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  Welcome Address by Renate Augstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Ministry had expertise on gender perspectives, but despite the emergence of gender mainstreaming on the international agenda some years ago, the concept was rather new in Germany insofar as practical political measures were concerned.
Gender mainstreaming was endorsed by the Fourth World Women's Conference in Beijing in 1995 and became a formal legally binding commitment for EU states, with the entry into force of the Amsterdam Treaty on 1st of May 1999.
In addition, the Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries were clarified so that gender perspectives be observed in all their political, normative and administrative measures; while all Federal officials would now undergo training in gender mainstreaming.
www.earthsummit2002.org /workshop/welcome_address_augstein.htm   (456 words)

  
 Government Programs in Germany - Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth - Equal ...
The pilot project of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth was sponsored by the chambers of industry and commerce and a private sector education centre.
This project of Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth is aimed to establish a competence centre for women entrepreneurs, as well as an European Union network for the promotion of women setting-up in business.
The programme is administered by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
www.ilo.org /public/english/employment/gems/eeo/program/germany/fmfa.htm   (1075 words)

  
 Woman in Germany
There also are the improvement of the situation of women and girls in special situations, the protection against violence and sexual assault, violation of human rights, pregnancy advice, sex education, women and health and awareness-raising measures to dispense with traditional roles and equal opportunities information for the public.
The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens,Women and Youth’s budget for legal and social equal opportunities measures was increased from DM3.2 m in 1985 to €11.248 m in 2003.
In a number of other ministries there are also sections for equal opportunities in their purview, which closely cooperate with the equal opportunities department of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
www.bmfsfj.de /Publikationen/woman-in-germany/b-3.html   (1389 words)

  
 FrauenComputerZentrumBerlin Projects: European Data base on Women in Decision Making
After the end of the European project the data for Germany were updated until 2003 due to additional funding from the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
The project was funded in the framework of the Fourth Communitiy Action Programme on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, a measure initiated by the EU and the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
It thus provided an updated overview of information related to the situation of women in decision-making, contributed to further dissemination and functioned as a resource for comparative qualitative studies and developing strategies to increase women's participation in leadership positions.
www.fczb.de /english/eprojekt/ewid.htm   (267 words)

  
 Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (German: Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend) is a Ministry of Germany.
In 1957, this was changed to the Ministry for Family and Youth Affairs (Bundesministerium für Familien- und Jugendfragen) and in 1963 to the Federal Ministry for Family and Youth (Bundesministerium für Familie und Jugend.
The remaining Ministry was divided into the Federal Ministry for Women and Youth (Bundesministerium für Frauen und Jugend) and the Federal Ministry for Family and Senior Citizens (Bundesministerium für Familie und Senioren).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Ministry_for_Family_Affairs,_Senior_Citizens,_Women_and_Youth   (380 words)

  
 Statment by Dr. Reinhard Wabnitz, Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Federal ...
I am sure that any one who manages to solve the core problem of youth unemployment, and in the process resolve or at least mitigate the concomitant social problems, will be able to win the hearts of our young people (and probably even the elections).
Youth parliaments, youth district councils, youth advisory committees and many other forms of concrete youth and citizen participation such as in the area of traffic and regional planning, sports and playground planning and in school.
International youth policy and international youth exchange are excellent preventive instruments, not only with a view to securing peace and understanding among nations but also in the fight against xenophobia, anti-Semitism, racism and intolerance.
www.un.org /events/youth98/speeches/108ger.htm   (1330 words)

  
 Self-determined Living for Disabled Women in Europe
Claudia Nolte of the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth was represented by Gertrud Dempwolf.
There is a European Women's Lobby, an NGO founded in 1990 which has no special disabled women's group but has started to work on disability issues, racism and disabled women as parents.
The lack of research on women in the labor force is another indication for the marginality of this problem.
www.independentliving.org /docs5/WomensConference.html   (1526 words)

  
 Planning Cities for Children and Youth: The Federal Competition "Child and Family Friendly Cities and Towns" ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1997 the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, asked our institute to prepare and organize the competition Child and Family Friendly Cities and Towns.
The solutions had to address the concept of a child and family friendly environment in its entirety and be innovative and sustainable.
Besides the benefits for the winners, the main issue of the competition was to disseminate information about innovative urban policy strategies in family and youth affairs, and to encourage other cities and towns to imitate or even improve the selected examples.
www.difu.de /english/occasional/planningcities/5.shtml   (435 words)

  
 WebButler Inhalt
IJAB is the central specialist agency for international youth policy, youth work and youth information and acts on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, its member associations and other central bodies responsible for youth work.
Its task is to promote international youth work, cooperation in the field of youth policy, mutual understanding between young people from different countries and cultural backgrounds, the consolidation of relationships and the overcoming of prejudice.
These programmes are organised on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth within the framework of the bilateral agreements concluded with countries of the European Union, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North Africa, the Middle East and Japan.
www.ijab.de /cgi-bin/showcontent.asp?ThemaID=102   (850 words)

  
 EIRO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A majority of respondents wanted shorter working time in order to be able to reconcile work and family life and most also expressed an interest in maintaining contact with their company during parental leave.
In May 2004, the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth published figures indicating that more and more workers, both male and female, are planning to work longer than they had previously intended.
According to the Ministry, the percentage of workers aged 40 and above who wish to retire at 60 at the latest declined from 50% in 1996 to 35% in 2002.
www.eiro.eurofound.ie /organisations/organisation_letter_9099_2004.html   (356 words)

  
 Truth—The No Spin Politically Incorrect Zone
In the mid-1990s, he organized a youth- and homeless cricket team that toured Ireland and England and inspired an opera.
On cold nights, the family of eight stays warm by bundling up in layers of sweaters and sleeps packed together in two tiny rooms.
Believe it or not, it remains in helping and persuading Mexico to treat its citizens better, develop capitalism, decrease corruption, and take care of their own poor.
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 Informacinis Portalas Moterims
The National Council of German Women’s Organizations cordially invites you to take part in a dialogue about European and international women’s rights, new forms of women’s participation and strategies of ensuring political and social equality for women.
Women’s initiatives and activities around the globe in the intervening decaded have led to suffrage in all but a small number of countries.
The conference is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the German Federal Foreign Ministry.
www.lygus.lt /ITC/news.php?id=43   (394 words)

  
 Plan of Action of the Federal Government for the Protection of Children and Young People from Sexual Violence and ...
By financially assisting the Federal Association of Child and Youth Emergency Hotlines, the Federal Government is promoting the extension of the counselling hours of the Child and Youth Emergency Hotline and the Parents' Helpline, as well as the continuing professional education of the personnel involved.
The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth will continue to actively accompany the initiatives of the associations and, in this context, is also relying on the introduction of voluntary codes of conduct for dealing with the problem of sexual encroachments by staff within the associations.
The Federal Government was one of the first to sign the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime with its Supplementary Protocols to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air.
www.preda.org /archives/2003/r03110401D.html   (10259 words)

  
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The Committee on Women and Youth is in charge of examining federal government bills submitted to the Bundesrat via the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the aforementioned areas.
It is usually the Ministers for Women and Youth of the Länder who are appointed to the Committee.
Thus, the expertise of the federal government is complemented by that of the Bundesrat and the states.
www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/instance/2_177.htm   (540 words)

  
 UNECE Annual Session discusses upcoming Ministerial Conference on Ageing, better linking of environment, transport and ...
It was, on the other hand, important to avoid mistakes now that could have major future consequences, as, for example, through letting public-transport systems in transition countries deteriorate while fostering the growth of road transport that could add to health and pollution problems.
MIKKO ELO, Vice-President of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, said environment, energy and transport were three areas of major concern to the Assembly.
Kreid then read out some conclusions to be included in the Commission's final report on the matter, including that the ECE recognized the important role to be played by the Commission in carrying out and coordinating inter-sectoral cooperation.
www.unece.org /press/pr2001/01gen17e.htm   (2280 words)

  
 CRIN - Child Rights Information Network - Resources -
Firstly, the co-operation between the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth is a good example of interaction between the different sectors, which is crucial if the action to abolish corporal punishment is to be efficient.
It is important that families are supported by professional associations and authorities, at all levels, and that upbringing, care and education advance hand in hand.
The five identified areas of intervention are the family, the school, residential institutions, the community and the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse of children, where a new international legal instrument is being considered.
www.crin.org /resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=6407   (2000 words)

  
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 "Digital Broadcast | Vendor News Asia "
From all media accounts, Mr Iqbal is a regular guy, with a regular family and got along well with neighbours, just making a regular living.
TRAI's recommendations relating to DTH are based on meetings with stakeholders and had consultations with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The United Arab Emirates Ministries were central to co-ordinating on behalf of the Gulf States with the ITU in drawing up the conversion to digital, transmission timetable.
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 WOMNET
It is our objective to strengthen the participation of women’s organizations in global governance processes and their management and the influence taken by women in this overall context.
We interface between the international and the national levels and contribute the positions held by German women’s organizations to international debates.
project office of NRO-Frauenforum e.V. is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
www.womnet.de /content/index_engl.html   (214 words)

  
 Recent News
Laura Wilson and Jack Steele were invited to represent RSVPI on an international panel of best practices for organizations involved with senior volunteers.
By invitation only, experts on senior volunteerism from 9 countries were invited to share their experiences and innovative program models with an emphasis on transcultural replication as part of the International Year of the Older Person.
This event was sponsored by the German Federal Ministry on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
www.hhp.umd.edu /AGING/RSVPI/news.html   (280 words)

  
 Local Social Capital - LOS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
LOS stands for the “Local Social Capital” programme – a pilot project from the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) and the European Social Fund (ESF).
Co-financed by the European Social Fund, the BMFSFJ has provided a total of EUR 75 million for the programme until the end of the current ESF funding period.
This involves local communities throughout the Federal Republic of Germany that come within districts covered by the Federal-Länder-Programme "Socially Integrative City”.
www.gsub.de /content/e349/e409/index_eng.html   (331 words)

  
 Legal Disclaimer | European Youth Conference
The content does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the European Commission and/or the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizen, Women and Youth.
The European Commission and the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizen, Women and Youth assume no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein.
Speaking points of Pierre Mairesse, Acting Director for Youth, Sports and Relations with the Citizen at the European Commission
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 Goethe-Institut - Political Culture - Institutions
In 2001 the Federal Government launched a large-scale campaign called "Jugend für Toleranz und Demokratie - gegen Rechtsextremismus, Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Antisemitismus" ("Youth for Tolerance and Democracy – and Against Right-Wing Extremism, Xenophobia and Anti-Semitism").
The Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth has earmarked €10 million for this programme.
Over 3,000 different projects are currently under way within the framework of the "Youth for Tolerance and Democracy" drive.
www.goethe.de /ges/pok/gmr/en392594.htm   (650 words)

  
 IUSSP 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
My research topics dealing with the time use of poor families and households are: * inequality between men and women in everyday life: is it more evident in poor households?
* temporary obligations and social participation * participation in networks and voluntary work (social capital) * social life inside / outside the family.
The 2001/02 time use survey and the previous one (1991/92) were conducted on the behalf of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth of Germany.
iussp2005.princeton.edu /abstractViewer.aspx?submissionId=52098   (212 words)

  
 Scouts in Ireland, Scouting Ireland, scouts.ie - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Third Scouting Ireland National Youth Fora were held in Larch Hill over the weekend.
The Youth Fora, which are run by the National Events Team in co-ordination with the Participation Team, were very well attended...
Senior Staff Application Forms, for the National Patrol Challenge (formerly The Melvin/The Smythe) now on-line....
www.scouts.ie /news/192   (868 words)

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