Eurobarometer Survey 296 on Discrimination in the European Union - Perceptions, Experiences and Attitudes 2008-07 · European Commission In anticipation of 2007, the Year of Equal Opportunities for All, the European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities commissioned a survey about discrimination and inequality in Europe, conducted in the summer of 2006. This report represents a follow-up to this survey, tracking how perceptions and opinion with regard to discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation have changed in the intervening year. Several ...

Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation in the EU Member States Part I: Legal Analysis 2008-06 · European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) The report identifies differences in treatment and protection by the law for LGBT people, and a lack of full and equal enjoyment of rights in areas of EU competence particularly with regard to same sex partnerships. It also highlights that homophobic hate speech and hate crime represent obstacles to the possibility for individuals to exercise their free movement and other rights in a non-discriminatory manner. The report finds that 18 out of 27 EU Member ...

Our Voices Heard 2008-04-21 · Swedish Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality Our Voices Heard, “Amare Glasura Ashunde” was a Romani Women’s Rights Conference held in Sweden in December 2007. This conference provided a forum for discussion about the challenges facing Romani women today. It was regarded as an opportunity to share information and good practices between policymakers and Romani Women’s Networks across Europe. This magazine is based on the speeches and discussions held at the conference, which was co-organised by the Swedish Ministry of Integration and ...

The Social Situation Report in the European Union 2007 2008-04 · European Commission The 2007 Social Situation Report presents some key findings from the EU’s new tool for monitoring the social situation, namely the EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions), and provides glimpses of the future’s social trends. It looks at income inequality and how it is related to economic performance and at how people on low incomes are distributed across the EU as a whole. Two sections in this report look notably at the transmission of ...

Empowerment of Muslim Women? Opportunities and Challenges 2008-02-26 · European Policy Centre (EPC) This article is compiled after a Policy Briefing on “Empowerment of Muslim women? Opportunities and challenges” the European Policy Center organized on 22 February 2008 in Brussels. A study of the Koran shows that democracy and Islam are “absolutely compatible” and Muslim women can play a greater role in fostering democratic values in their societies, Irshad Manji, Senior Fellow at the European Foundation for Democracy, told on this Policy Briefing. Women can win equality by ...