andrej Danko elleni bizalmatlansági indítvány lett volna, ám - ahogy az várható volt - az ülés el sem kezdődött. A házelnököt az ellenzék azért akarta leváltani, mert a törvényhozásban az ő utasítására bontották fel és olvasták el a polgárok által a képviselőknek címzett leveleket.

As part of the EU institutions' open day, the headquarters of the European Council and the Council of the European Union, the two institutions representing the member states of the EU, are opening their doors from 10.00 to 18.00 on Saturday 6 May, offering guided tours, activities and information stands.

Guided tours of the new Europa building

Accompanied by members of staff, visitors will be able to discover the new Europa building, which has been used for meetings of European ministers and heads of state since January 2017. Tours will take place from 10.00 to 17.00 in French, Dutch, German and English.

Film on the history of the European Council

Visitors will find out how the European Council, originally conceived as an informal ‘fireside chat’ between presidents and prime ministers, has turned into a key EU institution.

Member states' stand

The 28 member states will be represented at a joint stand, where visitors can learn how each country participates in the Union's work, and discover their cultures and scenery. Some member states, such as Cyprus, Ireland and Hungary, will also put on traditional dance and/or music sessions. For the full list of events on offer, see the open day website (link at the bottom of the page).

Area for children and young people: youngsters will be able to have fun learning more about Europe and the European Union, including during guided tours.

Council online: visitors will be encouraged to take part in interactive games, discover surprising facts about Europe, take photos and share their impressions of the Council with their friends on social media.

Practical information

The open day will be held in the Council’s two main buildings. Entry will be via the Justus Lipsius building, 175 rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, Brussels.

Owing to the alert level currently in place in Belgium, additional security checks will be set up around the institutions. To facilitate these checks, visitors are encouraged not to bring luggage or other bulky objects.

Visitors are also encouraged to use public transport. There will also be a small train running all day between the institutions in the European quarter.

Press access

To arrange easier access, media wishing to access the Council on the open day are asked to contact the press office.

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Standing in front of 10 Downing Street, the prime minister thundered that Britain had been “misrepresented” by a perfidious foreign press and that “threats against Britain have been issued by European politicians and officials”.

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In the context of increasing refugee inflows in the European continent it becomes highly relevant to implement practical actions responding to existing gaps in migrant/refugee integration across the EU member states. This project aims to strengthen the integration of women beneficiaries of international protection via the development and implementation of integration training. This aim will be achieved by way of transferring knowledge and experience from member states with longer experience in refugee integration (Spain and Italy) to countries with weaker and less developed integration structures (Bulgaria, Greece and Malta) which are entry points for newcomer refugees and migrants. In view of the unforeseen high numbers of incoming migrants and asylum seekers in Europe the conduct of context-specific orientation courses to facilitate familiarization with the new social, legal, political and cultural environment of member states becomes crucial for fostering the overall integration process that takes course in the longer run.

The project has the following main objectives:

• To foster the integration of refugee women by designing and conducting integration trainings.
• To exchange knowledge and experience at cross national level in the sphere of integration training for refugee women.
• To build the capacity of national NGO and GO stakeholders to offer integration courses to migrant women.
• To increase the preparedness and familiarity of refugee women with the civic, legal, social and cultural realities of their host milieus, as facilitation tool of the longer-term process of integration.

As a result, the project will engage in the following activities:

• Map the training needs of beneficiaries of international protection and the existing mechanisms for training provision in five EU Member States.
• Select existing training modules and manuals from Italy and Spain to serve as example and basis for the development of equivalent material in Bulgaria, Greece and Malta. These materials will provide guidance on what topics/information/contents to include in the trainings as well as guidance on how to conduct the trainings and how to work with specific target groups.
• Conduct two study visits to refugee institutions in Italy and Spain.
• Develop and translate modules and information materials.
• Conduct an international as well as national ‘train the trainer’ seminars.
• Conduct regular trainings.

Project partners:

• Center for the Study of Democracy (project coordinator, Bulgaria)
• ELIAMEP (Greece)
• Melissa: Network of Migrant Women (Greece)
• The People for Change Foundation (Malta)
• Comissió Catalana d’Ajuda al Refugiat (Spain)
• Fondazione Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali (Italy)
• Cooperation for Voluntary Service (Bulgaria)

Duration:

The duration of the project is 24 months (January 2017 – December 2018).

Funding:

The project is funded by the European Commission, Directorate-General Migration and Home Affairs.

Contact:

For further information, please contact Rosa Vasilaki

 

La presse souligne, jeudi, la brutalité du débat entre Marine Le Pen et Emmanuel Macron, déplorant la disparition du fond au profit des invectives. Quant au gagnant de ce duel, il s'agirait, pour Le Figaro et BBC, du candidat d'En Marche !.

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