title: Ordinance establishing a Department for the Equality of Women and Men, 24 February 1988.
abstract: This Ordinance establishes a Department for the Equality of Women and Men to encourage the application of the principle of equality between women and men in all areas of life and to devote itself to the elimination of all forms of direct or indirect discrimination.  The Department is attached to the Swiss Federal Office of Culture and has the following functions, among others:  1) to formulate normative acts and measures that the Confederation will enact for the ends of promoting and guaranteeing equality between women and men; 2) to collaborate with cantonal and community departments as well as with organizations that assume similar tasks; 3) to advise individuals and authorities on questions dealing with equality between women and men; 4) to issue recommendations and to establish or request expert evaluation; 5) to develop, in concert with interested parties, programs and measures aimed at ensuring the equality of women and men and to follow their implementation; 6) to inform public opinion about the issues of equality between women and men; and 7) to report regularly on its activities and on the realization of the legislative program relating to "equality of rights between men and women," as well as on the actual situation with respect to the equality of women and men.  Further provisions of the Ordinance deal with the Department's relations with other federal offices and wages for personnel, among other things.
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003253:Consultants; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D006285:Health Planning; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011287:Prejudice; D012940:Social Problems; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013557:Switzerland; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Advisory Services; Communication; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Gender Issues; Gender Relations; Information Distribution; Legislation; Organization And Administration; Program Activities; Programs; Sex Discrimination; Social Discrimination; Social Problems; Socioeconomic Factors; Switzerland; Western Europe; Women's Status