GENDER EQUALITY : SEFCOVIC OUTLINES NEW EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STRATEGY FOR COMMISSION.

• Position: Maros Sefcovic - Brief article

On the occasion of International Women's Day, on 8 March, Maros Sefcovic, the commissioner for interinstitutional relations and administration, outlined a new equal opportunity strategy that will set gender quotas at all levels at the European Commission. "What better subject for the annual conference on equal opportunity than work-life balance," he asked after welcoming progress on women's presence in the Commission. "As an employer, the Commission cannot expect you to neglect your private lives. This would not only be unfair to you as individuals, but would also have a negative effect on the organisation." He reviewed the measures that have already been put in place to increase flexibility at work (measures in support of flexitime' and telework, introduced in 2007). "It makes sense for us...