Now, to find out whether the glass is half full or half empty, we welcome Associate Professor Patricia Lamarre, Co-director of the Centre for Ethnic Studies, Faculty of Education, Université de Montréal.

35. Points out that the sharing of domestic and family responsibilities between women and men is a sine qua non for the advancement and achievement of equality between women and men; calls on universities and higher education institutions to recognise that women learners may have specific additional responsibilities outside of learning, such as caring for young children or elderly relatives; stresses the need for universities to supply parents – especially women – with a sufficient quantity of high-quality, affordable and accessible childcare, including community centres, so as to ...[+++] facilitate their equal participation in studies and research; also encourages the introduction of a greater variety of study modes, such as part-time and distance learning, and, in this connection, reminds the Member States and the EU institutions to increase the level of financial support for lifelong learning in order to enable women to continue their studies, to re-enter the workforce and to balance their professional and personal responsibilities;

35. Points out that the sharing of domestic and family responsibilities between women and men is a sine qua non for the advancement and achievement of equality between women and men; calls on universities and higher education institutions to recognise that women learners may have specific additional responsibilities outside of learning, such as caring for young children or elderly relatives; stresses the need for universities to supply parents – especially women – with a sufficient quantity of high-quality, affordable and accessible childcare, including community centres, so as to ...[+++] facilitate their equal participation in studies and research; also encourages the introduction of a greater variety of study modes, such as part-time and distance learning, and, in this connection, reminds the Member States and the EU institutions to increase the level of financial support for lifelong learning in order to enable women to continue their studies, to re-enter the workforce and to balance their professional and personal responsibilities;

I don't know how many times politicians have consulted the registry, but it's nice to know that the number of homicides has dropped by 31 per cent. I studied at the Université de Montréal.

in the area 'creation of 10 EU-Mercosur study centres and support for the implementation of the Plan operativo del sector educativo del Mercosur 2006-2010', the general objective is described as 'to enhance knowledge and consciousness of the regional integration process'; one of the specific objectives is 'to support the creation of ten EU-Mercosur study centres in major Mercosur universities'; in particular, the initiative to create European/Mercosur documentation centres, to establish EU and Mercosur Study Chairs, and to create Ma ...[+++]sters' degrees in EU and Mercosur Studies is aimed at the target population of the well-educated elite of the Mercosur countries, and since this is the region with the world's highest social inequality index the planned actions would widen the gap between rich and poor rather than support the poorer strata of the population;

in the area 'creation of 10 EU-Mercosur study centres and support for the implementation of the Plan operativo del sector educativo del Mercosur 2006-2010 ', the general objective is described as 'to enhance knowledge and consciousness of the regional integration process'; one of the specific objectives is 'to support the creation of ten EU-Mercosur study centres in major Mercosur universities'; in particular, the initiative to create European/Mercosur documentation centres, to establish EU and Mercosur Study Chairs, and to create M ...[+++]asters' degrees in EU and Mercosur Studies is aimed at the target population of the well-educated elite of the Mercosur countries, and since this is the region with the world's highest social inequality index the planned actions would widen the gap between rich and poor rather than support the poorer strata of the population;