Call for proposals to promote gender equality
Scope:
The objective of the Call is to support, advance and implement comprehensive policies to promote women’s full enjoyment of rights, gender equality, including work-life balance, equal pay between women and men, women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming.
More specifically, the call focusses on the following two priorities:
Tackling the root causes of the gender care gap by promoting a gender-transformative approach and challenging gender stereotypes with the aim to support promotion of family-friendly practices in companies encouraging the take up of the new rights under the Work-life Balance Directive by both women and men; prevention/protection against any form of unfavourable treatment and discrimination of women during and after pregnancy as well as of women and men who took family leave and flexible work arrangements; raising awareness of the value of care work by reflecting on the appreciation of skills needed for care work; and challenging gender stereotypes that perpetuate the traditional division of labour.
Supporting the implementation of the provisions of the Pay Transparency Directive with the aim to foster Member States authorities responsible for implementation of the provision of the Pay Transparency Directive (possibly in cooperation with other public entities, private organisations or international organisations) in developing national guidance and/or tools for gender-sensitive job evaluation and classification systems and in raising awareness of this guidance and/or tools among employers and workers representatives in their respective countries.
Objectives:
Supporting, advancing and implementing comprehensive policies to promote women’s full enjoyment of rights, gender equality, including work-life balance, equal pay between women and men, women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming.
Policy initiative supported:
- Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025;
- European Care Strategy;
- Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers;
- Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services;
- Digital Education Action Plan (2021-27);
- Directive (EU) 2023/9706 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms (Pay Transparency Directive);
- Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast);
- Commission Recommendation of 7 March 2014 on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency.
Themes and priorities (scope):
Member State governments, local and regional authorities and their associations, social partners (workers or business representatives), labour inspectorates, equality bodies, civil society organisations, in particular women’s rights organisations, and other stakeholders, are invited to submit projects within the following two priorities:
1. Tackling the root causes of the gender care gap by promoting a gender transformative approach and challenging gender stereotypes;
2. Supporting the implementation of the provisions of the Pay Transparency Directive.
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