PART ONE: ANALYTICAL SURVEY 1. A european context relatively (un)favourable to equal opportunities 2. Female employment: specific characteristics of work done by women 2.1. Different jobs, work and pay 2.2. Flexibility 2.3. Unemployment 3. Women in trade unionism 3.1. Specific characteristics of trade union activity 3.2. Variable trade union power 3.3. Women and trade unions 3.3.1. Women in trade union structures 3.3.2. Affirmative action in the gender mainstreaming process 4. (...)