Este Plan es el instrumento a través del cual el Gobierno define, en aquellos ámbitos que son competencia del Estado, los objetivos y medidas prioritarios para eliminar cualquier discriminación por razón de sexo que pueda persistir y para alcanzar la igualdad de oportunidades entre mujeres y hombres. Responde, en particular, a tres objetivos estratégicos de carácter prioritario: (i) reducir las desigualdades que aun existen en el ámbito del empleo y la economía, con especial incidencia en las desigualdades retributivas; (ii) apoyar la conciliación y corresponsabilidad de la vida personal, familiar y laboral; y (iii) erradicar la violencia que sufren las mujeres por el hecho de serlo. A estos se suman otros tres: (iv) mejorar la participación de las mujeres en los ámbitos político, económico y social; (v) impulsar la igualdad de oportunidades entre mujeres y hombres a través del sistema educativo; e (vi) integrar plenamente el principio de igualdad de trato y de oportunidades en todas las políticas y acciones del Gobierno.

Gender Equality and Policy Implementation in the Corporate World takes a unique approach to the issue of gender equality in corporations in the 21st century. It examines the implementation of specific policies that seek to promote women's presence on corporate boards in 15 democracies in Western and Central Eastern Europe, North America, and Australasia through the lens of the Gender Equality Policy in Practice Approach. The thirteen empirically rich country chapters by leading country experts and two separate comparative chapter answer core questions. How were policies adopted and implemented? Did they achieve any degree of success that would allow for real and lasting equality? What were the politics of the pursuit of corporate gender equality across the 15 countries? What worked and did not work and why? What are the lessons to be drawn from these experiences? The findings of the book show that policy implementation does matter, but that in this last bastion of male domination, policies have had more success in increasing women's numbers over challenging gender-biased norms that block women of all cultural and socio-economic backgrounds from gaining real power on boards. The path-breaking study shows that the reasons for this slow change are highly complex and case specific, in the details of each policy mix. While progress has been slow in coming, it has still been made even in these challenging times. Future policy success, the book concludes, is in the hands of men and women willing to come forward to overcome these well entrenched obstacles.

Rapid changes within the modern business landscape have created new demands for human resources management. With a different set of challenges to face, human resources managers must implement novel approaches to improve policy effectiveness. Strategic Labor Relations Management in Modern Organizations is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on emerging human resource practices in relation to labor management, featuring innovative methods to remain competitive in the global business arena. Focusing on critical analyses and real-world applications, this book is ideally designed for professionals, upper-level students, managers, and researchers actively involved in human resources settings.

Canada has a long-standing commitment to gender equality and an increasingly ambitious agenda to create a truly inclusive society. Recently, the Government of Canada has been strengthening the federal framework for the governance of gender equality policies by developing institutions, policies ...