BEST WORST

IRELAND CHAD
NICARAGUA SYRIA
SLOVENIA
NEW ZEALAND
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 Equality between genders is one of the fundamental principles

of EU Law.
 Legislation for equal rights between women and men has existed
since the very early days of European community.
 Progress is continuing and the European commission’s “Strategic
Engagement for Gender Equality 2016-2019” will help promote
equality between women and men through Key actions to be
implemented in priority areas.
 Priority Areas
*Equal economic independence for women and men;
*Equal pay for work of equal value;
*Equality in decision making;
*Dignity, Integrity and Ending Gender-based violence;
*Promoting gender equality beyond the EU
-Under Its Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality the European
Commission will:
*Carry out an assessment of the Equality pay Principle Directive to
improve its Implementation and Enforcement;
*Consider sanctions to improve the deterrent effect of the
prohibition of pay discrimination;
*Support member states in their efforts to ensure equal pay and
address the root causes of the gender pay, earnings and pension
gaps through the European semester.

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 NICARAGUA
 Nicaragua ranks at the top for Gender Equality in Educational
Attainment. Education is an area in which gender equality in
Nicaragua has undergone great progress in closing gender gap.
 Nicaragua also gets the highest gender-equality score for health and
survival.
 One area in which Nicaraguan women are objectively better off than
their counterparts in more developed countries is in politics.
Women make up more than 40% of lawmakers, senior officials and
managers.
 Nicaragua human rights.
-Concerns;
*Violence against Women and Girls
*Sexual and reproductive rights
*Freedom of expression and association
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 SLOVENIA
 The labour market in Slovenia is strongly gender segregated
horizontally and vertically. Women dominate in the service
industries, including health, social work, Education, financial
intermediation, catering and tourism.
 Slovenia is ranked relatively high, indeed is one of the best-
performing countries in the world.
 Slovenia is one of the 100 countries across the world who
celebrated the International Women’s Day on March 8. This is
the day on which we remember the achievements of women and
their struggle for equality – not just economic and political, but
also social.
 Slovenia is one of the highest-ranked countries in the world
when it comes to gender equality and women’s involvement in
society. It is in an excellent fourth place (of 152 countries) on
the Global Women, Peace and Security Index.
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 New Zealand has been run by women twice, and they’ve been
able to vote since 1893.
 More than half of the student enrolled in tertiary (college and
university) education are female. In fact, 87 percent of Kiwi
women complete the highest level of high school, compared with
67% of men.
 Generally, women are well treated and respected in New
Zealand. Discrimination on the basis gender is illegal.
 Open harassment is unusual (except perhaps in a pub full of
extremely drunk men), and in most places it’s safe for women to
walk the streets alone, even at night.
 New Zealand features women in a lot of powerful roles.
According to the United Nations, New Zealand ranks fifth in the
world equality for women.
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 The gender roles in chad are much likely the earliest years in the
United States, men have all the power.
 One of the many issues women face in chad is the access to
Education. It is common in chad that young women do not go to
school because “Culturally, it is seen as less important for girls to
receive an Education, so often girls are kept at home”
 Many young girls are sold by their parents. Statistics that “Over two
thirds of young women will have been married before the age of
18… and more than a third of young women are married before the
age of 15.
 Women face wide spread discrimination and violence. Female
Genital Mutilation, while being illegal, is still widely practice.
 Extrajudicial killings, beatings, and rape were committed by
Security Forces and other abuses with “near total” impunity.
 Chad is a source and destination country for children subjected
trafficking in persons, specially conditions of forced labour and
force prostitution.
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 SYRIA
 Syrian women were force to face increasing levels of violence,
including War rape, and traditional abusive practices such as
Honour killings which occur in rural areas and areas that are
held by extremist terrorists.
 Syrian women are legally allowed to participate in everyday life,
although they are not guaranteed a spot in being part of
political, social, cultural and economic categories.
 The conflicts in Syria has led to an increase in child marriages.
The harsh living conditions, the insecurities, and the fear of
rape, have led families to force their daughters into early
marriages.

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