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Useful Links - Switzerland

Reports to UN bodies

Initial Report on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1996)

Second periodic Report on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1999)

Legal texts

Comprehensive collection of legislation (in French)

Government and State organs

List of government websites

Federal Department of Home Affairs

Federal Office for Equality between Women and Men

Swiss Conference of Gender Equality Delegates

Federal Office of Personnel (in French)

Federal Social Insurance Office (OFAS)

Federal Commission for Women's Issues (full website)

Federal Commission for Women's Issues (short description in French)

Swiss Federal Tribunal (including case law) (in French)

Bureau for Gender Equality - Aargau (canton) (in German)

Bureau for Equality between Women and Men - Berne (canton) (in French)

Bureau for Equality - Bern (city) (in German)

Service for the Promotion of Equality between Women and Men - Genève (canton) (in French)

Bureau for Equality between Women and Men - Jura (canton) (in French)

Bureau for Gender Equality - Luzern (canton) (in German)

Service of Women Status - Ticino (canton) (in Italian)

Bureau for Equality between Women and Men (BEFH) - Vaud (canton) (in French)

Bureau for Equality - Valais (canton) (in French)

Bureau for Equality - Zürich (canton) (in German)

Bureau for Women's Issues - Zürich (city) (in German)

Bureau for Equality - Winterthur (city) (in German)

Details of organisations and institutions dealing with equality issues

Government programmes

National Plan of Action (to implement the Beijing Platform for Action) (in French)

"Projet 16+" (apprenticeship programme for women)

Universities

University of Basel - Gender Equality (in German)

University of Bern - Division for Equality between Women and Men (in German)

University of Zürich - Equality between Women and Men in the University (in German)

Polytechnic School of Zürich - Service of Equality between Women and Men (in German)

Swiss University Conference (in French)

NGOs

Alliance of Swiss Women's Societies

Schweizerischer Gemeinnütziger Frauenverein (SGF) (in German)

Swiss Alliance of Catholic Women (SKF) (in German)

Swiss Federation of Protestant Women (FSFP)

Swiss Association for Woman's Rights (ADF) (in French)

Association Women Feminism Research

Liaison Centre of Women's Association (In French)

NGO Coordination Post-Beijing Switzerland

List of women's organisations (with details)

Statistical institutions and data

Swiss Federal Statistics Office (notably with statistics on specialised fields)

World Bank Statistics (labour force)

 


Updated by TE. Approved by GT. Last update: 29 Sept 2004.