Gender mainstreaming in local decision making

The tool will help you perform gender assessments of recommendations put to local authorities. The Gender Equality Act establishes that public authorities are required to incorporate gender equality in all planning and administration. The tools for a gender equality assessments of recommendations for city council and district council decisions to are meant to make it easier to translate the requirements of the Act into specific activities in the municipality. The tools provide an insight into carrying out gender equality assessments of draft decisions. They also present a process model, a figure that provides an overview of the tasks that are typically included in a gender equality assessment.