The challenge of mainstreaming for trade unions in europe : how can trade unions foster gender equality in the work place and in daily life

Objective

In a context of major transformations of economic and social structures, the massive participation of women in the employment market has been one of the major challenges of the last few decades. In varying degrees in all European countries, this participation has been accompanied by a reinforcement of disparity between men and women, and also between different social categories (including women). However, on a European level, the trade union movement has been very slow to take all of these phenomena into consideration, if it has done so at all. The aim of this research, in France and other European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands), is to develop an analysis of the concept of "mainstreaming" (the integration of equality in all actions and policies and by all the players involved) applied in the Trade Union field.

Fields of science

• social sciences › sociology › gender studies › gender equality
• social sciences › economics and business › business and management › employment

Programme(s)

• FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Topic(s)

• 1.4.1.-4. - Key action Socio-Economic Knowledge Base

Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

INSTITUT SYNDICAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES ECONOMIQUES ET SOCIALES

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263,rue De Paris 263
93516 Montreuil
France

Participants (4)

DIVERSITY CENTRE, VEREIN ZUR FOERDERUNG VON GLEICHSTELLUNG, VEREINBARKEIT UND DIVERSITY

Austria

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Mirabellplatz 9
5020 Salzburg

INTERUNIVERSITAIR INSTITUUT VOOR STUDIE VAN DE ARBEID

Belgium

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Pleinlaan 2
1050 Bruxelles

ISTITUTO RICERCHE ECONOMICHE E SOCIALI

Italy

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Via S. Teresa 23
00198 Roma

VALBJORN, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT APS

Denmark

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Peblinge Dossering, 30
2200 Koepenhagen