Gender Equality / Men and Women's Rights
In this section you find news concerning the rights of women and gender equality.
Two newly published studies show that, over the last years, Switzerland has made great progress in gender equality. Ranking as 40th some four years ago, Switzerland today is listed 10th in the WEF cou...
Although the law granting the equality of salaries for men and women came into force in 1996, a study led by the Federal Office for Gender Equality (BFEG) three years ago revealed that in Switzerland ...
Since twenty years, the gender equality has made significant amelioration in several areas, including education and political representation. There is still progress to be made in the equity between...
On 29 September 2008, Switzerland ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The protocol grants additional anti-discriminati...
The Federal Council adopted on 2 April 2008 the third report on the implementation of the UN Convention against Discrimination of Women (CEDAW). The NGO Coordination Post Beijing took this opportuni...
The «Global Gender Gap Report 2007» by the World Economic Forum (WEF) provides an insight into gender gaps in 128 countries of the world. «The index is looking at gaps, not le...
Thousands of women living in Switzerland are trapped in forced marriages. This is revealed by the first study into the practice, carried out by the charity Surgir (which means Rise), which was present...
The Swiss Parliament chose March 8, the International Women's Day, to discuss several matters related to gender equality. Its House of Representatives (National Council) had a three hours specia...
Despite improved legal protection, in practice Swiss women continue to suffer discrimination, according to the Federal Commission for Women's Issues (FCW), which celebrated its 30th anniversary on Nov...
Poor representation of women in all social domains, widespread gender stereotypes, unfair taxes for married couples, heavy financial burden for women after a divorce, insufficient resources for batter...
