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The main purpose of this paper is to focus the attention, where possible, on the access of immigrant women to housing market; what above all should be emphasized is that this phenomenon is hardly observable for various reasons, both for the lack of available data (there is currently no indicator identifying a female housing demand and there are no national or local research on this issue) and because of the condition of immigrant women in Trentino.

Discrimination doesn't occur only in employment but also in access to goods and services such as banking, education, transport and health. A directive aiming to guarantee equal treatment in these areas was backed on Monday by the EP Civil Liberties Committee, which particularly highlighted the need to tackle multiple discrimination.

The Role of Gender Wage Discrimination in the EU

Carlos Gradín, Coral del Río, Olga Cantó

The functioning of the labor market often has been stressed as a clear determinant in explaining poverty trends in developed countries. In this paper, is analyzed the role of gender wage discrimination on household poverty rates in several EU countries, linking two related phenomena that rarely are analyzed together.

This training tool was developed as part of the EU-funded project ‘Capacity Building of Civil Society dealing with Anti-Discrimination’ with the aim of providing training on European and national anti-discrimination law and policy to non-governmental organisations in the 10 Member States which joined the European Union on 1 May 2004 as well as in Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey.

Gays, Lesbian and bisexuals at work.

On a more basic level, gay and lesbian issues at work are a question of human rights and equal opportunities.These issues are also an occupational safety matter and should be treated as such by trade unions and employers’ organisations. This booklet will give you specific advice on how to create a workplace of equality (What should be done and who should do it?). It will also give you advice on how to start and run a project to improve working conditions for everybody.

The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual
People with Health Services in North West Ireland
Maria Gibbons, Mary Manandhar,
Caoimhe Gleeson and Joan Mullan

The vital role non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and trade unions play in combating discrimination cannot be overestimated. They are active in all spheres of life within and outside the workplace – and at all levels: European Union, national, regional and local level. The difficult times of economic crisis have shown us that their activities in favour of greater equality are more important than ever.

The toolkit refers to the representation of ethnic and cultural minorities, and especially their portrayal in news and current affairs programmes on television. Since the strategies to combat discrimination are often similar, however, some of the practices described can be applied to other discrimination areas, such as sexual orientation, gender, age and disability.