Award to public and private sector Companies, Co-operatives
or Associations and other non-profit entities, with
Exemplary Policies in the area of Equal Opportunities
for Women and Men.
It is a prestigious award the strategic objective of
which is to combat discrimination and promote equality
between Women and Men at work, in employment and vocational
training and the conciliation of work and family life.
The priorities, objectives and aims of the
“EQUALITY IS QUALITY” award are:
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| a) |
To combat
segregation in the employment market;
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| b) |
To reduce inequalities
between the average monthly earnings of women and
men;
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| c) |
To reduce the gap between
male and female unemployment rates;
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| d) |
To improve the quality
of working conditions;
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| e) |
To create conditions
for progress in collective bargaining;
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| f) |
To increase women’s
participation in qualifying vocational training;
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| g) |
To support the employment
of women;
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| h) |
To recognise the value
of skills acquired in the professional, family and
social contexts;
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| i) |
To introduce the idea
that conciliation of working and family life is
a right and duty of male and female workers, into
organisational and company cultures;
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| j) |
To promote awareness
regarding equal opportunities.
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The “EQUALITY IS QUALITY”
Award also seeks to:
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| a) |
Reward organisations
that take or promote affirmative action in the area
of equality between women and men and quality at
work, in employment and vocational training;
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| b) |
Publicise the various
types of exemplary cases and measures in this area,
which have been taken by organisations, by informing
and raising awareness among managers and the general
public as to the nature of these measures and the
importance of these areas;
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| c) |
To promote the adoption
of specific measures to improve the quality and
equality of opportunities between women and men
at work, in employment and vocational training and
to improve the quality of work, namely with regard
to the conciliation of work, family and private
life, by giving increasing visibility to these sectors
and to the organisations which include these objectives
in their overall management;
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| d) |
To create a demand and
preference among consumers for goods and services
produced with total quality, which implies compliance
with the applicable legislation, e.g. with regard
to equal opportunities for women and men.
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