” “The European institutions are rallying about gender equality on the occasion of the World Women’s Day. "We must not just create more job opportunities but also quality jobs, and we must help women strike a work-life balance". The EU Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs, Vladimir pidla, made this statement when presenting the EU Strategy for Equal Opportunities, which covers about twenty specific initiatives for the next five years, funded with 52.2 million euros. The "Schedule 2006-2010", adopted by the Commission, includes many goals, such as: "balance between work and family"; "eradication of any form of violence and trade of humans"; "promotion of gender equality outside the EU". On its part, today the EU Parliament will host a workshop for raising awareness of the strategies for fighting forced prostitution associated with sports events, before the EU MPs, sports and culture celebrities, EU commissioners. From the Council of Europe, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, René Van der Linden, asked instead "the member states of the organisation to join the Convention on the trade of humans", which offers "effective legal systems" to fight prostitution. ” ” ” “
