European Commission adopts a Women’s Charter to fight inequality
To strengthen its commitment to women’s equality, the European Commission this month adopted a Women’s Charter. The Vice President of the Commission, Viviane Reding, told UN Radio’s Diane Bailey that equal pay for equal work was already part of the founding treaty of the European Union, but inequality in the work force still persists in many of the 27 EU member states. She says the Charter is a declaration of faith and she presented it ahead of …more