Project "Gender-Network"
Project Title
Network of experts in gender equality, social inclusion, health and long-term care
Abstract
The European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities did initiate a network of experts in gender equality, social inclusion, health and long-term care. IRS-FGB are carrying out the Service contract for the establishment and maintenance of the network. The network provides regular information and analysis on: 1. the factors that render women and men respectively vulnerable to the risk of social exclusion and poverty, and on the extent to which the gender dimension is taken into account in national social inclusion policies; 2. existing gender inequalities in health status, access to, use of and participation in health and long term care, and the factors that lay behind such differences, as well as on the extent to which the gender dimension is taken into account in national health and log term policies; 3. the potential for gender equality policies to contribute the efforts aimed at tackling specific aspects of poverty and social exclusion, as well as of health and long term care. Furthermore, there is also need for the development of methodological guidelines on how the gender dimension can be properly integrated into social inclusion, health and long-term care policies. In order to achieve the overall objectives of the service, the coordinating team relies on the expertise of one National Correspondent per each country who will provide the research necessary to the study. Marie Jelenko - research fellow at abif - is acting as Austrian correspondent and expert of the network. She is going to perform the following services: 1. A Thematic report on ethnic minorities (especially Roma) and gender 2. An Assessment report on National Strategy Report 3. Answers, sometimes under tight deadlines, to eventual requests for ad-hoc information from the Commission. 4. Participation to the network meetings
Project Management
Project Team
Marie Jelenko
Project Start
12/2007
Project End
01/2009
Project Initiator
European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Coordinator
ISITITUTO PER LA RICERCA SOCIALE - FONDAZIONE GIACOMO BRODOLINI (IRS-FGB)