National Programme on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men 2015-2021 (Lithuania)

The Lithuanian government adopted its second programme for promoting equal opportunities in February 2015.

The National Programme on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men 2015–2021 (in Lithuanian), supports:

• promoting employment and work opportunities for women and men;
• seeking balanced participation of women and men in decision-making and high-ranking positions;
• improving the efficiency of institutional gender equality mechanisms;
• promoting gender mainstreaming in education and research, culture, healthcare, environmental protection, the national defence and access to justice;
• implementing EU and international gender equality commitments.