Mar 26

Improving the status of women in business

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Slovak Spectator / Radka Minarechová & Roman Cuprik/

THE EUROPEAN Union has been working on a plan to pave the way for more women to take managerial positions in top companies Europe-wide, since only 13.7 percent of top managers sitting on the boards of firms in 2011 were women. Compared to 2010 the number rose only slightly, by just 1.9 percent, despite an appeal by Viviane Reding, the European Union’s Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. Last year Reding called on companies to sign a pledge to increase the number of women in top positions, but the initiative has so far been joined only by 24 companies. Read more

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Jul 20

Country report on measures to combat discrimination

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This report has been drafted for the European Network of Legal Experts in the Non-discrimination Field (on the grounds of Race or Ethnic Origin, Age, Disability, Religion or Belief and Sexual Orientation).

Slovakia 2010 – Country report on measures to combat discrimination (PDF 3.403 kB) State of affairs 01 January 2011

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Mar 14

Eurobarometer: Idea of gender quotas not supported by women

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Slovak Spectator / The introduction of quotas for women to allow them to participate in public life more actively has low support among women themselves, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. The survey was conducted in all 27 EU member states over the past few weeks, and presentation of the results marked last week’s 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day celebrations on March 8. Read more

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Feb 07

Bringing everyone inside

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INCLUSION is one of the words that surfaces often during discussion with Trine Skymoen whenever she is asked to talk about the best traditions of her homeland. The Norwegian ambassador to Slovakia says that Norway is able to sit atop various human development indices because the Nordic social model is characterised by pulling all people inside society and leaving very few outside of its embrace. She believes that gender equality in Norway, for example, did not just happen – that the government as well as Norwegian women and men had to work hard to achieve this aspect of social inclusion.

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Jul 20

Comprehensive amendment of the Anti-discrimination Act

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On 14 February 2008 the Slovak Parliament passed the second amendment of the Anti-discrimination
Act (1) harmonising national law with the existing EU directives. The amendment was proposed by the
Slovak government, the Deputy Prime Minister for Knowledge Society, European Affairs, Human Rights
and Minorities. The first amendment from June 2007 represented a quick response to the reservations
about the existing Anti-discrimination Act expressed by the European Commission. This amendment is
a follow-up to the first one as both the ministries and civil society represented by NGOs called for more
systemic and substantial changes to the Anti-discrimination Act. The amendment is therefore the result
of joint discussions between the representatives of government and NGOs.

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