The Research Centre for Gender Equality (KETHI), a Legal Entity under Private
Law, was founded in 1994. The main office is in Athens and there are four
branches in Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion and Volos. KETHI is supervised and
funded by the General Secretariat for Equality of the Ministry of the Interior,
Public Administration and Decentralisation.
The basic aims of KETHIs activities have a dual focus: to conduct social
research on gender equality issues and to improve womens status and enable their
advancement in all areas of political, economic and social life, within the
framework of the policies defined by the General Secretariat for Equality.
Objectives
To conduct and carry out research and scientific studies on gender
equality
To provide documentation and information on issues regarding gender
equality in employment, entrepreneurship, and social integration
To inform and advise women wishing to integrate into the labour market
To sensitise, educate, and train agencies, groups, organisations, and
individuals regarding gender equality
To undertake initiatives promoting gender equality, particularly in
multi-cultural settings
To plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate projects promoting gender
equality
To raise awareness of gender equality by printing and publishing studies,
research, and other informational material and through the production of
audio-visual material
To support experimental institutions working for womens empowerment and
equal participation
KETHI operates
Information and Counselling Centres for Womens Employment,
Entrepreneurship and Social Integration in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras,
Heraklion and Volos address:
Unemployed women wishing to integrate or re-integrate into the labour
market
Employed women threatened by unemployment
Women wishing to set up a business
Women facing problems of social exclusion
Women requesting information and counselling regarding issues on
social integration or reintegration, career orientation, employment,
legislation
Women in need of legal aid
A Documentation Department that:
Organizes and develops multiple databases
Processes and disseminates statistical data and information through
KETHIs web site (www.kethi.gr) on issues pertaining to womens rights and
to gender equality policies
Organizes and updates the sites of KETHIs web site that provide
information on: projects, studies, publications and issues on gender
equality
Drafts the periodical report on female employment situation in Greece
(CEDAW)
Activities
Providing information on gender equality policies in Greece and in the
European Union
Training and sensitising teachers on gender equality with regard to
education
Developing a network of support structures for womens employment in Greece
and in the European Union
Co-operating with international organisations for the mutual exchange of
information on gender equality
