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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
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Institutional Transformation
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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
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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
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Gender-based violence
What is gender-based violence?
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Principles
Principle 1: Prioritising victim safety
Principle 2: Adopting a victim-centred approach
Principle 3: Taking a gender-specific approach
Principle 4: Adopting an intersectional approach
Principle 5: Considering children’s experiences
Steps
Step 1: Define the purpose and objectives of police risk assessment
Step 2: Identify the most appropriate approach to police risk assessment
Step 3: Identify the most relevant risk factors for police risk assessment
Step 4: Implement systematic police training and capacity development
Step 5: Embed police risk assessment in a multiagency framework
Step 6: Develop procedures for information management and confidentiality
Step 7: Monitor and evaluate risk assessment practices and outcomes
Risk management principles and recommendations
Principle 1. Adopting a gender-specific approach
Principle 2. Introducing an individualised approach to risk management
Principle 3. Establishing an evidence-based approach
Principle 4. Underpinning the processes with an outcome-focused approach
Principle 5. Delivering a coordinated, multiagency response
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References
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White Ribbon Campaign
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Strategic framework on violence against women 2015-2018
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Gender Equality Index
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Why should I ever mention gender?
Choosing whether to mention gender
Key principles for inclusive language use
Challenges
Stereotypes
Avoid gendered pronouns (he or she) when the person’s gender is unknown
Avoid irrelevant information about gender
Avoid gendered stereotypes as descriptive terms
Gendering in-animate objects
Using different adjectives for women and men
Avoid using stereotypical images
Invisibility and omission
Do not use ‘man’ as the neutral term
Do not use ‘he’ to refer to unknown people
Do not use gender-biased nouns to refer to groups of people
Take care with ‘false generics’
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Quiz 1: Policy document
Quiz 2: Job description
Quiz 3: Legal text
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Work-life balance in the ICT sector
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EU policies on work-life balance
Women in the ICT sector
The argument for work-life balance measures
Challenges
Step-by-step approach to building a compelling business case
Step 1: Identify national work-life balance initiatives and partners
Step 2: Identify potential resistance and find solutions
Step 3: Maximise buy-in from stakeholders
Step 4: Design a solid implementation plan
Step 5: Carefully measure progress
Step 6: Highlight benefits and celebrate early wins
Toolbox for planning work-life balance measures in ICT companies
Work–life balance checklist
Gender Equality Index 2019. Work-life balance
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Foreword
Highlights
Introduction
1. Gender equality in the European Union: improvements and challenges between 2005 and 2017
Still far from the finish line
Snail’s-pace progress on gender equality in the EU continues
More women in decision-making drives progress
Convergence on gender equality in the EU
2. Domain of work
Gender equality inching slowly forward in a fast-changing world of work
Women dominate part-time employment, consigning them to jobs with poorer career progression
Motherhood, low education and migration are particular barriers to work for women
3. Domain of money
Patchy progress on gender-equal access to financial and economic resources
Paying the price for motherhood
Lifetime pay inequalities fall on older women
4. Domain of knowledge
Gender equality in education standing still even as women graduates outnumber men graduates
Both women and men limit their study fields
Adult learning stalls most when reskilling needs are greatest
5. Domain of time
Enduring burden of care perpetuates inequalities for women
Uneven impact of family life on women and men
6. Domain of power
More women in decision-making but still a long way to go
Democracy undermined by absence of gender parity in politics
More gender equality on corporate boards — but only in a few Member States
Limited opportunities for women to influence social and cultural decision-making
7. Domain of health
Behavioural change in health is key to tackling gender inequalities
Women live longer but in poorer health
Lone parents and people with disabilities are still without the health support they need
8. Domain of violence
Data gaps mask the true scale of gender-based violence in the EU
Backlash against gender equality undermines legal efforts to end violence against women
9. Work-life balance: a thematic focus
Conceptual framework
Parental-leave policies
Informal care of older people, people with disabilities and long-term care services
Informal care of children and childcare services
Transport and public infrastructure
Flexible working arrangements
Lifelong learning
10. Conclusions
Sexism at work
Background
Part 1. Understand
What is sexism?
What is the impact of sexism at work?
Where does sexism come from?
Sexism at work
What happens when you violate sexist expectations?
What is sexual harassment?
Violating sexist expectations can lead to sexual harassment
Under-reporting of sexual harassment
Part 2. Test yourself
Part 3. Act
How can I combat sexism? A ten-step programme for managers
How can all staff create cultural change
How can I report a problem?
Eradicating sexism to change the face of the EU
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