The policy of equal opportunities in the European Union. Legislative landmarks.
The policy of equal opportunities in the European Union. Legislative landmarks.

Summary/Abstract: For almost fifty years, the European Union, and the European Economic Community, which preceded it up to 1993, has been developing a policy of equal opportunities for men and women. This does not mean that women's problems have been solved or that this process knew a steady dynamics; the more so one couldn't possibly maintain that the measures adopted are fully satisfactory for women in the member countries or that men assented to them. Cet article présente, par ordre chronologique, les éléments les plus importants de ces politiques, insistant sur la législation et les documents les plus importants pour la compréhension de leur statut actuel. Le cas de la Belgique est proposé en guise d’exemple, pour mieux faire comprendre comment un Etat membre adopte la législation européenne et comment il promeut au niveau national ses propres initiatives.

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