Aboriginal Women's Program

Daphne Programme | Programme of Community action (2004 to 2008) to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk | Programme of Community action (the Daphne Programme) (2000-2003) on preventive measures to fight violence against children, young persons and women | Specific programme (2007-2013) to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk (Daphne III programme) as part of the General Programme Fundamental Rights and Justice

Native Women's Circle: A Right to Freedom and Respect [ Native Women's Circle ]

Native Women's Cooperative Training Program

Gender in Development Programme | GIDP [Abbr.]

UN Development Programme [ UN Capital Development Fund | UNCDF | UN Development Fund for Women | UNDP [acronym] UNIFEM | United Nations Capital Development Fund | United Nations Development Fund for Women | United Nations Development Programme | United Nations Volunteers | UNV | UN Volunteers Programme ]

Daphne III Programme | specific programme Fight against violence (Daphne III) | Specific Programme to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk

women's focal point

71.Calls on the Commission and the Council to adapt the limit for screening programmes, at least in countries with a higher incidence of disease and in cases where patients’ family history puts them particularly at risk, and also to include older women in such programmes, bearing in mind their longer life expectancy;

strengthening social inclusion and gender equality with cooperation on equitable access to basic services, employment for all, empowerment and respect of rights of specific groups, in particular migrants, children and young people, persons with disabilities, women, indigenous peoples and persons belonging to minorities to ensure that those groups can and will participate in and benefit from wealth creation and cultural diversity.

Regrets that the Commission does not put enough emphasis on the gender dimension of poverty; believes the EU must invest in the specific needs of women and design social protection packages that address the challenges faced by women; emphasises that gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) are essential to the attainment of international development goals; highlights the fact that the economic and political empowerment of women is not only a driving force for gender equality but is also fundamental to achieving overall economic growth in developing countries and reducing poverty; urges the Commission to ensure that gender equal ...[+++]ity and the empowerment of women will be mainstreamed in all EU development policies and programmes through its 2010 Gender Action Plan;

In this light, the aim of the draftsperson has been twofold: to promote the basic right of equality between men and women through education in order to contribute towards more just and democratic societies and to enhance the concrete mechanisms which can help increase the programme's accessibility for women in order to avoid such a waste of talents.