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Project Partners

• Organisations from
• Germany (Frauentherapiezentrum München)
• Romania (Österreichisch-Rumänische Gesellschaft)
• Slovakia (Feminist NGO Aspekt)
• Spain (Instituto Canario de la Mujer)
• Czech Republic (Gender Studies Prag)
• Austria (Equality body, Ministery for Womens
  Affairs, Chamber for employees, Austrian
  Counselling Centers for Women and Girls)
• Coordination
• Network of Austrain Counselling Centers for Women
  and girls (umbrella organisation for 50 centers)

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Goals

• Supporting Equality and democracy
• Exploring the relationship of women to EU
  policies the benefit of EU for women and
  women's organisations
• Collecting wishes of women and women's
  organisations to EU policies
• Information, discussion and networking of
  organisations for women and equality in old and
  new countries of the EU

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Events

• 11 E(U)quality-Discussion-Cafés
• in 9 Austrian Counselling Centers for Women, in
  Bratislava and in München
• 4 specialised Seminaries for Multipliers in
  Austria and in Spain
• International Conference in Vienna

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Results

• New networks and cooperations
• Booklet
• Milestones of Equal Treatment Policies in the EU
  and in Austria
• More knowledge about the impacts of the EU on
  national antidiscrimination policies
• Questionnaire and Evaluation
• Wishes of women to EU-policies

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Wishes of women to EU-policies

• Combating violence against women and children
• Combating poverty
• Protection of public goods (water, energy ..) and
  services (rail, postal, health ..) against
  privatization
• Incentives for fairer distribution of family work
  - shorter working hours
• More good and affordable care facilities for
  children, old and sick people and for people with
  disabilities
• Expansion of the European social model
• Commitment to adjust public budgets to meet the
  needs of women and men

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Impact of EU-membership to women in the
partnership countries

• Positive Impacts
• Promotion of legal equality
• Impetus for national equality strategies
• public pressure by country comparisons
• Negative Impacts
• De facto primacy of economic growth and
  competitiveness
• Economic liberalism versus welfare
• greater differences between women

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• Thank you for your attention!