The Equal Opportunities Commission was assisting the forces to develop policies and practices, and all forces had published equal opportunities policies.

Equal opportunities

Equal opportunities

Equal opportunities

Respondents were asked what economic policies Governments have adopted to create equal opportunities for persons with disabilities.

The Equal Opportunities Ombudsman and the Equal Opportunities Council oversaw compliance with the Act.

For instance, local legal frameworks and municipal policies have provided encouraging reports of increased employment opportunities and more equal conditions.

Since the establishment of democracy there in 1990, measures had been taken in support of macroeconomic policies for growth combined with social policies to ensure equal standards of living and equal opportunities for all citizens.

Women receive equal pay and equal opportunities in very few countries.

In order to do this, we need more democracy, improved economic growth and social policies that will provide equal opportunities for the most marginalized.

Development of macroeconomic policies must take into account the impact of those policies on rural women to ensure their equal access to resources, services and economic opportunities and to enhance their productivity.

relation to income, employment and financial opportunities, population policies,

(iv) Ensuring equal access to economic opportunities and equal pay and other rewards for work of equal value

Strategies in favour of equal educational opportunities for girls

Steps taken to develop a policy on equal opportunities

The Ombudsman also works with the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman.

Even in such environments where equal access to education is secured at all levels, this does not reflect equal opportunities in progress in career, selection of profession, equal salaries, decision making opportunities and equal economic strength.

The National Commission for Equal Opportunities did not seem to have much power, as most of the power belonged to the Ministry for Equal Opportunities.

Women must be given equal opportunities to participate in development.

But opportunities to pursue the necessary policies have not been grasped.

In general, given equal qualifications, all citizens of the Niger have equal opportunities of access to employment.

The State shall guarantee the principle of equal opportunities for citizens.

Recognizing the importance of providing equal employment opportunities for all staff,

Equal opportunities for women and men are an important item in mainstream policies and laws of the Netherlands, and are therefore also valid in Dutch forest administration and legislation.

(a) Macro level. Policies and laws strengthened to promote women's economic opportunities

In November 2003, the Hungarian Parliament adopted the Bill on Equal Treatment and the Promotion of Equal Opportunities.

The Gender Equality Department will be transformed into an Equal Opportunities Sector.

PERIKTIONI for the promotion of equal opportunities in research and technological development.

After the adoption of the Law on Equal Opportunities, the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia will be obliged to establish a Committee for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men.

Some NGOs, especially the Norwegian Refugee Council and Save the Children UK, have put in place admirable 50 50 policies that have ensured equal opportunities for local men and women.

489. The Committee also applauded the institution of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman to monitor and implement equal rights legislation.

Development was linked to servicing the community representatively and, consequently, successfully. Furthermore, all probation services were required to have equal opportunities policies 45 per cent of the probation officers were women.

(b) All citizens have equal opportunities in the area of labour legal relations.

(c) Launch programmes to create opportunities, provide universal equal access and enlarge inclusiveness

(b) Implementing and enforcing legislation on equal employment opportunities, including preventing sexual harassment

In accordance with the competencies defined by law, the National Ombudsman will also work on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and legal protection of equal opportunities of men and women.

The Equal Employment Plan, adopted within the framework of a tripartite national commission on equal opportunities, had also yielded positive results.

The Gambia's Constitution established that women must have equal political, economic and social opportunities.

Educational opportunities were now largely equal and girls were generally more successful than boys.

The Committee asked an additional question about a possible new concept of gender neutrality, as reference was made in the Equal Opportunities Act to quot the equal rights and opportunities for men and women quot .

An Equal Opportunities Commission was being planned to help to remove any remaining gender inequality.

Women should enjoy equal access to economic activities, market opportunities, land tenure and natural resources.

The emerging global economic order must provide for more equal economic opportunities for all nations.

The Emancipation Council and the Equal Opportunities Commission also belonged to the broad national machinery.

Bureaucratic entrepreneurs, on the other hand, take advantage of such opportunities to adjust and promote policies.