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created a "Femmes et médias" (Women and Media Awards), in order to award journalists who, "in a concern for professional ethics, advance the debate on equality between women and men”. The offices note that women do not benefit from the same media treatment as men: they are less present quantitatively
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created an Office of Equality in November 1987, with the mission of promoting equality in the different parts of society and monitoring that new legislation conforms to the principles of equality. The responsibility was entrusted to the jurist Marianne Frischknecht. The Federal Council took a similar
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To lead their tasks, the equality offices work together with other public authorities, social partners, women's and men's organizations, and various economic and social actors. Many cantons have established permanent governmental equality commissions that include representatives of these bodies (at
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that ensure the implementation of gender equality in their respective geographical areas. Their tasks vary from canton to canton. Some offices also have the task of promoting equality within the organization of which they are a part. As a rule, their work focuses more on changing structures than on
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the national level, the Federal Commission for Women's Issues, FCWI by its acronym in English). The national office and the cantonal and municipal offices are grouped together in the Swiss Conference of Equality Delegates. The office of the
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deputy, requesting the creation of such an office. The State Council accepted the principle in January 1990 and the Grand Council officially voted to create it in February. The sociologist Françoise Pasche was the first person in charge.
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Around CHF 4.5 million Swiss francs are available each year for projects that promote gender equality in Switzerland, as well as further CHF 3 million for projects to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence.
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was the first to create an equality office, named the Department of Women's Studies (Bureau de la condition féminine), in 1979. Its first head, Marie-Josèphe Lachat, remained in office until 1995.
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accepting the principle in October 1989 and the opening of the Office of Equality and Family in October 1990, under the responsibility of Catherine Laubscher. In 1992, it was the
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The 2030 Gender Equality Strategy was approved by the Federal Council in 2021, and FOGE is responsible for monitoring and approving measures to implement and improve the plan.
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The 2016 edition awarded four prizes: 1st prize to Laura Drompt, Dominique Hartmann and Mohamed Musadak Adelita for their report on jobs in the care sector (
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From 2024 on, issues regarding the LGBTI community are to be integrated into the scope of the Federal Office for Gender Equality.
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and on the website Sept. info during 2015, in particular; special prize to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the federal
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The FOGE represents Switzerland regarding gender equality issues in multiple international organizations, such as the
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The second edition took place in 2013, with the following winners: 1st prize to Florence HĂĽgi for her column "
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At the national level, there has been a Federal Office for Gender Equality in
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in some large cities. In addition, all kinds of organizations in Switzerland (
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also works to prevent violence against women and domestic violence.
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Three prizes were awarded in 2010: 1st prize to the media project "
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Eidgenössische Büro für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann, EBG
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Eidgenössische Büro für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann, EBG
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decision in February 1988 and attached this institution to the
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BFEG, Bureau fédéral de l'égalité entre femmes et hommes.
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At the regional level, there are municipal offices in the
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and are more frequently described in a stereotyped way.
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Ufficio federale per l'uguaglianza fra donna e uomo, UFU
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Bureau fédéral de l’égalité entre femmes et hommes, BFEG
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Ufficio federale per l'uguaglianza fra donna e uomo, UFU
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Bureau fédéral de l’égalité entre femmes et hommes, BFEG
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Federal Office for Gender Equality (Switzerland)

Switzerland
Bern
Alain Berset
ebg.admin.ch
German
French
Italian
Federal Department of Home Affairs
Gender Equality Act (GEA)
cantons
municipalities
trade unions
employers' organizations
Canton of Jura
Canton of Geneva
Federal Office of Culture
Grand Council of the canton of Vaud
Green
liberal
canton of Neuchâtel
Grand Council
canton of Valais
Switzerland
Federal Department of Home Affairs
discrimination
Gender Equality Act
cantons
Principality of Liechtenstein

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