Gender Equality Act

Based on the Gender Equality Act the Gender Equality Council will be established.

The Gender Equality Act stipulates an obligation of employers actively to promote gender equality.

The Gender Equality Act provides for the creation of a new institution the Gender Equality Commissioner.

Two new institutions will be created according to the Act Gender Equality Commissioner and Gender Equality Council.

On 1 May 2004 the Gender Equality Act entered into force.

The Gender Equality Act provides that an employer has to collect gender based statistical data concerning employment.

The Gender Equality Council approves the general guidelines of gender equality policy, consults the Government on issues of strategy for the promotion of gender equality and presents to the Government its position on the conformity with the Gender Equality Act of national programmes submitted by the ministries.

Necessary legal grounds and responsible institutions are provided for in the Gender Equality Act.

The Gender Equality Act also protects against the use of counter measures by the employer.

The Gender Equality Commissioner is an independent and impartial expert who monitors compliance with the requirements set out in the Gender Equality Act and gives opinions regarding complaints submitted by persons.

The Gender Equality Commissioner has the duty to monitor the compliance with the norms established in the Act.

Gender equality and gender mainstreaming

According to the Gender Equality Act an injured party may demand compensation for damage and termination of the harmful activity.

The right to equal conditions and selection criteria in employing men and women is established in the Gender Equality Act.

Gender equality

Gender equality

Gender equality overcoming pervasive gender bias

In such cases the court may award compensation based not only on the Gender Equality Act but also on other acts.

The Gender Equality Act establishes the duty of the employer to ensure that employees do not become victims of sexual harassment.

Gender Equality Council

Promoting gender equality

Turning to the Conference's impact on Estonia, she said that the most important step had been the adoption in 2004 of the Gender Equality Act, which explicitly prohibited direct and indirect discrimination and obliged authorities and employers to promote gender equality, thus strengthening the legal basis for promoting de jure and de facto gender equality in the country.

The RS Gender centre initiated changes to the RS Law on Employment and Law on Pension Disability Insurance, thus incorporating provisions of the state Gender Equality Law relating to obligation on competent Law implementation authorities to comply with the gender equality and act in a non discriminatory fashion.

According to the Gender Equality Act an official of the structural unit of the Ministry of Social Affairs which deals with gender equality provides consultation to all persons on matters related to implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women.

Commission for Gender Equality

(a) Gender equality factors

The Gender Equality Commissioner

Ireland's far reaching equality legislation included the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000.

In addition to the Employment Equality Act and the Equal Status Act he had just mentioned, equality was promoted by an Equality Authority.

In 2002, BDP issued a gender equality policy note describing effective entry points for advancing gender equality.

The UNDP gender mainstreaming mandate includes promoting gender equality.

The Gender Equality Act sets out the prohibition of discrimination based on sex and the obligation to promote equal treatment for men and women.

BiH Law on Gender Equality

Women's position and gender equality

Gender equality in economic life.

General Secretariat for Gender Equality

Promoting gender equality (MDG 3)

Gender equality in legal acts

That ultimately hindered gender equality.

The Gender Equality Act sets out the right of a person to protect his or her constitutional right not to be discriminated based on sex.

Estonia has not drafted the law on temporary special measures recommended by the Committee. The Gender Equality Act already contains a number of special measures.

No changes have occurred as compared to the last report, except for the entry into force of the Gender Equality Act on 1 May 2004.

9 Taking Action Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women (Millennium Project, Task Force on Education and Gender Equality, 2005).

The Gender Equality Act is the first of its kind in Estonia and clarifies terms such as gender equality, equal treatment for men and women, direct and indirect discrimination based on sex and it also stipulates grounds for the promotion of equal treatment for men and women.