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Hungary: Parties differ over creation of quotas for women in parliament
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Tue, 2011-10-25 04:44
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Representatives of the ruling coalition parties and opposition radical nationalist Jobbik opposed while the main opposition Socialists and green LMP supported the idea of setting a quota for women MPs in parliament at a debate held about women’s representation in public life on Wednesday.
Opening the event Miklos Soltesz, state secretary for social, family and youth affairs, said the best way to encourage women’s participation in politics, and in welfare and economy is through supporting them in their dual work-family tasks. He said the approach towards a stronger representation of women should be “work and family” instead of “work or family.”
Gender@2012, 8th European Feminist Research Conference
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2011-06-22 10:26
2012-05-17
2012-05-20
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Budapest
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Hungary
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The 8th European Feminist Research Conference invites scholars, students, activists and policy makers to re-visit their politics of location in the light of current crises in Europe and beyond, and to reflect upon the ways in which feminist scholarly tools can be used for understanding and for changing the world.
For more information visit the website of the 8th European Feminist Research Conference
Hungary: Hungarian mothers may get extra votes for their children in elections
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2011-04-25 00:56
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Latest controversial legislation from conservative Fidesz party since winning election on populist rightwing agenda. In a move that would be unprecedented in a modern democracy, Hungary's new government is considering giving mothers with small children extra votes in elections. The conservative Fidesz party has made several controversial decisions since coming to power on a populist rightwing agenda, including a crackdown on the media, but the latest proposal could be prove to be its most contentious.
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For more information, please visit: guardian.co.uk
Hungary: New Constitution poses grave threat to women’s sexual and reproductive rights
Submitted by Barbora Galvankova on Tue, 2011-04-19 05:23
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Yesterday, 18 April 2011, the Hungarian Parliament adopted a new Constitution. The new text and the process under which it has been developed and accepted has been widely criticised as grossly curtailing human rights and democratic values.
Especially of concern to women’s rights NGOs is that the new Constitution poses a grave threat to women’s sexual and reproductive rights, as it includes a sentence on the protection of the fetus from conception.
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To read the complete article please visit European Women's Lobby
Hungary: Why aren’t there more female politicians in Hungary?
Submitted by Barbora Galvankova on Mon, 2011-04-11 06:00
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The idea that women should play a bigger role in politics is already what Hungarians would call a lerágott csont (gnawed bone): a topic that has been discussed to death. Nevertheless, virtually no improvement has been discernible in this field in the last 20 years. The fact that Hungary, in a manner unparalleled in the developed world, now has its second successive government without a single female cabinet member is a warning that should not be ignored. Society, however, seems to be little concerned.
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To read the complete article please visit The Budapest Times
Hungary: US praises Roma MP's courage
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2011-03-24 06:55
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Hungarian Roma MP Ágnes Osztolykán was among 10 women invited to Washington last week to pick up the State Department’s International Women of Courage Awards from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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To read the complete article pleas visit The Budapest Times
European Parliament:Call for quotas for women
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2011-03-09 06:21
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Quotas are needed to ensure equal representation of women in the private and public sectors, agreed most participants in a meeting held by the EP Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee with national parliaments' representatives on Thursday, ahead of the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day on 8 March. Speakers also advocated changing national electoral rules to increase women's representation at local, regional and national level in politics.
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To read the full article please visit European Parliament wesite
Hungary: Up to 20% drop in female MPs in Hungary following election
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2010-04-26 11:22
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Hungary's new Parliament will see a 20 percent drop in the number of female MPs, from the current 43 to 35, MTI calculated on Monday.The Socialist Party had 26 female MPs in the past four years and in the new Parliament there will be only five women out of 59 Socialist MPs.
The green-liberal Politics Can Be Different party will have 16 MPs in the new Parliament including five women, while the radical nationalist Jobbik will have 47 MPs including only three females.
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To read the complete news story please visit Politics.hu
Training on Mainstreaming Minority Rights into the Local Public Policy Process
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2008-09-08 09:11
2008-11-23 09:00
2008-11-27 17:00
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City & Province/State:
Budapest
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Hungary
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This international training is part of LGI strategy to promote cutting edge training curricula. Training is designed primarily for development workers and policy makers, and staff of local and national government and international organizations, managers of public services, human resource managers of public institutions, policy advisors and consultants, project managers working on EU funded projects, trainers of local governments and faculty staff from public administration and public policy higher education. It will present recent thinking and practice in diversity management involving ethnicity. It combines personal and institutional focuses and it concentrates on participants’ awareness of diversity issues in the region and on the diversity awareness and skills necessary for policymakers leading and managing public services in diverse communities. The workshop is based on participatory and experiential learning methods and makes use of real life case studies.
To learn more, please visit HREA's Website.
