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Barcelona 2005 Eva Cendon / Barbara Hey
DIVANOVA, 2005.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICIES IN AUSTRIA
Barcelona 2005 Eva Cendon / Barbara Hey
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICIES IN AUSTRIA
• Federal Ministry of Health and Women‘s Issues
• IMAG Gender Mainstreaming (inter-ministerial working group)
• Since 1990s: women’s offices and programs for the promotion of women institutionalized on regional and local level
• Equal Opportunities Act• Equal Opportunities Commission
Barcelona 2005 Eva Cendon / Barbara Hey
STRENGTHS
• Quota in federal area & universities• Progress on legal level (esp. criminal law)• Women‘s Health-activities• Equality perceived as important topic• Univ. Graduates: females > males
Barcelona 2005 Eva Cendon / Barbara Hey
WEAKNESSES
• Education: Segregation• Labour market: Segregation & Glass ceiling• Unemployment Rate: females affected
harder• Child care: 10.000s of places missing• Tax-system discriminates women
Barcelona 2005 Eva Cendon / Barbara Hey
OPPORTUNITIES
• Re-establishment of Ministry of women‘s Issues
• Education: Efforts on De-segregation -> esp. Women in Technology
• Labour market: presence of women in work force rising heavily
-> Efforts for part timers• Several programs on advancement of women• Pension funds: child raising years credited
Barcelona 2005 Eva Cendon / Barbara Hey
THREATS
• EO-Policies are Family policies• Employment policies: still within framework of
`man as the family-supporter‘ -> focussing on women only in terms of part time (if)
• Maternity laws push women out of jobs • Huge income Gap
-> poverty of elder women and single mothers• Funding NGOs not sufficient – no Shadow
report!!!
Barcelona 2005 Eva Cendon / Barbara Hey
OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• Reporting for international organizations very helpful
• Sanctions are extremely important• Activities mostly (pilot)projects
->just short-term achievements• Initiatives and efforts focused on
improvement of higher education and high-quality jobs
• Activities structured by Norms on Women‘s roles and familiy responsibilities -> useful only for certain groups of women