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Gender mainstreaming

  • What is Gender mainstreaming
    • Policy cycle
  • Institutions and structures
    • European Union
    • EU Member States
    • Stakeholders
    • International organizations
  • Policy areas
    • Agriculture and rural development
      • Policy cycle
    • Culture
      • Policy cycle
    • Digital agenda
      • Policy cycle
    • Economic and financial affairs
      • #3 Steps Forward
        • How can you make a difference?
      • Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the EU
      • Policy cycle
    • Education
      • Policy cycle
    • Employment
      • Policy cycle
      • Structures
    • Energy
      • Policy cycle
    • Entrepreneurship
      • Policy cycle
    • Environment and climate change
      • Policy cycle
    • Health
      • Policy cycle
    • Justice
      • Policy cycle
    • Maritime affairs and fisheries
      • Policy cycle
    • Migration
      • Policy cycle
    • Poverty
      • Policy cycle
    • Regional policy
      • Policy cycle
    • Research
      • Policy cycle
    • Security
      • Policy cycle
    • Sport
      • Policy cycle
    • Tourism
      • Policy cycle
    • Transport
      • Policy cycle
    • Youth
      • Policy cycle
  • Toolkits
    • Gender Equality Training
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      • What is Gender Equality Training
      • Why invest in Gender Equality Training
      • Who should use Gender Equality Training
      • Step-by-step guide to Gender Equality Training
        • Preparation phase
          • 1. Assess the needs
          • 2. Integrate initiatives to broader strategy
          • 3. Ensure sufficient resources
          • 4. Write good terms of reference
          • 5. Select a trainer
        • Implementation phase
          • 6. Engage in the needs assessment
          • 7. Actively participate in the initiative
          • 8. Invite others to join in
          • 9. Monitoring framework and procedures
        • Evaluation and follow-up phase
          • 10. Set up an evaluation framework
          • 11. Assess long-term impacts
          • 12. Give space and support others
      • Designing effective Gender Equality Training
      • Gender Equality Training in the EU
      • Good Practices on Gender Equality Training
      • More resources on Gender Equality Training
      • More on EIGE's work on Gender Equality Training
    • Gender Impact Assessment
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      • What is Gender Impact Assessment
      • Why use Gender Impact Assessment
      • Who should use Gender Impact Assessment
      • When to use Gender Impact Assessment
      • Guide to Gender Impact Assessment
        • Step 1: Definition of policy purpose
        • Step 2: Checking gender relevance
        • Step 3: Gender-sensitive analysis
        • Step 4: Weighing gender impact
        • Step 5: Findings and proposals for improvement
      • Following up on gender impact assessment
      • General considerations
      • Examples from the EU
        • European Union
          • European Commission
        • National level
          • Austria
          • Belgium
          • Denmark
          • Finland
          • Sweden
        • Regional level
          • Basque country
          • Catalonia
        • Local level
          • Lower Saxony
          • Swedish municipalities
    • Institutional Transformation
      • Back to toolkit page
      • What is Institutional Transformation
        • Institutional transformation and gender: Key points
        • Gender organisations
        • Types of institutions
        • Gender mainstreaming and institutional transformation
        • Dimensions of gender mainstreaming in institutions: The SPO model
      • Why focus on Institutional Transformation
        • Motivation model
      • Who the guide is for
      • Guide to Institutional Transformation
        • Preparation phase
          • 1. Creating accountability and strengthening commitment
          • 2. Allocating resources
          • 3. Conducting an organisational analysis
          • 4. Developing a strategy and work plan
        • Implementation phase
          • 5. Establishing a support structure
          • 6. Setting gender equality objectives
          • 7. Communicating gender mainstreaming
          • 8. Introducing gender mainstreaming
          • 9. Developing gender equality competence
          • 10. Establishing a gender information management system
          • 11. Launching gender equality action plans
          • 12. Promotional equal opportunities
        • Evaluation and follow-up phase
          • 13. Monitoring and steering organisational change
      • Dealing with resistance
        • Discourse level
        • Individual level
        • Organisational level
        • Statements and reactions
      • Checklist: Key questions for change
      • Examples from the EU
        • Preparation phase
          • 1. Strengthening accountability
          • 2. Allocating resources
          • 3. Organisational analysis
          • 4. Developing a strategy and working plan
        • Implementation phase
          • 5. Establishing a support structure
          • 6. Setting objectives
          • 7. Communicating gender mainstreaming
          • 8. Introducing methods and tools
          • 9. Developing Competence
          • 10. Establishing a gender information management system
          • 11. Launching action plans
          • 12. Promoting within an organisation
        • Evaluation and follow-up phase
          • 13. Monitoring and evaluating
    • Gender Equality in Academia and Research
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      • WHAT
        • What is a Gender Equality Plan?
        • Terms and definitions
        • Which stakeholders need to be engaged into a GEP
        • About the Gear Tool
      • WHY
        • Horizon Europe GEP criterion
        • Gender Equality in Research and Innovation
        • Why change must be structural
        • Rationale for gender equality change in research and innovation
      • HOW
        • GEAR step-by-step guide for research organisations, universities and public bodies
          • Step 1: Getting started
          • Step 2: Analysing and assessing the state-of-play in the institution
          • Step 3: Setting up a Gender Equality Plan
          • Step 4: Implementing a Gender Equality Plan
          • Step 5: Monitoring progress and evaluating a Gender Equality Plan
          • Step 6: What comes after the Gender Equality Plan?
        • GEAR step-by-step guide for research funding bodies
          • Step 1: Getting started
          • Step 2: Analysing and assessing the state-of-play in the institution
          • Step 3: Setting up a Gender Equality Plan
          • Step 4: Implementing a Gender Equality Plan
          • Step 5: Monitoring progress and evaluating a Gender Equality Plan
          • Step 6: What comes after the Gender Equality Plan?
        • GEAR action toolbox
          • Work-life balance and organisational culture
          • Gender balance in leadership and decision making
          • Gender equality in recruitment and career progression
          • Integration of the sex/gender dimension into research and teaching content
          • Measures against gender-based violence including sexual harassment
          • Measures mitigating the effect of COVID-19
          • Data collection and monitoring
          • Training: awareness-raising and capacity building
          • GEP development and implementation
          • Gender-sensitive research funding procedures
        • Success factors for GEP development and implementation
        • Challenges & resistance
      • WHERE
        • Austria
        • Belgium
        • Bulgaria
        • Croatia
        • Cyprus
        • Czechia
        • Denmark
        • Estonia
        • Finland
        • France
        • Germany
        • Greece
        • Hungary
        • Ireland
        • Italy
        • Latvia
        • Lithuania
        • Luxembourg
        • Malta
        • Netherlands
        • Poland
        • Portugal
        • Romania
        • Slovakia
        • Slovenia
        • Spain
        • Sweden
        • United Kingdom
    • Gender-sensitive Parliaments
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      • What is the tool for?
      • Who is the tool for?
      • How to use the tool
      • Self-assessment, scoring and interpretation of parliament gender-sensitivity
        • AREA 1 – Women and men have equal opportunities to ENTER the parliament
          • Domain 1 – Electoral system and gender quotas
          • Domain 2 - Political party/group procedures
          • Domain 3 – Recruitment of parliamentary employees
        • AREA 2 – Women and men have equal opportunities to INFLUENCE the parliament’s working procedures
          • Domain 1 – Parliamentarians’ presence and capacity in a parliament
          • Domain 2 – Structure and organisation
          • Domain 3 – Staff organisation and procedures
        • AREA 3 – Women’s interests and concerns have adequate SPACE on parliamentary agenda
          • Domain 1 – Gender mainstreaming structures
          • Domain 2 – Gender mainstreaming tools in parliamentary work
          • Domain 3 – Gender mainstreaming tools for staff
        • AREA 4 – The parliament produces gender-sensitive LEGISLATION
          • Domain 1 – Gender equality laws and policies
          • Domain 2 – Gender mainstreaming in laws
          • Domain 3 – Oversight of gender equality
        • AREA 5 – The parliament complies with its SYMBOLIC function
          • Domain 1 – Symbolic meanings of spaces
          • Domain 2 – Gender equality in external communication and representation
      • How gender-sensitive are parliaments in the EU?
      • Examples of gender-sensitive practices in parliaments
        • Women and men have equal opportunities to ENTER the parliament
        • Women and men have equal opportunities to INFLUENCE the parliament’s working procedures
        • Women’s interests and concerns have adequate SPACE on parliamentary agenda
        • The parliament produces gender-sensitive LEGISLATION
        • The parliament complies with its SYMBOLIC function
      • Glossary of terms
      • References and resources
    • Gender Budgeting
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      • Für wen ist dieses Toolkit gedacht?
      • Warum ist die Berücksichtigung des Gleichstellungsaspekts bei der Haushaltsplanung für die europäischen Fonds in geteilter Verwaltung von Bedeutung?
        • Drei Gründe, warum es wichtig ist, den Gleichstellungsaspekt bei der Haushaltsplanung für die EU-Fonds zu berücksichtigen
      • Was ist die Berücksichtigung von Gleichstellungsaspekten bei der Haushaltsplanung?
        • Einführung der Berücksichtigung des Gleichstellungsaspekts bei der Haushaltsplanung
        • Was hat die Berücksichtigung des Gleichstellungsaspekts bei der Haushaltsplanung mit den Lebenswirklichkeiten von Frauen und Männern zu tun?
        • Was umfasst die Berücksichtigung des Gleichstellungsaspekts bei der Haushaltsplanung in der Praxis?
        • Berücksichtigung des Gleichstellungsaspekts bei der Haushaltsplanung im Rahmen der EU-Fonds
          • Berücksichtigung des Gleichstellungsaspekts bei der Haushaltsplanung als Form der Einhaltung von EU-Rechtsvorschriften
          • Berücksichtigung des Gleichstellungsaspekts bei der Haushaltsplanung als eine Form der Förderung der Rechenschaftspflicht und Transparenz bei der öffentlichen Haushaltsplanung und Verwaltung
          • Die Berücksichtigung des Gleichstellungsaspekts bei der Haushaltsplanung als Weg, um die Teilnahme von Frauen und Männern an den Haushaltsverfahren zu steigern
          • Die Berücksichtigung des Gleichstellungsaspekts bei der Haushaltsplanung als Weg zur Förderung der Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern in ihrer gesamten Vielfalt
      • Wie können wir den Gleichstellungsaspekt bei der Haushaltsplanung im Rahmen der EU‑Fonds berücksichtigen? Praktische Instrumente und Beispiele aus den Mitgliedstaaten
        • Instrument 1: Verknüpfung der EU-Fonds mit dem EU-Rechtsrahmen zur Geschlechtergleichstellung
          • Gesetzgeberische und gesetzliche Grundlage für die Gleichstellungspolitik der EU
          • Konkrete Anforderungen für die Berücksichtigung der Geschlechtergleichstellung innerhalb der EU-Fonds
          • Grundlegende Voraussetzungen der EU-Fonds
          • Zusätzliche Ressourcen
        • Instrument 2: Analyse der geschlechtsspezifischen Ungleichheiten und Bedürfnisse auf nationaler und subnationaler Ebene
          • Schritte zur Bewertung und Analyse der geschlechtsspezifischen Ungleichheiten und Bedürfnisse
          • Schritt 1: Erfassung von Informationen und aufgeschlüsselten Daten zur Zielgruppe
          • Schritt 2: Ermittlung der vorhandenen geschlechtsspezifischen Ungleichheiten und der zugrunde liegenden Ursachen
          • Schritt 3: Direkter Austausch mit den Zielgruppen
          • Schritt 4. Schlussfolgerungen ziehen
          • Zusätzliche Ressourcen
        • Instrument 3: Operationalisierung der Geschlechtergleichstellung in den politischen Zielsetzungen (in Partnerschaftsvereinbarungen) und spezifischen Zielsetzungen/ Maßnahmen (in operationellen Programmen)
          • Schritte zur Operationalisierung der Geschlechtergleichstellung in Partnerschaftsvereinbarungen und operationellen Programmen
          • Allgemeine Leitlinien zur Operationalisierung der Geschlechtergleichstellung bei der Entwicklung der politischen Zielsetzungen, spezifischen Ziele und Maßnahmen
          • Checkliste für die Umsetzung des bereichsübergreifenden Grundsatzes der Gleichstellung der Geschlechter in Partnerschaftsvereinbarungen
          • Checkliste für die Umsetzung des bereichsübergreifenden Grundsatzes der Gleichstellung der Geschlechter in operationellen Programmen
          • Beispiele für die Integration der Geschlechtergleichstellung als bereichsübergreifender Grundsatz in die politischen Ziele und spezifischen Zielsetzungen
        • Instrument 4: Koordinierung der EU-Fonds zur Verbesserung der Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Privatleben und Komplementaritäten zwischen diesen Fonds
          • Schritte zur Verbesserung der Koordinierung und Komplementarität zwischen den Fonds
          • Schritt 1: Ausrichtung an den Zielen der EU des strategischen Engagements für die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter und an den nationalen Zielen für die Geschlechtergleichstellung
          • Schritte 2 und 3: Ermittlung und Entwicklung möglicher Interventionen zur Verbesserung der Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Privatleben
          • Schritt 4: Nachbereitung durch die Verwendung von Indikatoren im Rahmen der Überwachungs- und Evaluierungssysteme
          • Fiktive Fallstudie 1: Vereinbarkeit von bezahlter Arbeit und Kinderbetreuung
          • Fiktive Fallstudie 2: Vereinbarkeit von Schichtarbeit und Kinderbetreuung
          • Fiktive Fallstudie 3: Ausgleich zwischen Versorgungsarbeit für sich und andere
          • Fiktive Fallstudie 4: Vereinbarkeit von Pflege und Betreuung von Kindern und älteren Personen mit der Schichtarbeit
          • Zusätzliche Ressourcen
        • Instrument 5: Festlegung von Partnerschaften und Steuerung auf mehreren Ebenen – Identifizierung der relevanten Partnerinnen und Partner, die Rolle von Gleichstellungsexpertinnen und -experten und die Zusammensetzung der Überwachungsausschüsse
          • Schritte für die Festlegung von Partnerschaften und Steuerung auf mehreren Ebenen
          • Zusätzliche Ressourcen
        • Instrument 6: Ausarbeitung von quantitativen und qualitativen Indikatoren für die Förderung der Geschlechtergleichstellung
          • Schritte für die Entwicklung von quantitativen und qualitativen Indikatoren
          • EFRE und Kohäsionsfonds (die gleichen gemeinsamen Indikatoren)
          • Europäischer Sozialfonds Plus
          • Europäischer Meeres- und Fischereifonds
          • Zusätzliche Ressourcen
        • Instrument 7: Festlegung der gleichstellungsorientierten Kriterien für die Auswahl der Vorhaben
          • Schritte zur Unterstützung der gleichstellungsorientierten Entwicklung und Auswahl von Vorhaben
          • Checkliste für die Ausarbeitung von Aufforderungen zur Einreichung von Vorschlägen für Vorhaben
          • Checkliste für die Kriterien zur Auswahl der Vorhaben
          • Zusätzliches Instrument 7.a: Geschlechtergerechte Vereinbarungen mit den Projektträgern
        • Instrument 8: Nachverfolgung der Mittelzuweisungen für die Geschlechtergleichstellung bei den EU-Fonds
          • Ensuring gender relevance in EU Funds
          • The tracking system
          • Steps for tracking resource allocations on gender equality
          • Step 1: Ex ante approach
          • Step 2: Ex post approach
          • Examples of Step 2a
          • Annex 1: Ex ante assignment of intervention fields to the gender equality dimension codes
          • Annex 2: The EU’s gender equality legal and policy framework
        • Instrument 9: Einbeziehung der Geschlechtergleichstellung bei der Konzipierung des Projekts
          • Schritte für die Einbeziehung der Geschlechtergleichstellung bei der Konzipierung des Projekts
          • Schritt 1: Ausrichtung an den Gleichstellungszielen und Indikatoren der Partnerschaftsvereinbarungen und operationellen Programme
          • Schritt 2: Entwicklung des Vorhabens und Antrag
          • Schritt 3. Umsetzung des Vorhabens
          • Schritt 4. Beurteilung des Vorhabens
        • Instrument 10: Berücksichtigung der Geschlechterperspektive bei den Überwachungs- und Evaluierungsverfahren
          • Schritte zur Einbeziehung der Geschlechterperspektive in die Überwachungs- und Evaluierungsverfahren
          • Zusätzliche Ressourcen
        • Instrument 11: Berichterstattung zur Mittelverwendung für die Geschlechtergleichstellung im Rahmen der EU-Fonds
          • Nachverfolgung der Ausgaben für die Geschlechtergleichstellung
          • Zusätzliche Ressourcen
      • Ressourcen
        • Literaturverzeichnis
        • Abkürzungen
        • Danksagung
    • Gender-responsive Public Procurement
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      • Who is this toolkit for?
        • Guiding you through the toolkit
      • What is gender-responsive public procurement?
        • How is gender-responsive public procurement linked to gender equality?
        • How is gender-responsive public procurement linked to gender budgeting?
      • Why is gender-responsive public procurement important?
        • Five reasons why gender-responsive public procurement
        • Why was this toolkit produced
      • Gender-responsive public procurement in practice
        • Legal framework cross-references gender equality and public procurement
        • Public procurement strategies cover GRPP
        • Gender equality action plans or strategies mention public procurement
        • Capacity-building programmes, support structures
        • Regular collaboration between gender equality bodies
        • Effective monitoring and reporting systems on the use of GRPP
        • Tool 1:Self-assessment questionnaire about the legal
        • Tool 2: Overview of the legislative, regulatory and policy frameworks
      • How to include gender aspects in tendering procedures
        • Pre-procurement stage
          • Needs assessment
          • Tool 3: Decision tree to assess the gender relevance
          • Preliminary market consultation
          • Tool 4: Guiding questions for needs assessment
          • Defining the subject matter of the contract
          • Choosing the procedure
          • Tool 5: Decision tree for the choice of procedure for GRPP
          • Dividing the contract into lots
          • Tool 6: Guiding questions for dividing contracts into lots for GRPP
          • Light regime for social, health and other specific services
          • Tool 7: Guiding questions for applying GRPP under the light regime
          • Tool 8: Guiding questions for applying GRPP under the light regime
          • Reserved contracts
          • Preparing tender documents
        • Procurement stage
          • Exclusion grounds
          • Selection criteria
          • Technical specifications
          • Tool 9: Decision tree for setting GRPP selection criteria
          • Award criteria
          • Tool 10: Formulating GRPP award criteria
          • Tool 11: Bidders’ concepts to ensure the integration of gender aspects
          • Use of labels/certifications
        • Post-procurement stage
          • Tool 12: Checklist for including GRPP contract performance conditions
          • Subcontracting
          • Monitoring
          • Reporting
          • Tool 13: Template for a GRPP monitoring and reporting plan
      • References
      • Additional resources
  • Methods and tools
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    • About EIGE's methods and tools
    • Gender analysis
    • Gender audit
    • Gender awareness-raising
    • Gender budgeting
    • Gender impact assessment
    • Gender equality training
    • Gender-responsive evaluation
    • Gender statistics and indicators
    • Gender monitoring
    • Gender planning
    • Gender-responsive public procurement
    • Gender stakeholder consultation
    • Sex-disaggregated data
    • Institutional transformation
    • Examples of methods and tools
    • Resources
  • Good practices
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    • About good practices
    • EIGE’s approach to good practices
  • Country specific information
    • Belgium
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    • Bulgaria
      • Overview
    • Czechia
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    • Denmark
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    • Germany
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    • Estonia
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    • Ireland
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    • Greece
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    • Spain
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    • France
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    • Croatia
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    • Cyprus
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    • Latvia
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    • Lithuania
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    • Netherlands
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    • Portugal
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    • Romania
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    • Slovenia
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    • Slovakia
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    • Finland
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    • Sweden
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  • Gender mainstreaming
    • What is Gender mainstreaming
      • Policy cycle
    • Institutions and structures
      • European Union
      • EU Member States
      • Stakeholders
      • International organizations
    • Policy areas
      • Agriculture and rural development
        • Policy cycle
      • Culture
        • Policy cycle
      • Digital agenda
        • Policy cycle
      • Economic and financial affairs
        • #3 Steps Forward
          • How can you make a difference?
        • Economic Benefits of Gender Equality in the EU
        • Policy cycle
      • Education
        • Policy cycle
      • Employment
        • Policy cycle
        • Structures
      • Energy
        • Policy cycle
      • Entrepreneurship
        • Policy cycle
      • Environment and climate change
        • Policy cycle
      • Health
        • Policy cycle
      • Justice
        • Policy cycle
      • Maritime affairs and fisheries
        • Policy cycle
      • Migration
        • Policy cycle
      • Poverty
        • Policy cycle
      • Regional policy
        • Policy cycle
      • Research
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      • Security
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      • Sport
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      • Tourism
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      • Youth
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    • Toolkits
      • Gender Equality Training
        • Back to toolkit page
        • What is Gender Equality Training
        • Why invest in Gender Equality Training
        • Who should use Gender Equality Training
        • Step-by-step guide to Gender Equality Training
            • 1. Assess the needs
            • 2. Integrate initiatives to broader strategy
            • 3. Ensure sufficient resources
            • 4. Write good terms of reference
            • 5. Select a trainer
            • 6. Engage in the needs assessment
            • 7. Actively participate in the initiative
            • 8. Invite others to join in
            • 9. Monitoring framework and procedures
            • 10. Set up an evaluation framework
            • 11. Assess long-term impacts
            • 12. Give space and support others
        • Designing effective Gender Equality Training
        • Gender Equality Training in the EU
        • Good Practices on Gender Equality Training
        • More resources on Gender Equality Training
        • More on EIGE's work on Gender Equality Training
      • Gender Impact Assessment
        • Back to toolkit page
        • What is Gender Impact Assessment
        • Why use Gender Impact Assessment
        • Who should use Gender Impact Assessment
        • When to use Gender Impact Assessment
        • Guide to Gender Impact Assessment
          • Step 1: Definition of policy purpose
          • Step 2: Checking gender relevance
          • Step 3: Gender-sensitive analysis
          • Step 4: Weighing gender impact
          • Step 5: Findings and proposals for improvement
        • Following up on gender impact assessment
        • General considerations
        • Examples from the EU
            • European Commission
            • Austria
            • Belgium
            • Denmark
            • Finland
            • Sweden
            • Basque country
            • Catalonia
            • Lower Saxony
            • Swedish municipalities
      • Institutional Transformation
        • Back to toolkit page
        • What is Institutional Transformation
          • Institutional transformation and gender: Key points
          • Gender organisations
          • Types of institutions
          • Gender mainstreaming and institutional transformation
          • Dimensions of gender mainstreaming in institutions: The SPO model
        • Why focus on Institutional Transformation
          • Motivation model
        • Who the guide is for
        • Guide to Institutional Transformation
            • 1. Creating accountability and strengthening commitment
            • 2. Allocating resources
            • 3. Conducting an organisational analysis
            • 4. Developing a strategy and work plan
            • 5. Establishing a support structure
            • 6. Setting gender equality objectives
            • 7. Communicating gender mainstreaming
            • 8. Introducing gender mainstreaming
            • 9. Developing gender equality competence
            • 10. Establishing a gender information management system
            • 11. Launching gender equality action plans
            • 12. Promotional equal opportunities
            • 13. Monitoring and steering organisational change
        • Dealing with resistance
          • Discourse level
          • Individual level
          • Organisational level
          • Statements and reactions
        • Checklist: Key questions for change
        • Examples from the EU
            • 1. Strengthening accountability
            • 2. Allocating resources
            • 3. Organisational analysis
            • 4. Developing a strategy and working plan
            • 5. Establishing a support structure
            • 6. Setting objectives
            • 7. Communicating gender mainstreaming
            • 8. Introducing methods and tools
            • 9. Developing Competence
            • 10. Establishing a gender information management system
            • 11. Launching action plans
            • 12. Promoting within an organisation
            • 13. Monitoring and evaluating
      • Gender Equality in Academia and Research
        • Back to toolkit page
        • WHAT
          • What is a Gender Equality Plan?
          • Terms and definitions
          • Which stakeholders need to be engaged into a GEP
          • About the Gear Tool
        • WHY
          • Horizon Europe GEP criterion
          • Gender Equality in Research and Innovation
          • Why change must be structural
          • Rationale for gender equality change in research and innovation
          • GEAR step-by-step guide for research organisations, universities and public bodies
            • Step 1: Getting started
            • Step 2: Analysing and assessing the state-of-play in the institution
            • Step 3: Setting up a Gender Equality Plan
            • Step 4: Implementing a Gender Equality Plan
            • Step 5: Monitoring progress and evaluating a Gender Equality Plan
            • Step 6: What comes after the Gender Equality Plan?
          • GEAR step-by-step guide for research funding bodies
            • Step 1: Getting started
            • Step 2: Analysing and assessing the state-of-play in the institution
            • Step 3: Setting up a Gender Equality Plan
            • Step 4: Implementing a Gender Equality Plan
            • Step 5: Monitoring progress and evaluating a Gender Equality Plan
            • Step 6: What comes after the Gender Equality Plan?
          • GEAR action toolbox
            • Work-life balance and organisational culture
            • Gender balance in leadership and decision making
            • Gender equality in recruitment and career progression
            • Integration of the sex/gender dimension into research and teaching content
            • Measures against gender-based violence including sexual harassment
            • Measures mitigating the effect of COVID-19
            • Data collection and monitoring
            • Training: awareness-raising and capacity building
            • GEP development and implementation
            • Gender-sensitive research funding procedures
          • Success factors for GEP development and implementation
          • Challenges & resistance
        • WHERE
          • Austria
          • Belgium
          • Bulgaria
          • Croatia
          • Cyprus
          • Czechia
          • Denmark
          • Estonia
          • Finland
          • France
          • Germany
          • Greece
          • Hungary
          • Ireland
          • Italy
          • Latvia
          • Lithuania
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The information on this page was last updated in December 2022. The information was collected in the process of EIGE’s 2021 data collection on institutional mechanisms for the promotion of gender equality and gender mainstreaming.

Legislative and policy framework

The Croatian Constitution enshrined gender equality in a constitutional amendment in 2000 (Article 3). Gender equality is reinforced in Article 14 of the Constitution, which prohibits discrimination based on race, skin colour, sex, language, political or other opinions, national or social origin, property, birth, education, social status, or any other characteristic.[1]

The European Union (EU) gender equality acquis has been transposed into Croatian law as part of its accession to the EU. In anticipation of becoming an EU Member State, the Republic of Croatia promoted gender equality through national policies to improve the position of women.

The Gender Equality Act (Zakon o ravnopravnosti spolova) was consolidated first in 2008, and again in 2017. It constitutes the legal framework for gender equality in Croatia and establishes the protection and promotion of gender equality as a fundamental value. Moreover, it also ensures the application of the equality principle in all aspects of national policy. Article 3 of the Act refers to gender mainstreaming and stipulates that public bodies should – at all stages of the planning, adoption and implementation stages of legal acts, decisions, and actions – assess their gender impact with a view to achieving genuine equality between women and men. However, the legal obligation to implement gender mainstreaming does not include attendant provisions for enforcement or sanctions.

The first National Policy for Gender Equality was developed and adopted for the period 2001-2005[2] and was in place until 2015[3]. At the time of data collection, before December 2021, no national action plan was implemented. A new policy has been under development for several years and plans remain for a National Policy for Gender Equality for 2022 to 2027, although one was not in place in December 2021. The National Policy will be implemented through a National Action Plan for the period of 2022 to 2024. It will be followed by a second national action plan for the period 2025-2027. Gender mainstreaming efforts are implemented through the National Action Plan for Gender Equality 2022-2024 and legal obligations to implement gender mainstreaming and for government staff to use gender-neutral language in their work. Croatia has several other policies to promote gender equality within a range of sectors.

Structures

Governmental equality bodies

The Minister of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy has the highest level of responsibility concerning the promotion of gender equality in Croatia. Since 2004, the governmental gender equality body is the Office for Gender Equality, a government agency, which consults and supports various ministries with tasks related to gender equality impact and policies.

The Office for Gender Equality is responsible for providing an expert service to the government, a specialized office without legal personality within the government. It is responsible for the development of the National Policy for the Promotion of Gender Equality and for monitoring its implementation, as well as for oversight regarding compliance with laws and other regulations on gender equality in relation to international documents. It is also responsible for the preparation of national reports on the fulfilment of international standards.

The Office for Gender Equality has the obligation to submit annual written activity reports to the government by the end of each April regarding the previous year. The government has no reporting duties to the parliament on issues related to gender equality. There is a special parliamentary committee for gender equality, but there is no obligation for the governmental gender equality body to regularly report to this committee.

The Office for Gender Equality is composed of seven employees and has regional departments (Equal Opportunities Committees), organised at county, city, and municipal level, which are responsible for promoting and coordinating all activities concerning gender equality and the advancement of women in society. There are a further 21 Gender Equality Committees at regional level, which are local advisory bodies tasked with promoting gender equality and implementing the Law on Gender Equality and the National Gender Equality Policy. Local Government Units may also establish municipal Gender Equality Commissions. However, the Office for Gender Equality is rarely consulted on issues other than those strictly related to gender equality.[4]

Gender mainstreaming is coordinated through gender equality coordinators who are present in over 75 % of the ministries. They are officials appointed by the head of the public body (Gender Equality Act, Article 27(1)). Their tasks include coordination of the implementation of the Gender Equality Act and the national gender equality policy within the scope of competencies of that public body and cooperation with the Office for Gender Equality. In addition to the staff under the Office for Gender Equality, 26 staff members specifically support gender mainstreaming across all ministries.

Independent equality body

The Ombudsperson for Gender Equality was established in 2003 and is Croatia’s independent equality body. The Croatian Parliament, following a proposal by the government, makes appointments to the position (and dismissals). It conducts research, publishes, and disseminates gender equality related information and training. In addition to providing legal support for victims of discrimination and deciding on complaints of discrimination on the grounds of sex or gender, the Ombudsperson for Gender Equality integrates gender equality considerations in EU and international affairs, conducts gender-sensitive analysis of policies and legislation, and monitors progress in achieving gender equality.

This independent gender equality body currently employs 13 members of staff. The Ombudsperson for Gender Equality is consulted on occasion in the context of the promotion of gender equality by departments or ministries on new or existing policies, laws, or programmes. Consultation with the independent body in relation to gender equality issues leads to adjustments in 25 to 50 % of cases.[5]

Parliamentary body

The Gender Equality Committee of the Croatian Parliament is a working body of the parliament and was established in 2001.[6]  Its goal is to establish and monitor the implementation of policies. It has the status of a main working body in areas relating to the promotion and monitoring of the implementation of the principle of equality between men and women in legislation. It is especially concerned with promoting the signing of international agreements on gender equality and monitoring the implementation of those agreements, drafting, implementation and analysis of the National Policy for Gender Equality. This committee also cooperates and establishes measures and activities for the promotion of gender equality, proposes programmes or measures for the elimination of gender discrimination and promotes balanced gender representation in working bodies and parliamentary delegations. In addition, the Gender Equality Committee of the Croatian Parliament establishes draft acts and other regulations in the field of gender equality and introduces the principle of gender equality in areas of education, health care, social policy, and employment, among others. The Committee is composed of a president, vice-president, 11 members who are MPs, and three external members who are representatives of civil society organisations, in addition to academic and professional institutions which are active in the promotion of gender equality and human rights.

Regional structure

Local and regional units of self-government have established gender equality committees, which oversee promoting, and monitoring gender equality issues at respective levels, in accordance with Article 28 of the Gender Equality Act (see section on governmental responsibilities).[7]

Consultation with civil society

The representatives of civil society organisations are regularly involved in governmental work on gender equality, in the following manner:[8]

Civil Society involvement

  • Represented on a legally established advisory body attached to the ministry responsible for gender equality.
  • Invited to participate in various kinds of temporary bodies, committees, commissions, working groups etc., developing policy proposals for the government or monitoring and/or assessing the status of various gender equality efforts.
  • Participating on a regular basis in consultations in the process of preparing gender equality reforms, e.g., legal reforms, national action plans on gender equality and reporting on the status of gender equality efforts.
  • Participating in meetings, hearings etc. on a regular basis on the government’s efforts and policies on gender equality.
  • Participating in conferences, seminars etc.
  • Receiving information, publications, etc.

The involvement of civil society representatives in working groups developing policy proposals and drafting laws and other regulations and measures is based on a non-binding code of public consultations in the procedures of adoption of laws, other regulations, and acts.

Methods and tools

Note: the methods and tools listed under this section were the focus of EIGE's 2021 assessment. If certain methods and tools are not mentioned in this section, this does not necessarily mean that they are not used at all by Croatia.

Gender impact assessment and gender budgeting

Ex-ante gender impact assessments are used when drafting laws, policies, programmes or plans, as required under Article 3(1) of the Gender Equality Act and Regulation on the Procedure for Regulatory Impact Assessment (Uredba o provedbi postupka procjene učinaka propisa), Official Gazette Narodne novine No. 52/2017.[9]

Evaluation as a method for gender mainstreaming is only implemented in EU funded projects, as this is a requirement under the programme funding. Similarly, gender budgeting is not used and there are currently no legal or policy obligations in place which require the implementation of such an approach. The Office for Gender Equality organises four seminars each year on gender equality for the public administration. In addition, the government agency regularly disseminates various printed materials and invites representatives of the ministries to public events it organises. Other gender mainstreaming activities of the agency include the development and dissemination of specific Gender Mainstreaming Manuals for politicians, members of the judiciary, gender equality coordinators, county and municipal gender equality commissions, and employees of the Office for Gender Equality in 2017, as part of a twinning project in cooperation with the Republic of Finland.[10]

Training and awareness-raising

In terms of gender equality training provisions, only employees of the gender equality governmental body receive training on an ad-hoc basis. Some employees from selected ministries or other public bodies receive regular training on equality, although such training is not mandatory at any level.

Under the Uniform Methodological-Nomotechnical rules for acts adopted by the Croatian Parliament, there is a legal obligation to use gender-neutral language in all acts, which are adopted by the Croatian Parliament.[11] For example, either the masculine or the feminine gender must be stated when referring to civil servants’ titles, when deciding on the rights and obligations of civil servants, as well as their assignment to specific posts.[12]

Gender statistics

According to Article 17 of the Gender Equality Act, all statistical data and information on persons collected, recorded, and processed by state authorities, local and regional self-government bodies, and legal and natural persons performing regulated activities must be reported by gender. These shall be made available to the public, in line with the regulations governing the protection of personal data and the provisions of a special law governing the area of official statistics. The Bureau does not have a specific section of its website dedicated to gender statistics.[13] There is some dissemination through the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia’ (the main report of the Bureau), which regularly publishes all data as gender-disaggregated, which can be viewed and downloaded online.[14] The Croatian Bureau of Statistics also makes relevant publications and online analyses of gender statistics available to the public. For example, the Bureau has prepared the annual Women and Men in Croatia reports since 2008[15], which is disseminated via email and as a printed publication. Part of the data are also taken from other institutions, such as the Croatian National Institute of Public Health and the Croatian Employment Service.

Monitoring progress

Indicators for monitoring progress on institutional mechanisms for the promotion of gender equality and gender mainstreaming in the EU, under Area H of the Beijing Platform for Action

This section analyses the scores achieved by Croatia for data collection in 2021 for the four officially agreed-on indicators on institutional mechanisms for the promotion of gender equality and gender mainstreaming to monitor progress on Area H of the Beijing Platform for Action. It also analyses scores under an expanded measurement framework, which includes the role of independent gender equality bodies and assesses the effectiveness of efforts to disseminate statistics disaggregated by sex. Institutional mechanisms refer to national machineries that implement, monitor, evaluate, and mobilise support for policies that promote gender equality and gender mainstreaming. All indicators and sub-indicators are available on the Gender Statistics Database here, including metadata about how the scores are calculated.

For Indicator H1 on the status of commitment to the promotion of gender equality and considering only the governmental commitment in line with the officially adopted indicator, Croatia scored 6.0 out of a possible 12, below the EU average of 7.2. It scored particularly low on sub-indicator H1e on accountability of the governmental gender equality body, where it lost 4.0 points out of a maximum possible score of 5, because it did not have a national action plan in place as of 31 December 2021.

Under an expanded measurement framework, which includes sub-indicator H1f on the mandate and functions of the independent gender equality body, Croatia scored the maximum of 3 points because it has an independent gender equality body, which focuses exclusively on gender equality and carries out all relevant functions. The overall score for the expanded H1 indicator was 9.0 out of a possible 15, just below the EU average of 9.1.

Indicator H2 analyses the personnel resources of the national gender equality bodies. For sub-indicator H2a, regarding the governmental body, Croatia scored 0.5 out of a maximum score of 2 which was lower than the EU average of 1.0, because there were 5-10 employees working on gender equality in the governmental body. For sub-indicator H2b, regarding the independent body, Croatia’s score was higher, receiving 1.0 point, against a lower EU average of 0.8, because there were 10-25 employees in the independent body working on gender equality. For both sub-indicators, the maximum 2 points was awarded where the number of employees was over 100 as an indication of the body being sufficiently resourced.

Indicator H3 relates to gender mainstreaming. Here, Croatia scored 5.5 points out of the maximum possible 12, which was above the EU average of 5.1. Croatia scored 1.5 points on the sub-indicator H3b on governmental gender mainstreaming structures and consultation processes, out of a maximum possible score of 4, because the governmental body for the promotion of gender equality is never consulted about the gender impact of new or existing policies, laws, or programmes (in policy fields other than gender equality).

Under an expanded measurement framework, which includes sub-indicator H3d on consultation of the independent equality body, Croatia scored 5.5. points out of a possible 14, which was also below the EU average which increased to 5.4. Under this sub-indicator Croatia lost both available points because the independent gender equality body is only consulted by departments or ministries on the gender impact of new or existing policies in some cases, and those consultations, similarly, only lead to relevant adjustments in some cases.

For Indicator H4 on the production and dissemination of statistics disaggregated by sex, Croatia scored 3.0 points, just below the EU average of 3.4, because it has a legal obligation to collect statistics disaggregated by sex but there is no website to disseminate them.

References

Endnotes

[1] Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Croatia (2008). Women and Men in Croatia, 2008 edition (Žene i muškarci u Hrvatskoj, od 2008) https://podaci.dzs.hr/media/tmvlgg4g/men_and_women_2008.pdf

[2] Gender Equality Ombudsperson of the Republic of Croatia (2015). Report on the work of the Gender Equality Ombudsman for 2014 http://www.prs.hr/attachments/article/1555/01_IZVJESCE_2014_CJELOVITO.pdf

[3] Office for Gender Equality (nd) Strategies, Plans and reports https://ravnopravnost.gov.hr/strategije-planovi-i-izvjesca/2040

[4] The Office for gender Equality (2020). Annual activity report 2020 https://ravnopravnost.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/dokumenti/Izvje%C5%A1%C4%87a%20URS/2021/02_Izvje%C5%A1%C4%87e%20o%20radu%20URS-a%20u%202020..pdf

[5] The Ombudsperson for Gender Equality (2020). Annual Report for 2020 https://ravnopravnost.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/dokumenti/Izvje%C5%A1%C4%87a%20URS/2021/02_Izvje%C5%A1%C4%87e%20o%20radu%20URS-a%20u%202020..pdf

[6] Rules of Procedure of the Croatian Parliament (Poslovnik Hrvatskog sabora), Narodne novine Nos. 81/2013, 113/2016, 69/2017, 29/2018, 53/2020, 119/2020, 123/2020; see Articles 44(1), 59(1)(27)

[7] European Equality Law Network (2021). Croatia - Country report gender equality 2021 https://www.equalitylaw.eu/downloads/5411-croatia-country-report-gender-equality-2021-1-49-mb

[8] Code of consultation with the interested public in the procedures of enacting laws, other regulations, and acts (2009) https://sabor.hr/hr/pristup-informacijama/vazniji-propisi/poslovnik-hrvatskoga-sabora-narodne-novine-broj-81/2013-113

[9] Regulation on the Procedure for Regulatory Impact Assessment (2017) https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2017_06_52_1170.html  

[10] Office for Gender Equality (2017). Twinning project ‘Support for Gender Equality’ https://ravnopravnost.gov.hr/twinning-projekt-podrska-ravnopravnostispolova/2878

[11] Official Gazette Narodne novine 74/2015, Article 13 https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2015_07_74_1410.html

[12] As specified under Article 13(6) of the Gender Equality Act (2017) https://ravnopravnost.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/dokumenti/Zakoni/2018/Act%20on%20Gender%20Equality%20ENG.pdf

[13] Croatian Bureau of Statistics (n.d.) https://www.dzs.hr/

[14] Croatian Bureau of Statistics (n.d.) Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske) https://web.dzs.hr/arhiva_e.htm

[15] Croatian Bureau of Statistics (n.d.) Women and Men in Croatia (Žene i muškarci u Hrvatskoj) https://web.dzs.hr/arhiva_e.htm

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