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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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      • Who is this toolkit for?
      • What is gender budgeting?
        • Introducing gender budgeting
        • Gender budgeting in women’s and men’s lived realities
        • What does gender budgeting involve in practice?
        • Gender budgeting in the EU Funds
          • Gender budgeting as a way of complying with EU legal requirements
          • Gender budgeting as a way of promoting accountability and transparency
          • Gender budgeting as a way of increasing participation in budget processes
          • Gender budgeting as a way of advancing gender equality
      • Why is gender budgeting important in the EU Funds?
        • Three reasons why gender budgeting is crucial in the EU Funds
      • How can we apply gender budgeting in the EU Funds? Practical tools and Member State examples
        • Tool 1: Connecting the EU Funds with the EU’s regulatory framework on gender equality
          • Legislative and regulatory basis for EU policies on gender equality
          • Concrete requirements for considering gender equality within the EU Funds
          • EU Funds’ enabling conditions
          • Additional resources
        • Tool 2: Analysing gender inequalities and gender needs at the national and sub-national levels
          • Steps to assess and analyse gender inequalities and needs
          • Step 1. Collect information and disaggregated data on the target group
          • Step 2. Identify existing gender inequalities and their underlying causes
          • Step 3. Consult directly with the target groups
          • Step 4. Draw conclusions
          • Additional resources
        • Tool 3: Operationalising gender equality in policy objectives and specific objectives/measures
          • Steps for operationalising gender equality in Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes
          • General guidance on operationalising gender equality when developing policy objectives, specific objectives and measures
          • Checklist for putting the horizontal principle of gender equality into practice in Partnership Agreements
          • Checklist for putting the horizontal principle of gender equality into practice in Operational Programmes
          • Examples of integrating gender equality as a horizontal principle in policy objectives and specific objectives
        • Tool 4: Coordination and complementarities between the EU Funds to advance work-life balance
          • Steps for enhancing coordination and complementarities between the funds
          • Step 1. Alignment with the EU’s strategic engagement goals for gender equality and national gender equality goals
          • Steps 2 and 3. Identifying and developing possible work-life balance interventions
          • Step 4. Following-up through the use of indicators within M&E systems
          • Fictional case study 1: reconciling paid work and childcare
          • Fictional case study 2: reconciling shift work and childcare
          • Fictional case study 3: balancing care for oneself and others
          • Fictional case study 4: reconciling care for children and older persons with shift work
          • Additional resources
        • Tool 5: Defining partnerships and multi-level governance
          • Steps for defining partnerships and multi-level governance
          • Additional resources
        • Tool 6: Developing quantitative and qualitative indicators for advancing gender equality
          • Steps to develop quantitative and qualitative indicators
          • ERDF and Cohesion Fund
          • ESF+
          • EMFF
          • Additional resources
        • Tool 7: Defining gender-sensitive project selection criteria
          • Steps to support gender-sensitive project development and selection
          • Checklist to guide the preparation of calls for project proposals
          • Checklist for project selection criteria
          • Supplementary tool 7.a: Gender-responsive agreements with project implementers
        • Tool 8: Tracking resource allocations for gender equality in the EU Funds
          • 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
        • Tool 9: Mainstreaming gender equality in project design
          • Steps to mainstream gender equality in project design
          • Step 1. Alignment with partnership agreements’ and Operational Programmes’ gender objectives and indicators
          • Step 2. Project development and application
          • Step 3. Project implementation
          • Step 4. Project assessment
        • Tool 10: Integrating a gender perspective in monitoring and evaluation processes
          • Steps to integrate a gender perspective in M&E processes
          • Additional resources
        • Tool 11: Reporting on resource spending for gender equality in the EU Funds
          • Tracking expenditures for gender equality
          • Additional resources
      • Resources
        • References
        • Abbreviations
        • Acknowledgements
    • 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
      • Overview
    • Bulgaria
      • Overview
    • Czechia
      • Overview
    • Denmark
      • Overview
    • Germany
      • Overview
    • Estonia
      • Overview
    • Ireland
      • Overview
    • Greece
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    • Spain
      • Overview
    • France
      • Overview
    • Croatia
      • Overview
    • Italy
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    • Cyprus
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    • Latvia
      • Overview
    • Lithuania
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      • Overview
    • Hungary
      • Overview
    • Malta
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    • Netherlands
      • Overview
    • Austria
      • Overview
    • Poland
      • Overview
    • Portugal
      • Overview
    • Romania
      • Overview
    • Slovenia
      • Overview
    • Slovakia
      • Overview
    • Finland
      • Overview
    • Sweden
      • Overview
  • EIGE’s publications on Gender mainstreaming
  • Concepts and definitions
  • Power Up conference 2019
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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
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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
          • Luxembourg
          • Malta
          • Netherlands
          • Poland
          • Portugal
          • Romania
          • Slovakia
          • Slovenia
          • Spain
          • Sweden
          • United Kingdom
      • Gender-sensitive Parliaments
        • Back to toolkit page
        • 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
        • Back to toolkit page
        • Who is this toolkit for?
        • What is gender budgeting?
          • Introducing gender budgeting
          • Gender budgeting in women’s and men’s lived realities
          • What does gender budgeting involve in practice?
          • Gender budgeting in the EU Funds
            • Gender budgeting as a way of complying with EU legal requirements
            • Gender budgeting as a way of promoting accountability and transparency
            • Gender budgeting as a way of increasing participation in budget processes
            • Gender budgeting as a way of advancing gender equality
        • Why is gender budgeting important in the EU Funds?
          • Three reasons why gender budgeting is crucial in the EU Funds
        • How can we apply gender budgeting in the EU Funds? Practical tools and Member State examples
          • Tool 1: Connecting the EU Funds with the EU’s regulatory framework on gender equality
            • Legislative and regulatory basis for EU policies on gender equality
            • Concrete requirements for considering gender equality within the EU Funds
            • EU Funds’ enabling conditions
            • Additional resources
          • Tool 2: Analysing gender inequalities and gender needs at the national and sub-national levels
            • Steps to assess and analyse gender inequalities and needs
            • Step 1. Collect information and disaggregated data on the target group
            • Step 2. Identify existing gender inequalities and their underlying causes
            • Step 3. Consult directly with the target groups
            • Step 4. Draw conclusions
            • Additional resources
          • Tool 3: Operationalising gender equality in policy objectives and specific objectives/measures
            • Steps for operationalising gender equality in Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes
            • General guidance on operationalising gender equality when developing policy objectives, specific objectives and measures
            • Checklist for putting the horizontal principle of gender equality into practice in Partnership Agreements
            • Checklist for putting the horizontal principle of gender equality into practice in Operational Programmes
            • Examples of integrating gender equality as a horizontal principle in policy objectives and specific objectives
          • Tool 4: Coordination and complementarities between the EU Funds to advance work-life balance
            • Steps for enhancing coordination and complementarities between the funds
            • Step 1. Alignment with the EU’s strategic engagement goals for gender equality and national gender equality goals
            • Steps 2 and 3. Identifying and developing possible work-life balance interventions
            • Step 4. Following-up through the use of indicators within M&E systems
            • Fictional case study 1: reconciling paid work and childcare
            • Fictional case study 2: reconciling shift work and childcare
            • Fictional case study 3: balancing care for oneself and others
            • Fictional case study 4: reconciling care for children and older persons with shift work
            • Additional resources
          • Tool 5: Defining partnerships and multi-level governance
            • Steps for defining partnerships and multi-level governance
            • Additional resources
          • Tool 6: Developing quantitative and qualitative indicators for advancing gender equality
            • Steps to develop quantitative and qualitative indicators
            • ERDF and Cohesion Fund
            • ESF+
            • EMFF
            • Additional resources
          • Tool 7: Defining gender-sensitive project selection criteria
            • Steps to support gender-sensitive project development and selection
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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

German constitutional law stresses the equality of men and women and expresses a federal commitment to an active and effective equality policy. Article 3(2) of the Foundational Law (Grundgesetz) of 1949 stresses that ‘(1) all humans are equal before the law; and (2) men and women are equal in rights. The state promotes the actual enforcement of the equality between men and women and works towards the elimination of existing disadvantages; (3) no one may be privileged or disadvantaged based on sex, origin, ethnicity, language, heritage, belief, religious or political belief. No one may be disadvantaged based on their disability.’[1] The Basic Law was extended to the reunified state in 1990. The mandate of gender equality under the constitution was reinforced by the following addition in 1994: ‘The state promotes the effective implementation of equal rights for women and men and works to eliminate existing disadvantages’.

In addition to the foundational Grundgesetz, the principle of gender equality is enshrined in other laws, several more federal laws concerning aspects of gender equality across economic sectors have recently been adopted. Recent laws on gender equality in the labour market and public administration include a ‘Federal Law on Pay Transparency’ (Entgelttransparenzgesetz), a law to increase the share of women in leadership positions (Zweites Führungspositionen-Gesetz - FüPoG II), and a law to promote ‘Women in STEM professions’.

In a Cabinet Resolution of 23 June 1999, the federal government recognised the importance of gender equality as a guiding principle for its activities and adopted gender mainstreaming as a joint aim in the operation of all federal ministries. This aim was legally consolidated through the 2000 Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (Gemeinsame Geschäftsordnung der Bundesministerien), which states that, ‘Equality between men and women is a consistent guiding principle and should be promoted by all political, legislative and administrative actions of the federal ministries in their respective areas (gender mainstreaming),’ and requires all Federal Ministries to “promote equality between women and men as a pervasive guiding principle in all their normative actions”.[2] Therefore, gender equality should be ensured, secured, and promoted in all of the government’s political, administrative and agenda-setting measures (federal and regional).The country’s first (2011), second (2017) and third (2021) Gender Equality Reports (Gleichstellungsbericht) further underline gender mainstreaming as an important tool for gender equality – but also highlight ongoing challenges concerning leadership and cross-sectoral implementation of gender equality.

In the 2018 Coalition Treaty, the then federal government sought to respond to these challenges by creating a ‘cross-sectoral equality strategy’ for all policy areas and a gender equality action plan.’[3] However, no overarching national action plan was produced.

The Federal Equality Strategy (Gleichstellungsstrategie) sets out 9 goals via 27 measures:

  • goal 1: ensuring economic independence for everyone;
  • goal 2: establishing care professions as attractive career paths;
  • goal 3: setting standards for the digital world;
  • goal 4: making paid work and unpaid care work reconcilable;
  • goal 5: bringing more women into economic leadership positions;
  • goal 6: establishing equal participation in democracy;
  • goal 7: eliminating stereotypes in culture and science;
  • goal 8: strengthening gender equality in public administration; and
  • goal 9: making gender equality a task for the entire government.

This strategy has indicators that are monitored at least once per legislative period (4 years), but many indicators are monitored more frequently. This overarching strategy is accompanied by sector-specific action plans and initiatives.  

Structures

Governmental equality bodies

The main governmental equality body is the Division for Gender Equality within the Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Abteilung ‘Gleichstellung’, Bundesministerium für Familien, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend – BMFSFJ). Its principal functions are to draft gender equality policy for the government and to monitor progress in achieving gender equality, for example via the Equality Report (Gleichstellungsbericht[4]) and the Equality Atlas (Gleichstellungsatlas[5]). This Division conducts research on gender equality issues, in addition to publishing and disseminating information on gender equality for public information and training. It is also responsible for integrating gender equality considerations into Germany’s EU and international affairs.

The Division has 101 staff members. It is rarely consulted for day-to-day policymaking (consultation takes place in less than 25 % of cases). This is because, in Germany, all federal ministries and associated bodies are to undertake gender mainstreaming as a commitment. In theory, this whole-of-government approach drastically reduces the need for bilateral consultations.  

At the interministerial level, there is no formal consultation mechanism. However, the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) is involved in legislative processes on an ad-hoc basis, ‘to examine whether significant effects in terms of equality policy are to be expected’ (Annex 6 for § 46, paragraph 1 of the Joint Rules of Procedure for the Federal Ministries - GGO) in draft legislative proposals. Additionally, the Ministry has informal contact points (e.g., civil servants in other ministries, independent experts) that may be consulted depending on the issue. More than 75% of ministries are included in this collaborative structure.

The Division for Gender Equality reports on its activities through its involvement in the Gender Equality Report of the federal government (Gleichstellungsbericht der Bundesregierung)[6] which is submitted to the parliament once per legislative period (every four years). It is produced in consultation with the government. Other parliamentary reports may be produced, but not necessarily with the same regularity, (e.g., ad-hoc reports on gender equality in a specific sector). Additionally, the Division for Gender Equality in the BMFSFJ may be consulted regarding other governmental reports and legal advice.

The 2018 Coalition Treaty also promised a federal foundation to support evidence-based policymaking. This was realised in 2021 with the creation of a Federal Foundation for Equality (Bundesstiftung Gleichstellung), which aims to increase knowledge, action, and innovation by ‘scientifically examining the just participation of women in society, politics, science and the economy’.[7]

Germany’s ESF operational programmes complement these national structures by highlighting gender mainstreaming as a transversal priority, running across various projects. The 2014-2020 programme had three horizontal objectives: (1) gender equality; (2) anti-discrimination; and (3) ecological sustainability. In 2015, the specialised Agency for Horizontal Objectives within the ESF (Agentur für Querschnittsaufgaben im ESF) was established to monitor, advise and support the stakeholders implementing the federal operational programme to integrate these horizontal objectives into their initiatives. The more recent ESF+ programme for 2021-2027 also makes “gender equality”, and the more specific “Promotion of a balanced labour market participation of women and men, equal working conditions and a better work-life balance, including through access to affordable childcare and childcare services for dependents” a core priority.[8]

Independent equality body

The Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes – ADS) is the independent equality body for Germany. Its gender-related functions include conducting research on gender equality issues, integrating gender equality considerations in EU and international affairs, publishing and disseminating gender equality-related information and conducting training, and, most importantly, providing legal support for victims of discrimination on the grounds of sex or gender.

The ADS has 35 staff who work on six different protection grounds. Therefore, approximately 0-25 % of their time is on projects specifically focused on gender equality.

Regarding consultation in the legislative process or programme implementation, the ADS is consulted more frequently than the Division for Gender Equality in the BMFSFJ. The ADS is consulted on some policies, laws or programmes developed in 25-50 % of cases concerning the federal administration, with consultation leading to adjustments in 25-50 % of cases. The government only on a case-by-case basis consults the ADS, as there is no obligation to involve the agency in drafting policies, laws or programmes. Its mandate on gender equality is limited to the scope of the Equality Directives and does not encompass other aspects, such as gender-based violence or hate crime.

Parliamentary bodies

In the Bundestag (the Lower House of Germany’s Federal Parliament), the Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (Ausschuss für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend) is one of the 23 standing committees that was established following the last election in January 2018. It focuses on family policies, children and youth, family and work, and the promotion of gender equality.[9]

In the Bundesrat (Upper House of Germany’s Federal Parliament), legislative proposals which have passed 3 readings in the Bundestag must be submitted to the Committee on Women and Youth (Ausschuss für Frauen und Jugend des Bundesrates).[10] The Committee, representing all 16 federal regions, deals with draft acts/laws (bills) in the areas of equality, children and youth, and civil service.

The Committee is responsible for proposals submitted by the federal government to the Bundesrat under the auspices of the BMFSFJ, and for submissions by state/regional governments (Länder), as drawn up by the respective state/regional (Länder) ministries. In addition to national regulatory proposals for legislation and regulations, the Committee deals with a large number of EU projects within the framework of community competence for these issues.

Regional structure

As an EU-Member State with a decentralised governance structure, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) implements the federal government’s overarching equality strategy with the support of the federal regions (Bundesländer). The 16 federal regions have their regional equality strategies, which are passed by the regional parliaments and implemented by the regional administrations in conjunction with regional civil society stakeholders.[11]

Representatives of the regions regularly meet at the Conference of Ministers and Senators for Gender Equality and Women's Affairs of the Länder (Konferenz der Gleichstellungs- und Frauenministerinnen und -minister, -senatorinnen und -senatoren der Länder – GFMK). The Conference’s main objective is to ensure commonalities in gender equality policy for women at the regional (Länderebene) and national levels. It adopts measures for equal opportunity policy/strategy for women and men in all areas of life and accompanies the legislative processes at the federal level.

The 16 State Equality laws (Landesgleichstellungsgesetze) and the relevant equality regulations in the higher education laws of the Länder, enacted in the 1990s, regulate the equal treatment of women and men in the public service.

Germany also has official and volunteer commissioners in the municipalities who are tasked with meeting the equality requirements of the Basic Law (Article 3, paragraph 2). They do this through, for example, proposals to address discriminatory structural barriers facing women inside and outside the administration.

Per the provisions of the equal rights laws and the equality laws of the federal states, equality commissioners, women's representatives or equal opportunities officers are appointed or elected either full-time, part-time, or as honorary representatives. They are usually responsible for promoting women's affairs and women’s participation in equal opportunities measures, and monitoring and initiating work-life balance proposals.

At the local level, the Federal Association of Municipal Women's Offices and Equality Bodies (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der kommunalen Frauenbüros und Gleichstellungsstellen) is composed of 1900 municipal women’s and equal opportunities commissioners, most of whom are linked to municipal administrations.[12] The Association’s main tasks are networking, lobbying, and creating an open alliance of women in political decision-making to expand women’s influence in national politics.

Consultation with civil society

Consultations with civil society stakeholders and experts during the legislative process are required under § 47, paragraph 3 of the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (Gemeinsame Geschäftsordnung der Bundesministerien – GGO)[13]. The Division for Gender Equality of the BMFSFJ provides institutional and project funding to some civil society organisations. The new Federal Foundation for Gender Equality (see above) was set up by the Act for Establishing the Federal Foundation for Equality (Gesetz zur Errichtung einer Bundesstiftung Gleichstellung)[14] to provide a regular platform for exchange with civil society actors in the field of gender equality policy.

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 Germany.

Gender impact assessment and gender budgeting

Germany uses several methods and tools to implement gender mainstreaming, including ex-ante impact assessments to analyse the gender impact of proposed legislation, gender budgeting and gender-sensitive language. The extent to which these actions are implemented, however, cannot be assessed with certainty since some practices fall under the discretion of the ministries and there is no comprehensive data available for the whole administration.

The legal obligation to undertake an ex-ante gender impact assessment is enshrined in the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (Gemeinsame Geschäftsordnung der Bundesministerien - GGO) § 2 GGO in combination with § 44, paragraph 1. Here, civil servants and policymakers are required to assess the ‘predicted, intentional and unintentional effects’ of new policies, ‘especially the long-term effects’ in the name of sustainability. This kind of ex-ante impact assessment includes the effects of planned policies on gender equality.

There is no explicit legal obligation to undertake gender budgeting, but gender mainstreaming is enshrined as a universal guiding principle in the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (see above). In this regard, §2, paragraph 2 of the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (Gemeinsame Geschäftsordnung der Bundesministerien; GGO) states that: ‘The equal standing of men and women is a transversal guiding principle which should be promoted in all political, legal and administrative actions of the Federal Ministries in their respective competence areas.’[15] Based on interpretation of this commitment, some line ministries use gender budgeting in ministerial budgets[16].

Training and awareness-raising

Gender mainstreaming is also implemented through the use of gender-sensitive language. To achieve this, a set of guidelines on the use of gender-sensitive language in governmental reports was published and sent to all ministries.[17] Gender equality training is also available for employees in some ministries but not for the staff at the highest political level e.g. ministers and the training is not mandatory.

Gender Statistics

Regarding gender statistics, there is no legal obligation for the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis) to collect data disaggregated by sex.[18] However, there are obligations on other public institutions to collect such data:

  • Federal Equality Act, 2015[19]
  • Micro-census Law, 2016[20]
  • Population Statistics Law, 2013 [21]
  • Census Preparation Act, 2021[22]

The way that ‘sex’ is recorded changed in 2018, due to an independent opinion from the Federal Antidiscrimination Agency (ADS), through an amendment to German civil status law. This gave intersex people in Germany the option to select ‘diverse’, rather than ‘male’ or ‘female’, as their sex on civil documents.[23]

The German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth publishes the ‘Gender Equality Atlas’ in cooperation with Destatis,[24] which continuously provides a comprehensive overview of the regional differences in equality between women and men in Germany using 41 indicators.[25] The online Gender Equality Atlas includes a thematic breakdown of the statistics it covers, data visualisations, and provides direct access to relevant datasets that can be viewed online and downloaded. It does not yet provide direct access to relevant publications and/or online analyses of gender statistics. In addition, on the national website for disseminating the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Federal Statistical Office Germany regularly publishes German data on the indicators of goal 5, ‘Gender Equality’.[26] Analysis of gender statistics on both websites is lacking, however, with no publications specifically focusing on gender available.

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 Germany for data collection in 2021 for the four officially agreed-on to indicators on institutional mechanisms for the promotion of gender equality and gender mainstreaming, and 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 in gender mainstreaming. 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, Germany scored 6.0 points 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 3.5 points out of a maximum possible score of 5 because it does not have a national action plan on gender equality in place.

Under an expanded measurement framework which includes sub-indicator H1f on the mandate and functions of the independent gender equality body, Germany scored an additional 1.5 points, out of a possible 3. It lost 1.0 point because the mandate of the independent gender equality body is gender equality combined with other non-discrimination areas, rather than exclusively focused on gender equality. It also lost 0.5 points because the functions of the independent body do not include providing support for victims of discrimination on the ground of sex or gender. The overall score for the expanded H1 indicator was 7.5 out of a possible 15, 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, Germany scored all 2 points available, along with Greece, Spain, and Sweden, which was twice the EU average of 1.0, because there were 100 or more employees working on gender equality in the governmental body. For sub-indicator H2b, regarding the independent body, Germany’s score was 0.5 points, out of the possible 2, because there were 5-10 employees working on gender equality in the independent body. The EU average was slightly higher at 0.8.

Indicator H3 relates to gender mainstreaming. Here, Germany scored 5.8 out of a possible 12, which was above the EU average of 5.1. Germany lost 2.5 points, out of the maximum possible score of 4, on sub-indicator H3b on governmental gender mainstreaming structures and consultation processes, because, in part, the governmental body is never consulted or consulted only in a few cases by departments or ministries about the gender impact of policies, laws or programmes.

Under an expanded measurement framework, which includes sub-indicator H3d on consultation of the independent equality body, Germany scored 5.8 points out of a possible 14, which was higher than the EU average which increased to 5.4. Under this sub-indicator Germany lost both available points because the independent gender equality body is only consulted by departments or ministries on the gender impact of specific 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, Germany scored 4.2 points, out of a possible 6, which was above the EU average of 3.4. It scored 2.7 points, out of a possible 4, for sub-indicator H4c on the effectiveness of efforts to disseminate statistics disaggregated by sex; here, Germany lost 1.0 point because statistics are disseminated through the website of the governmental body rather than the National Statistics Institute, which may mean statistics do not reach policy makers outside of gender equality issues, and lost 0.3 points because the website does not provide direct access to publications and/or online analysis of gender statistics to facilitate dissemination of these outputs.

References

Endnotes

[1] Article 3 of the Foundational Law (1949) https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/GG.pdf.

[2] Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (2000) https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/DE/veroeffentlichungen/themen/ministerium/ggo.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=11.

[3] Agreement of the Coalition Government of the Federal Republic of Germany (2018) pp. 23-25 https://archiv.cdu.de/system/tdf/media/dokumente/koalitionsvertrag_2018.pdf?file=1&type=field_collection_item&id=15997.

[4] Federal Government Gender Equality Reports (2021) Background Information https://www.bmfsfj.de/bmfsfj/themen/gleichstellung/gleichstellungsberichte-der-bundesregierung/die-gleichstellungsberichte-der-bundesregierung-118040.

[5] Atlas on Equality between Women and Men in Germany (2021) https://www.bmfsfj.de/bmfsfj/service/publikationen/4-atlas-zur-gleichstellung-von-frauen-und-maennern-in-deutschland-160358.

[6] Second gender equality report of the Federal Government (2017) https://www.gleichstellungsbericht.de/de/topic/10.english.html.

[7] Federal Foundation for Equality (2021) Background Information BMFSFJ - Ein offenes Haus für die Gleichstellung in Deutschland https://www.bundesstiftung-gleichstellung.de/.

[8] https://www.esf.de/portal/SharedDocs/PDFs/DE/FP%202021-2027/esf_plus_bundesprogramm.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=7.

[9] Committee on Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (n.d.) https://www.bundestag.de/familie.

[10] Committee on Women and Youth (n.d.) https://www.bundesrat.de/DE/bundesrat/ausschuesse/fj/fj.html.

[11] See, for example, Bavaria’s Gender Equality Act (2006) https://www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Document/BayGlG-G1 or Section 1, § 1 of North-Rhine Westphalia’s Act for equality between men and women (1999) https://recht.nrw.de/lmi/owa/br_text_anzeigen?v_id=220071121100436242#:~:text=(1)%20Dieses%20Gesetz%20dient%20der,gef%C3%B6rdert%2C%20um%20bestehende%20Benachteiligungen%20abzubauen.

[12] Federal Working Group of Municipal Women's Offices and Equal Opportunities Offices (n.d.) About us https://www.frauenbeauftragte.org/die-bag/wer-wir-sind.  

[13] Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (n.d.) Background Information https://www.bmi.bund.de/DE/themen/moderne-verwaltung/verwaltungsmodernisierung/geschaeftsordnung-bundesministerien/geschaeftsordnung-bundesministerien-node.html#:~:text=Die%20Gemeinsame%20Gesch%C3%A4ftsordnung%20der%20Bundesministerien,und%20mit%20Anderen%20zusammenarbeiten%20sollen.

[14] Act Establishing the Federal Foundation for Gender Equality (2021) https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gleibstiftg/BJNR113900021.html.

[15] §2, paragraph 2 of the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (2000) https://www.bmi.bund.de/DE/themen/moderne-verwaltung/verwaltungsmodernisierung/geschaeftsordnung-bundesministerien/geschaeftsordnung-bundesministerien-node.html#:~:text=Die%20Gemeinsame%20Gesch%C3%A4ftsordnung%20der%20Bundesministerien,und%20mit%20Anderen%20zusammenarbeiten%20sollen.

[16] Bundesministerium fur Arbeit und Soziales, (2020) Operationelles Programm EDF Bund Foderperiode 2014-2020 https://www.esf.de/portal/SharedDocs/PDFs/DE/Publikationen/gender_budgeting_bericht_2020.pdf;jsessionid=116359E8D66FC5E8F8103A4C45F72A79?__blob=publicationFile&v=5.

[17] Federal guidelines on the use of gender-sensitive language in governmental reports (2005)
https://www.bmfsfj.de/resource/blob/80450/3412003d3b884cf7e7d1e22c329910a3/gm-arbeitshilfe-berichtswesen-data.pdf

[18] There is no obligation in the Federal Statistics Act (Gesetz über die Statistik für Bundeszwecke (Bundesstatistikgesetz – BStatG) https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bstatg_1987/BJNR004620987.html#:~:text=%C2%A7%201%20Statistik%20f%C3%BCr%20Bundeszwecke,aufzubereiten%2C%20darzustellen%20und%20zu%20analysieren.

[19] Federal Equality Act (Bundesgleichstellungsgesetz) § 3 DESTATIS requires the federal Statistical Office to prepare, on behalf of the BMFSFJ: 1) every two years, equality statistics for the highest federal authorities; and 2) each year, a equality index for the supreme federal authorities, to be published by 31 December https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgleig_2015/BJNR064300015.html.  

[20] Sex as a statistical variable is listed in the following paragraphs: § 6 Kernprogramm der Erhebungsmerkmale/ Core programme of survey characteristics; § 10 Erhebungsmerkmale in Gemeinschaftsunterkünften/ Survey characteristics in shared accommodation and § 15 Datenübermittlung/ Data transmission. The Microcensus law (Gesetz zur Durchführung einer Repräsentativstatistik über die Bevölkerung und die Arbeitsmarktbeteiligung sowie die Wohnsituation der Haushalte (Mikrozensusgesetz - MZG)) https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/mzg/BJNR282610016.html.

[21] Sex as a statistical variable is listed in the following paragraphs: § 2 Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung/ Statistics of the natural population movement; § 3 Statistik der rechtskräftigen Beschlüsse in Ehesachen und Statistik der rechtskräftigen Aufhebungen von Lebenspartnerschaften/ Statistics of final decisions in matrimonial matters and statistics of final annulments of civil partnerships; § 4 Wanderungsstatistik/ Migration statistics; § 5 Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes und Bevölkerungsvorausberechnungen/ Update of the population and population forecasts. Population Statistics Law (Gesetz über die Statistik der Bevölkerungsbewegung und die Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes (Bevölkerungsstatistikgesetz - BevStatG) https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bevstatg_2013/BJNR082600013.html.

[22] Especially in § 9a Datenübermittlung, Qualitätsprüfung und Programmentwicklung/ Data transmission, quality control and programme development. Census Preparation Act 2021, (Gesetz zur Vorbereitung eines registergestützten Zensus einschließlich einer Gebäude- und Wohnungszählung 2022) https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/zensvorbg_2021/BJNR038800017.html.    

[23] General Act to Amend the Law on Entries in the Birth Register (Gesetz zur Änderung der in das Geburtenregister einzutragenden Angaben) of 18 December 2018.

[24] Federal Statistical Office database (n.d.) https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesis/online.

[25] Interactive application of the Gender Equality Atlas (n.d.) https://www.bmfsfj.de/bmfsfj/meta/en/equality/equalityatlas.

[26] German Federal Government indicator for SDG 5: ‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’ (n.d.) https://sdg-indikatoren.de/en/5/

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