On Thursday 24 April 2014, Equinet organised a High-Level Seminar in Brussels bringing together representatives of equality bodies, national and European stakeholders and experts, for an open and constructive dialogue on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services.
Agenda and Objectives
The agenda of the seminar can be accessed below:
Agenda – Equinet Gender Seminar 2014
The Seminar strived to:
- Allow an exchange between equality bodies, EU institutions and stakeholders on how to best cooperate for the promotion of gender equality in the access to and supply of goods and services.
- Present equality bodies’ experiences in the implementation of the Goods and Services Directive 2004/113/EC.
- Provide a platform for discussion on key priorities, best practices and possible future developments at EU and national level.
- Position Equinet and national equality bodies’ work in the field of gender equality at EU level
Speakers’ Presentations
Setting the Scene: the Goods and Services Directive
- Gender discrimination in goods and sevices: Directive 2004/113/EC (Prof Aileen McColgan, King’s College London)
SESSION 1 – The application of the Directive
- Equality bodies and the Directive: the Equinet Draft Report (Stefania Minervino, Equality Authority, Ireland and Mirosław Wróblewski, Human Rights Defender, Poland)
- Implementation of Directive 2004/113/EC (Sophie Maletras, Equal Treatment Legislation, DG Justice, European Commission)
SESSION 3 – Ways Forward
- Insurance services and gender equality (Yves Thiery, Leuven University)
- Media, Education and Advertisement and Gender Equality (Silvia Sansonetti, Fondazione Brodolini)
Videos
- Equality Human Rights Commission (UK), “Pipe up” (10:30)
- Institute for Equality between Women and Men (Belgium), Oost west Thuis best – Coups bas, Prends ça (03:20)
- Institute for Equality between Women and Men (Belgium) and Belgian Federal Police, Viol. Brisez le Silence (01:50)
- Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment (CITE – Portugal), Parentalidade (00:27)
- Equality Human Rights Commission (UK), “What do kids think?” (00:45)
- Institute for Human Rights (Denmark), “Ryst Posen” (01:07)
Reading materials
- Report on transposition and application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services
(2010/2043(INI)) – Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality [PDF]
- Report: Sex Discrimination in the Access to and Supply of Goods and Services and the Transposition of Directive 2004/113/EC – European Network of Legal Experts in the Field of Gender Equality – Susanne Burri and Aileen McColgan [PDF]
Summary
A summary of the Seminar can be downloaded here:
SUMMARY – Gender Seminar on Goods and Services
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