The EU Charter for Equality between Women and Men at Local Level was signed in Mannheim in 2011. The charter obliges cities and municipalities to promote equality in a variety of ways. In addition to securing resources, setting goals, priorities and measures, this includes, above all, developing an equality action plan and explicitly involving the city's society and gathering many opinions. In Mannheim, care was taken from the outset to ensure that experts from business, science, politics, administration and the community were involved in the creation of the first Equality Action Plan for the years 2019 - 2023, and that a Charter Advisory Board constantly accompanies and provides expert support for the implementation of the total of 22 projects in the Equality Action Plan. The EU Charter is not only implemented in Mannheim, but also in many other European cities. Prof. Dr. Sylvia Schraut will first briefly present the approaches of the cities of Vienna, Wuppertal, Nuremberg and, of course, Mannheim, thus providing an overview of the range of possible local equality work within the framework of the EU Charter. In 2023, Mannheim will be looking to develop its second Equality Action Plan. Therefore, we would like to discuss with you in working groups afterwards how the second equality action plan of the city of Mannheim should look like. Thematically, the focus will again be on the topic of "Gainful employment and equality".
UTC
may 2022
Workshop with the urban community: How is the European Charter for Equality between Women and Men implemented at the local level in Mannheim?
Destination
In this workshop, interested parties from the city society will have the opportunity to learn more about the Equality Action Plan in Mannheim and to get to know and compare the concepts of other selected cities.
