European Union’s Gender Policies applied to Transition Countries

Abstract

New members of the EU and the prospective ones are adapting gender equality EU legislation as part of the 
enlargement process. Application of equal opportunity law such as, equal pay for men and women for work of 
equal value, law on labour protection and directives on equal treatment in social security have made important 
progress in transition countries (although some are lagging behind). This has been attained by providing a 
structure of gender mainstreaming through the policy making in order of adopting only policies which has an 
equal treatment of females and males. From our findings for the transition countries the Job creation should be 
one of the main focuses of the policy makers, where the higher share of the new jobs created should be intended 
for females.  And the  Experience from the EU shows that highest share of females are in part – time 
employment, therefore in job creation part time employment should be considered too, this will help females to 
earn income and manage family responsibilities.