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 …
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Anti-discrimination news from Slovakia
- Slovakia - Country report non-discrimination 2019 (PDF 1,40 MB) October 21, 2019
- Slovakia - Slovak Parliament approves capping retirement age at 64 (PDF 80 kB) May 24, 2019
- Slovakia - Constitutional court dismissed a complaint addressing failures of public prosecution offices in assessing segregation impact of a binding municipal regulation on Roma children in education (PDF April 3, 2019
- Slovakia - First instance court: State authorities have no obligation to take measures on the elimination of segregation of Roma children in a local primary school (PDF 110 kB) April 3, 2019
- Slovakia - The Slovak Government adopted the updated action plans of the Strategy for integration of Roma up to 2020 for the period of 2019 – 2020 in the areas of education, employment, health, housing and financial inclusion (PDF 72 kB) March 15, 2019
Gender equality – EC Newsroom
- Consumers better protected as of today thanks to new powers for national consumer protection authorities and the Commission
- Literature on Rights of the ChildAsylkoordination Osterreich – the network for Austrian NGOs offers a vast database of literature related to the rights of the child. Although most of the material is in German, some materials are in English too.
- Publication - “It’s Time to Act”
- 24 Years in the field of healthcare“The Smile of the Child" celebrated its 24 years of action in the field of healthcare in the presence of H.E The President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos. The Greek Organisation awarded the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Mr Christos Stylianidis in recognition of his work towards providing assistance to […]
- General comment No. 24 (2019) on children’s rights in the child justice system
- EU Centre of Expertise for Victims of TerrorismThe Commission will launch an open call for tender for setting up an EU Centre of Expertise for Victims of Terrorism (two-year pilot project). The EU Centre will act as a hub of expertise and provide for concrete and practical actions with a positive impact on victims of terrorism. In particular, it will provide for […]