Tag: G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council

G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council membership announced

Stuart Mitchell

UK Minister for Women and Equalities, Liz Truss, has announced the full list of members for the newly formed Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC), which will ensure women are at the heart of the build back better agenda as we recover from COVID-19. World-leading experts including scientists, vaccinologists and business leaders will join the GEAC, including Professor Sarah Gilbert, Dr Fabiola Gianotti and Professor Iris Bohnet. Members have been selected from each of the G7 countries and beyond, united by their commitment to democracy and women’s empowerment. In total 19…

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Publication of the report of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council

Stuart Mitchell

The G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council has released its Recommendations for advancing gender equality and the empowerment of girls and women and Call to Action. The Advisory Council has identified 79 good practices in gender equality laws in 4 sectors (violence, economic empowerment, education and health, discrimination) and in all regions of the world. It calls on the leaders of the G7 and other countries to commit themselves, through the “Biarritz Partnership”, to adopt and implement progressive legislative frameworks for gender equality, drawing on its recommendations. In particular, it calls on the leaders to: End…

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