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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11034
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) women

Gender equality - Commission's hands tied by Council

Athens, 07/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - The usual observations drawn from International Women's Day, on 8 March, have highlighted the EU's inability to set in place binding mechanisms to promote equality between men and women. In the run-up to the end of the term in office of European Commissioner for Fundamental Rights Viviane Reding, two of her key legislative initiatives are still treading water: the proposed directive for a quota of women on the boards of directors of large European...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
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