May 2013

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Who, What, Where

• 20014 - 20th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family
• 20014 - European Year for Reconciling Work and Family Life

Highlight - Gender & Management

The Centre and the ILO

• Introducción a las Auditorías Participativas de Género para Facilitadores

UN & WOMEN

• Acting Head of UN Women appointed
• Global Education First Initiative

What's new on the web

• 20th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family
• Girls Who Code

What are they doing?

• Women elected to one-fifth of seats during Kenyan elections
• The science of good governance - Towards charity best practice
• Le point sur le Forum mondial des femmes francophones
• Women Miners Blast Through Barriers in Chile

Gender Issues

• 140 Million Girls Will Become Child Brides by 2020 at Current Rates
• Dean's Beans founder, Dean Cycon honored with United Nations leadership award

Focus on - Gender and Management

• The Tyranny of the Queen Bee
• Workshop on gender balance in corporate boards and top-management  - Member states without legislation on quotas: three case studies
• Is male corporate culture a big issue for women? This survey says yes it is.
• Women make better decisions than men

On-going and/or coming Gender Programmes/ Conferences / Events:

• European Institute for Gender Equality  -  Gender Equality Index for Europe
• ICPD 2013 : International Conference on Population and Development
• Technologies - Libération ou exploitation des femmes?
• Second MenEngage Africa Training Initiative course: ‘Masculinities, Leadership and Gender Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa
• BRIDGE course on Gender and Elections, in Cameroon.
• Crisis & Contingency: States of (In)stability - 20th Int. Conference of Europeanists

Grants/Funding opportunities/Awards/Fellowships/Vacancies

• Call for Applications: 2013 SEED Awards seek innovative projects on gender equality and women’s empowerment

THE ITALIAN CORNER

• Madri, figlie, manager - Ecco quali sono i Paesi per donne
• Approvata la Dichiarazione scritta sull'Anno europeo per la  conciliazione tra la vita lavorativa e la vita familiare
• Siamo Sicure
• Il 24 maggio Festa delle mamme che lavorano - I figli dei dipendenti invadono aziende e uffici

Poets’ Corner

• Retrato

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