CEE Network for Gender Issues
| CEE Network for Gender Issues | |
|---|---|
| founded in the year | 1998 |
| City | Ljubljana |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Website | http://www.europeanforum.net/gender network |
| address | c/o ZLSD, Levstikova 15, 1000 Ljubljana |
| Networks | Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), Think Tank |
| Last revision | 3.06.2015 |
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It is an international network of social democratic parties, foundations and think tanks themselves under the umbrella of the wider European social democratic network European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity.
The CEE network has an observer status to the FEPS network.
Organizational Structure and Funding
Beside its main office in Slovenia it has suboffices in Croatia and Hungary. It connects activists and organizations from Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, as well as from other parts of Europe and most recently progressive and social democratic women leaders in Arab countries in transition.
Address
c/o ZLSD, Levstikova 15, 1000 Ljubljana
People
Executive board
People leading the Think Tank in the day to day business (CEOs, directorates etc.).
- Karolina Leakovic, international board
- Sonja Lokar, executive director, international board
- Marta Szigeti Bonifert, international board
- Daša Šašić Šilović, chairperson, international board
- Mija Javornik, associate director, international board
- Zita Gurmai, international board
Staff
People working for the Think Tank (Fellows etc.). This includes also part-time employees.
- Attila Benedek, assistant of Zita Gurmai
Working mode, goals
It describes its activities and focus areas with the following listing:
- Analysis and formulation of strategies policies and election platforms regarding most acute political, economic and social problems that women are facing in transition and identification of good practice
- Capacity and women’s organization building
- Support to nationwide gender awareness campaigns
- Harmonization of national legislation on gender issues with that of the European Union and elaboration of gender sensitive policy guidelines for the integration of Central and Eastern European countries into the EU
- Yearly flagship publication, published in Hungary, on political, economic and social status of women with written inputs from well-known SD, progressive and left oriented women champions and human rights activists from the CEE region
- Active network, including an electronic network, of women’s organizations and co-ordination of their activities (http://www.europeanforum.net/gender_network)
Topics
We used the DGs of the EU to generate a basic list of topics. This list is going to be steadily extended. However we try to preserve a persistent list of topics.
References