Programme for Implementation of Gender Equality 2007-2010 Pays/Territoire Lettonie Type du document Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Cabinet Order No. 648 of 2007; Latvijas Vēstnesis, 169, 19.10.2007. Sujet Agriculture et développement rural, Général Mot clé Genre Politique/planification Éducation Monitorage Gouvernance Droits de l'homme Aire géographique Europe, EUROPE ET ASIE CENTRALE, Pays de l'union européenne, Europe du nord Entry into force notes 2007-2010 Résumé The Programme is a medium-term policy planning document, which is developed for a time period of four years and includes both specific and horizontal measures for the implementation of gender equality. The Programme includes measures, which are already included in other intersectoral programmes in order to achieve as comprehensive an insight as possible, and it will be done in order to promote ensuring of gender equality. In performing mid-term evaluation of the Programme, the Programme will be revised and updated, possibly supplementing with new action directions and also measures. Objective of the Programme is to improve ensuring of equal opportunities and rights for women and men, as well as access to resources in all areas of life. In evaluating the situation and the tasks performed during the previous programming period, six action directions and corresponding sub-objectives have been specified within the Programme: (1) Educating of society regarding gender equality – to raise the awareness of society regarding gender equality issues; (2) Educating of State institutions of direct administration and other specialists regarding gender equality – to raise the awareness of institutions involved in the introduction of the gender equality policy regarding possibility of use of gender mainstreaming and significance thereof in sectoral policies; (3) Improving of the monitoring of implementation of gender equality policy – to improve the supervision and evaluation of the implemented gender equality policy; (4) Bringing forward of the domestic violence problem – to survey the situation and to develop conceptual solutions for the reduction of domestic violence; (5) Improvement of opportunities for the reconciliation of work and private life – to improve the opportunities for reconciliation of work and family life and to promote the interest of employers in creating opportunities for the reconciliation of work and family life; (6) Survey of lifestyle habits related to health – to survey and raise the awareness of residents regarding lifestyle habits, which are specifically characteristic to each gender, and the impact thereof on health and the quality of life. The main results of the implementation of the Programme will be an improvement of the situation in the application and use of equal rights and opportunities, which will be demonstrated by changes in several areas related to gender equality pursuant to the indicators characterising achievement of the sub-objectives of the Programme. Texte intégral Letton/Anglais Site web likumi.lv