EU: the Commission is presenting its 2007 report on equality between men and women

This annual report, which will be presented to the leaders of the 27 during the Spring European council, on March 8 and 9, draws conclusions on inequalities between men and women on the labour market, and defines the priority fields that States have to invest in order to reduce the gap. (Ref. 070212)
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The year 2006 was rich in initiatives in favour of equality among genders, in particular: 1/ the adoption by the Commission in March 2006 of the movement order for equality between men and women, in which it defined its priorities and its action frame to promote equality until 2010 (on this topic, see our article n° 06209) and of which this report represents the first evaluation; 2/ the approval by member States of the European pact for equality between men and women (story n°06124); 3/ the lau

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