Equality of women and men in local life
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CEMR Conference on gender equality: Local and regional governments call for more EU support
The final declaration of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions' (CEMR) conference on local actions for gender equality (Pisa, 20-21 February 2008) calls on the EU to do more to support equality of women and men.
The final declaration recognises the essential and positive role played by the European Union in the progress regarding legislation promoting equality of women and men. It also welcomes the fact that the Lisbon treaty includes gender equality in the common values of the EU. However the Pisa declaration calls upon the European Union to promote pro-active measures for gender equality in order to ensure real progress on the ground. It also notes with ...
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