Scottish CEDAW Shadow Report
4 July 2013
Published in June 2013, this Shadow Report was produced by the ‘Scottish CEDAW Shadow Report Forum’ – a partnership of women’s organisations from throughout Scotland.
Published in June 2013, this Shadow Report was produced by the ‘Scottish CEDAW Shadow Report Forum’ – a partnership of women’s organisations from throughout Scotland.
In June 2013, the International Development Committee published a report on ‘Violence Against Women and Girls’.
This report by the World Health Organization, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the South African Medical Research Council was published in June 2013.
The House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee published its First Report on Women in Workplace in June 2013.
’The Role of Men in Gender Equality – European strategies & insights’ includes some guiding principles on how to develop policies to improve the role of men in gender equality.
In June 2013, the EHRC published an updated briefing paper of statistical data in the UK relating to gender pay gaps.
On 31 May 2013, the European Commission launched the EU Civil Society Platform against trafficking in human beings.
A European Commission report published in 2013 finds that women in Europe received pensions that were 39 per cent lower on average than those of men.
In May 2013, the European Parliament voted in favour of an EU-wide protection order that will protect victims of domestic violence.
The UK CEDAW Shadow Report – ‘Women’s Equality in the UK: A health check’ – was published in May 2013.