Mainstreaming equality in the European Union : education, training and labour market policies / Teresa Rees.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-246) and index.

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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. context -- 3. Conceptualising equal opportunities -- 4. European Union and equal opportunities -- 5. Key issues in women's education and training in the UK -- 6. Skill shortages, women, and training for the new information technologies -- 7. EC community action programmes on education and training -- 8. European Social Fund and LEONARDO DA VINCI -- 9. Competitiveness, social exclusion and the learning society: EO and the White Papers -- 10. Mainstreaming equality? -- App. I Directorates-General of the European Commission -- App. II National Vocational Qualifications -- App. III Social Dialogue Joint Opinion on Women and Training -- App. IV Equal treatment and positive action in LEONARDO DA VINCI: Guidelines for project promoters -- App. V Examples of equal treatment, positive action and mainstreaming in LEONARDO DA VINCI projects.

Teresa Rees has been a consultant to the European Commission on equal opportunities and training policies since 1992. With this volume, she examines the potential role of the EU in breaking down gender segregation in the EU labour force.

Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union provides a critical overview and evaluation of the potential role of the EU in perpetuating or breaking down gender segregation in the EU labour force. Teresa Rees draws upon feminist theoretical frameworks in assessing Equal Opportunitues policies and the role of training in the labour market. The same economic imperatives which put women's training on the agenda have heightened interest in designing training which attracts women into mainstream provision. Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union addresses the urgent need for academics, education and training providers, as well as policy makers to be aware of current thinking at EU level on training policy. Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union provides a critical overview and evaluation of the potential role of the EU in perpetuating or breaking down gender segregation in the EU labour force. Teresa Rees draws upon feminist theoretical frameworks in assessing Equal Opportunitues policies and the role of training in the labour market. The same economic imperatives which put women's training on the agenda have heightened interest in designing training which attracts women into mainstream provision. Mainstreaming Equality in the European Union addresses the urgent need for academics, education and training providers, as well as policy makers to be aware of current thinking at EU level on training policy.

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