Afaemme News

Doing business in the Arab World

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank have published a recent report on doing business in the Arab World.

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Rio+20 Women Leaders’ Forum

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, brought Heads of State and Government to Brazil on 20-22 June 2012.

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AFAEMME's President has been reelected as Vice-President of the Spanish Organisation of Businesswomen and Active Management (OMEGA)

During the Annual Meeting of the Spanish Organisation of Businesswomen and Active Management (OMEGA) which took place last 15th of March, Mª Helena de Felipe, AFAEMME’s President has been...

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UN Women Fund for Gender Equality Call for Proposals

The Fund for Gender Equality announces the Call for Proposals for the second phase of its 2011–2012 grantmaking cycle. Proposals will be accepted for innovative...

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AFAEMME and the Spanish Strategic Plan for Equal Opportunities between women and men

AFAEMME has participated in the preparation of the report of the Spanish Coordinator of Women Organisations for Equality (COMPI) which evaluates the Spanish Strategic...

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A huge percentage of EU countries refuse gender quotas

During the last (3146th) meeting of the Council of the European Union, which took place last 17th of February in Brussels, the Council held a policy debate on the...

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Conclusions of the expert meeting on Employment, Skills and Entrepreneurship Strategies in the Mediterranean

On July 2011 the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, the OECD LEED Programme and the City of Barcelona co-organized an expert meeting in Barcelona focusing...

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56th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women - The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges

The fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, 27 February to Friday, 9 March 2012...

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High participation of women in decision-making positions in Spanish NGOs

In Spain the percentage of women in the Board of Directors of IBEX-35 companies is very low (12%). The access of women to these decision-making positions is still difficult and only a few reach...

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"Women on Boards in Europe – From a Snail’s Pace to a Giant Leap?", the new EWL report

The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) has just released a new report on women on Board of Directors in Europe.

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