European Female Empowerment for the Union of Equality

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European Female
Empowerment for
the Union of Equality
EUROPEAN FEMALE EMPOWERMENT FOR THE UNION OF EQUALITY
101077151-EUFEUE-ERASMUS-JMO-2022-HEI-TCH-RSCH

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Yuliia Honcharova
PhD,
Dean of International Trade and Law
Faculty, State University of Trade and
Economics
[email protected]
+380 50 139 39 09

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Key objective of the Module:
To spread the core EU principles of
gender equality and female
empowerment in the educational
process at the State University of Trade
and Economics and its EU universitiespartners.

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Expected results:
Forming the inclusive mind-set of the
young generation via disclosing positive
impacts of high levels of gender security
on ensuring the inclusiveness and
increased innovativeness of EU and
Ukrainian communities.
Listeners:
Agents of social change

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The main tutors of the module:
• Yuliia Honcharova - head of the
module, Doctor of Jurisprudence,
associate professor.
• Volodymyr Tokar - coordinator of the
module, Doctor of Economics,
professor
• Oksana Vinska - Doctor of Economics,
Associate Professor.
Empowering Women in Europe for an Equality Union

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EU GENDER SENSITIVE LEGISLATURE WITHIN INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY CONCEPT
1.1. Gender Equality in the EU Inclusive and Diversified Society
1.2. The concept of Gender Equality in the EU law
1.3. EU Legal Tools for Fostering Gender Equality
EVOLUTION OF EU INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR PROMOTING FEMALE EMPOWERMENT
2.1. Chronicles of Female Empowerment in the EU
2.2. European Institute for Gender Equality
2.3. Female Empowerment in the EU: External Action
2.4. Union of Equality: Gender Dimension
GENDER-SENSITIVE EU LEGISLATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CONCEPT OF INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY
3.1. The Correlation between Female Empowerment and Innovative Competitiveness of EU Member-states
3.2. Measuring Female Economic Empowerment in EU Member-states
3.3. Female Empowerment in Ukrainian Banks: Implementing EU Values and Corporate Social
Responsibility

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Gender Equality in
the EU Inclusive and
Diversified Society

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TERMS
GENDER
(English gender, Latin genus "kind" (feminine (Femininum), masculine (Masculinum) and neutral (neutrum))
The term was first introduced into scientific circulation by Robert Stoller (Robert Stoller "Sex and Gender" 1968 - division of
biological/sexual characteristics (sex) of a person and socially constructed characteristics (gender).
SEX
biological characteristic of a person. Sex is given from birth for life (*can be changed only by surgical intervention), gender can
change several times during life, and can be different in different social environment (religious, age, cultural, geographical).

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Why gender and not sex? A large number of documents, including
international ones in the 20th century. began to contain provisions
on the equality of all regardless of gender, religion, nationality, and
social status. The category "gender" turned out to be the most
"comprehensive", important and relevant.
United Nations Charter of 1945
WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS are determined
to save future generations from the scourges of war, which twice
in our lifetime has brought unspeakable grief to humanity, and
to reaffirm faith in basic human rights, in the dignity and value of
the human personality, in the equality of men and women, and
the equality of rights of large and small nations.

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GENDER PATTERNS
FEMINISM
- the idea of what belongs to women and
what to men, that is, about their social roles
(very often imposed on society for many years,
moralized, and become an unspoken rule of
behavior).
- (from the Latin Femina "woman") - a number of
social and political movements aimed at achieving
political, economic, cultural, personal, and social
equality between women and men. First of all, we
are discussing creating opportunities for women in
education and work.
EMANCIPATION
PATRIARCHY
- (from the Latin emancipation) — release from any
dependence, cancellation of any restrictions,
equalization of rights. In a broad sense, it is any effort
to secure economic and social rights, political rights,
or equality, often for specific disadvantaged groups or,
more generally, when discussing such issues.
- a social system, a social system in which
women are the object of oppression, and
exploitation and find themselves in a
subordinate position.

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DISCRIMINATION
SEXISM
- (lat. discrimination “distinction”) — exclusion or
limitation of opportunities for members of a
certain group relative to the opportunities of
other groups
- (from Latin sexus — sex)—prejudice or discrimination
against a person because of their sex or gender.
Includes belief in natural superiority/systemic social
underestimation or prejudice against a certain
gender/stereotyped judgments about the biological
features of a person depending on gender.
GENDER IDENTITY
LGBTTQQIAAP
- an individual's internal awareness of
himself/herself as a representative of sex/gender,
which does not depend on biological sex, but is
formed gradually during socialization.
- (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites,
transsexuals, transgender persons, queer, intersex,
pansexual, two-spirit, asexuals, and allies (allies—
heterosexuals who are indifferent to the injustice
and inequality that exists).

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GENDER EQUALITY IS THE ELIMINATION OF ALL SOCIAL BARRIERS
THAT PREVENT THE REALIZATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN ALL
SPHERES OF LIFE.
Considered in several categories:
1) The concept of achieving equal rights and opportunities for all members of society.
2) The principle of respect for the preferences of an autonomous person.
3) Politics of a progressive society.

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A number of international legal documents and international acts regulate issues of ensuring gender
equality, form strategies for achieving gender equality, and implement gender equality policies in society.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948
Convention of the International Labor Organization on Equal Remuneration of Men and Women for Work of
Equal Value No. 100 of 1951
Convention on the Political Rights of Women of 1952
Convention on the Citizenship of a Married Woman of 1957
International Labor Organization Convention on Discrimination in Employment and Occupation No. 111 of
1958
1960 Convention on Combating Discrimination in Education.
World Plan of Action for the United Nations Decade of Women: Equality, Development and Peace 1975
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 1979
International Labor Organization Convention No. 156 on Equal Treatment and Equal Opportunities for
Working Men and Women: Workers with Family Responsibilities 1981
The Beijing Declaration, adopted at the 4th International Conference on the Status of Women in 1995.
United Nations Millennium Declaration 2000
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
(Istanbul Convention) 2011
Goals of Sustainable Development in 2015
EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 2020
UN Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025

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Achieving gender equality is a goal, the achievement of which is an
indicator of the development of each individual society.
Stages of achieving gender equality:
1. Formation of a strategy for achieving gender equality
2. Creation of an institutional and legal mechanism for achieving gender equality
3. Implementation of legal acts ensuring the achievement and provision of gender equality
4. Informing society about human rights, about the mechanisms of protection of such rights,
cases of discrimination, the fight against manifestations of any discrimination
5. Educational activities aimed at overcoming social stereotypes
Today, the European Union occupies a leading position in the international arena
in the formation of an effective mechanism for ensuring gender equality.

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Charter of the Rights of Women (1961)
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:52010DC0078&fbclid=IwAR3c37TXjf2Gvxfh53lyccNP9X
l87C8TYyEcq002xadBp7qvxH-d4OVe32Q
Strategic plan for achieving gender equality 2016-2019
https://ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking/eu-policy/strategic-engagement-genderequality-2016-2019_en
Action plan for achieving gender equality 2016-2020
https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/public-gender/documents/gender-action-plan-20162020-council-conclusions-26-october-2015
EU Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52020DC0152

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Thanks to a large number of legislative acts, significant progress has been made in the
EU member states in the elimination of gender inequalities, but in everyday life, the
realization of equal rights by women and men still faces problems. To improve the
situation, a decision was made to integrate the principle of gender equality into
strategies that have a direct and indirect impact on the lives of women and men. Thus,
in 1996, the European Commission adopted the approach of integrating gender
priorities into politics (gender mainstreaming)
In addition, to ensure the maximum efficiency of this process, specific measures for the
benefit of women were introduced. Thus, the Strategy for ensuring gender equality in
the European Union was formulated, which combines both approaches.

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The gender strategy of the European Union highlights, first of all, those areas in which gender
discrimination exists and offers specific mechanisms for its elimination:
- Achieving gender equality in the field of employment (Equal pay for equal work)
- Gender balance in the decision-making process (at any level)
- Harmonization of professional and family life
- State care for children, thanks to which women can work
- State care for other dependents of the family
- Flexible work system
- Social inclusion and social protection
- Social inclusion for women and men
- Pensions: equal treatment of women and men
- Migration of women
- Strengthening the role of men in promoting gender equality
- Education and training (creating an inclusive environment)
- Women and science
- Gender-oriented budget
- Cooperation for the purpose of development (educational activity)
- Violence against women and trafficking in women

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The general principles of the gender policy of the European Union are formulated in
the "Road Atlas of the Equality of Men and Women".
They provide for:
1. Achieving equal economic independence of men and women: reducing the wage
gap, developing women's entrepreneurship, social protection, and poverty
prevention;
2. Promoting a harmonious combination of work, personal, and family spheres of life:
mobility of work contracts; increasing the number of care services for children and
the elderly; sensitive state policy in the field of family relations towards
representatives of both sexes;
3. Involvement of men and women in equal participation in the decision-making
process in politics, in the economic sphere and business, science, and modern
technologies;
4. Elimination of gender stereotypes in all spheres of social interaction, first of all in
the labor market, etc

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For the first time, the idea of equal rights and opportunities
for women and men at the EU level was approved:
1) In the Treaties of Rome (1957).
2) In the Maastricht Treaty (1992)
3) In the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997)
4) EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (2000)
5) Lisbon Agreement (2007)
6) Consolidated versions of the Treaty on the European Union and the
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (2010)

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The main principles of the EU policy on gender equality are also set out in the
directives of the Council of the EU:
– 75/117/EEC of February 10, 1975 on equal pay;
– 76/207/EEC of February 9, 1976 on equal treatment in the workplace;
– 92/85/EEC of October 19, 1992 on the safety and health of pregnant workers
and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding at the
workplace;
– 96/34 EC of June 3, 1996 on parental leave;
– 96/97/EC of December 20, 1996 on equal treatment of women and men in
social security schemes at the workplace;
– 2010/41/EU of July 7, 2010 on the application of the principle of equal
treatment to men and women engaged in individual labor and entrepreneurial
activities
*all the specified provisions must be implemented into the legislation of the
participating States

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Every year in May, the European Union
celebrates the Month of European
Diversity.
Objective: To unite the efforts of the entire
European community to draw attention to
the importance of diversity and inclusion in
the workplace and in society, through the
organization of events by companies and
organizations throughout the month.

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Thank you
very much for
your attention!
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