The purpose of the report (Terms of Reference) is to review national implementation of the European Employment Strategy from a disability equality perspective, and to provide the Commission with useful evidence in support of disability policy mainstreaming. More specifically, the report will review implementation of EU Employment Strategy and the PROGRESS initiative with reference to policy implementation evidence from European countries, including the strategies addressed in the EU Disability Action Plan (such as flexicurity and supported employment).
The purpose of the report (Terms of Reference) is to review national implementation of the European Employment Strategy from a disability equality perspective, and to provide the Commission with useful evidence in support of disability policy mainstreaming. More specifically, the report will review implementation of EU Employment Strategy and the PROGRESS initiative with reference to policy implementation evidence from European countries, including the strategies addressed in the EU Disability Action Plan (such as flexicurity and supported employment).
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. Directorate of Social and Economic Affairs
Publisher:
Council of Europe
Publication year:
1995
Pagination:
115p.
Place of publication:
Strasbourg
Papers from a meeting to pool experience with and ideas about projects to aid integration and equal opportunities for women immigrating to European Community countries.
Papers from a meeting to pool experience with and ideas about projects to aid integration and equal opportunities for women immigrating to European Community countries.
Subject terms:
immigrants, women, black and minority ethnic people, equal opportunities, European Union;
Location(s):
Europe, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Comparative study. Includes papers on: comparing families and family policies in Europe; statistics for comparing new family forms; lesbian families in the UK and France; researching family obligations; non-take-up of benefits in France; family sociology and ideology in Spain; sociological perspectives on the family-employment relationship in France; women's employment and equal opportunities; the relationship between women's paid and unpaid work; combining care and paid employment; changing gender roles and family-employment strategies in Spain; policies for employed mothers in France and Italy; and constructing categories for comparing family policy making.
Comparative study. Includes papers on: comparing families and family policies in Europe; statistics for comparing new family forms; lesbian families in the UK and France; researching family obligations; non-take-up of benefits in France; family sociology and ideology in Spain; sociological perspectives on the family-employment relationship in France; women's employment and equal opportunities; the relationship between women's paid and unpaid work; combining care and paid employment; changing gender roles and family-employment strategies in Spain; policies for employed mothers in France and Italy; and constructing categories for comparing family policy making.
Subject terms:
lesbians, social policy, sociology, women, child care, comparative studies, families, employment, equal opportunities;
This report questions how far children in the 24 richest countries in the world are being allowed to fall with regard to material well-being, education and health. Three (pre-2008 recession) surveys: OECD Programme for International Student Assessment; Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children; and European Union – Statistics on Income and Living Conditions are used to assess inequality at the bottom end of the distribution, rather than overall inequality between top and bottom. The well-being of children on the 10th percentile (lower than 90% of children in society) is compared with those at the 50th percentile, or the median is compared with an average of all who fall below it. This report opens with 3 summary league tables and a ranking of the overall record of each country, followed by detailed analyses presented in 2 parts. Part 1 describes material, educational and health inequalities by focusing on the following: household income, basic educational resources, and living space; reading, maths and science literacy; self-reported health, healthy eating and physical activity, respectively. Part 2 includes the following discussions: child poverty – a relative measure; first call – children and recession; the just society – a measure; monitoring – a need to know; and poor - in parental time.
This report questions how far children in the 24 richest countries in the world are being allowed to fall with regard to material well-being, education and health. Three (pre-2008 recession) surveys: OECD Programme for International Student Assessment; Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children; and European Union – Statistics on Income and Living Conditions are used to assess inequality at the bottom end of the distribution, rather than overall inequality between top and bottom. The well-being of children on the 10th percentile (lower than 90% of children in society) is compared with those at the 50th percentile, or the median is compared with an average of all who fall below it. This report opens with 3 summary league tables and a ranking of the overall record of each country, followed by detailed analyses presented in 2 parts. Part 1 describes material, educational and health inequalities by focusing on the following: household income, basic educational resources, and living space; reading, maths and science literacy; self-reported health, healthy eating and physical activity, respectively. Part 2 includes the following discussions: child poverty – a relative measure; first call – children and recession; the just society – a measure; monitoring – a need to know; and poor - in parental time.
Subject terms:
inclusive education, international bodies, monitoring, parental role, poverty, social exclusion, socioeconomic groups, young people, children, discrimination, equal opportunities, health needs;
Content type:
research
Location(s):
Canada, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovak Republic, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
This report reviews national implementation in Italy of European Union social inclusion and social protection strategies, with particular reference to equality for disabled people. It is one of a series reviewing national implementation of the open method of coordination in social inclusion and social protection, and in particular the National Strategic Reports of member states from a disability equality perspective. A main aim is to provide the Commission with useful evidence in supporting disability policy mainstreaming. The first version of the report was published in 2008; this second version is updated with information available up to November 2009. It summarises changes since the 2008 report in the areas of: housing and homelessness; new strategies and actions for the inclusion of disabled people; new changes in incomes, benefits and pensions; new changes in long-term care and support; and the implications of the economic crisis. Part 1 of the report considers social inclusion plans; part 2 considers incomes, pensions and benefits; and part 3 considers care and support. The report concludes with some recommendations and an example of best practice.
This report reviews national implementation in Italy of European Union social inclusion and social protection strategies, with particular reference to equality for disabled people. It is one of a series reviewing national implementation of the open method of coordination in social inclusion and social protection, and in particular the National Strategic Reports of member states from a disability equality perspective. A main aim is to provide the Commission with useful evidence in supporting disability policy mainstreaming. The first version of the report was published in 2008; this second version is updated with information available up to November 2009. It summarises changes since the 2008 report in the areas of: housing and homelessness; new strategies and actions for the inclusion of disabled people; new changes in incomes, benefits and pensions; new changes in long-term care and support; and the implications of the economic crisis. Part 1 of the report considers social inclusion plans; part 2 considers incomes, pensions and benefits; and part 3 considers care and support. The report concludes with some recommendations and an example of best practice.
Subject terms:
housing, low income, pensions, policy formulation, social inclusion, social policy, social welfare, benefits, disabilities, equal opportunities, European Union;
International Journal of Social Welfare, 19(Supplement 1), July 2010, pp.s14-s24.
Publisher:
Wiley
In this article the author considers the role of legislated welfare state institutions as mediators of the effects of political and structural forces on a citizen’s standard of living, as related to inequalities in health and mortality. The article focuses on institutional structures of welfare state programmes relevant to: class inequality, as indicated by income inequalities; and to gender inequality, regarded as differences in agency. The article introduces the Social Citizenship Indicator Program, an international database providing quantitative and qualitative information on structures of main social insurance programmes in 18 countries (Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States) from 1930 to 2000, containing 300,000 data points. The database is used to delineate types of distributive institutions of relevance for income inequality. Institutions relevant for gendered agency inequality affect choices by women, especially mothers, between unpaid and paid work. Driving forces behind the emergence of differences in distributive institutions are discussed, as are the patterns of class and gender inequalities.
In this article the author considers the role of legislated welfare state institutions as mediators of the effects of political and structural forces on a citizen’s standard of living, as related to inequalities in health and mortality. The article focuses on institutional structures of welfare state programmes relevant to: class inequality, as indicated by income inequalities; and to gender inequality, regarded as differences in agency. The article introduces the Social Citizenship Indicator Program, an international database providing quantitative and qualitative information on structures of main social insurance programmes in 18 countries (Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States) from 1930 to 2000, containing 300,000 data points. The database is used to delineate types of distributive institutions of relevance for income inequality. Institutions relevant for gendered agency inequality affect choices by women, especially mothers, between unpaid and paid work. Driving forces behind the emergence of differences in distributive institutions are discussed, as are the patterns of class and gender inequalities.
Subject terms:
income, mortality, mothers, public health, sex discrimination, socioeconomic groups, standard of living, welfare state, women, comparative studies, equal opportunities, gender equality;
Content type:
research
Location(s):
Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Part 1 provides a background to equal opportunities issues, including sex discrimination, racial discrimination and race relations, age discrimination, sexuality, and discrimination against offenders and ex-offenders. Part 2 looks at law and practice in the UK, and at policy issues. It also includes a section on HIV and AIDS. Part 3 details equal opportunities in the EC, looking at, country by country: the position of women, parental rights and childcare, race relations, disability, age issues, and sexuality.
Part 1 provides a background to equal opportunities issues, including sex discrimination, racial discrimination and race relations, age discrimination, sexuality, and discrimination against offenders and ex-offenders. Part 2 looks at law and practice in the UK, and at policy issues. It also includes a section on HIV and AIDS. Part 3 details equal opportunities in the EC, looking at, country by country: the position of women, parental rights and childcare, race relations, disability, age issues, and sexuality.
Subject terms:
HIV AIDS, lesbians, offenders, parental rights, physical disabilities, race relations, sexual harassment, social policy, women, age discrimination, black and minority ethnic people, child care, equal opportunities, European Union, ex-offenders, gay men, good practice;