Gender Mainstreaming in Government Agencies, GMGA

The Swedish government has assigned 41 of its agencies to work actively with gender mainstreaming in 2015-2018. The aim of the GMGA programme is for the participating agencies to integrate a gender equality perspective in all aspects of their work. The programme is an initiative to help the included agencies work towards the Swedish national gender equality objective of giving women and men equal power to shape society and their own lives. Eighteen of the 41 agencies were so-called pilot agencies in 2013-2014. These agencies will now continue their gender mainstreaming efforts and the knowledge gained from their work will be shared with the 23 new agencies. The Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research has been assigned by the government to support the 41 agencies in the planning and implementation of their development work. The Secretariat will also coordinate competence-building activities, organise forums for sharing of experiences, identify and disseminate examples of good practice as well as document the results of the agencies’ work. The Swedish version of includegender.org, Jämställ.nu, serves as a platform for disseminating the results and experiences from the agencies’ efforts.

Government agencies in the Gender Mainstreaming in Government Agencies Programme

This is a complete list of the 41 government agencies with a special assignment to gender mainstream all aspects of their work. The 18 agencies that served as pilot agencies in 2013-2014 are marked with an asterisk (*):

• The Swedish Public Employment Service 
• The Swedish Work Environment Authority* 
• The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning*
• The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention
• The Swedish Crime Victim Compensation and Support Authority
• The National Board of Student Aid (CSN)*
• The Equality Ombudsman The Folke Bernadotte Academy
• The Public Health Agency of Sweden
• The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare
• The Swedish Armed Forces*
• The Swedish Social Insurance Administration*
• The Swedish Health and Social Care Inspectorate
• The Swedish Arts Grants Committee*
• The Swedish Prison and Probation Service*
• The National Food Agency*
• The Swedish Migration Board
• The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency*
• The Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis
• The Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education
• The Swedish Performing Arts Agency*
• The Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society*
• The Swedish Pensions Agency*
• The Swedish Exhibition Agency
• The Swedish ESF Council The Sami Parliament*
• The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
• The Swedish Tax Agency*
• The National Board of Health and Welfare
• The Swedish National Board of Institutional Care*
• Public Art Agency Sweden
• The Swedish Arts Council
• The Swedish School Inspectorate
• The Swedish National Agency for Education*
• The Swedish National Courts Administration
• The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth*
• The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR)
• The Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ)
• The Swedish innovation agency VINNOVA
• The Swedish Research Council*
• The Swedish Prosecution Authority