Gender-sensitive Parliaments

Asian Development Bank (2013), ‘Preparing a project gender action plan’ (https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/institutional-document/34132/tip-sheet-2-preparing-gender-action-plan_0.pdf).

Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia (2020), ‘Activity plan for the improvement of gender-sensitivity in the Parliament 2021-2021’ (https://www.sobranie.mk/content/Plan%20rodova%20senzitivnost %2015.1.20.docx).

Austrian Federal Chancellery, Section 11a. (1) of the Federal law on equal treatment in the area of the federal government (Federal Equal Treatment Act – B GIBG) (https://www.genderportal.eu/sites/default/files/resource_pool/aut42823.pdf).

Austrian Federal Chancellery (2009), ‘Women’s advancement plan for the Parliamentary Directorate’ (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblAuth/BGBLA_2009_II_34/BGBLA_2009_II_34.html).

Austrian Federal Chancellery (2014), ‘Women’s advancement plan for the Parliamentary Directorate’ (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokument.wxe?Abfrage=BgblAuth&Dokumentnummer=BGBLA_2014_II_378).

Austrian Federal Chancellery (2021), ‘Women’s advancement plan for the Parliamentary Directorate’ (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/eli/bgbl/II/2021/168/20210414).

CPA (2022), ‘A guide to managing online and offline abuse’ (https://www.uk-cpa.org/media/4633/a-guide-to-managing-online-offline-abuse_compressed.pdf).

Council of Europe (2003), Recommendation (2003)3 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision-making, 12 March 2003 (https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=0900001680…).

Council of Europe, ‘Achieving balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision-making’, Council of Europe website (https://www.coe.int/en/web/genderequality/balanced-participation#{ %2216805331%22:[1]}).

Council of Europe (2024), Guidelines for the use of language as a driver of inclusivity (https://rm.coe.int/guidelines-for-the-use-of-language-as-a-driver-of-inclusivity/1680aec235).

Directive (EU) 2023/970 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms (OJ L 132, 17.5.2023, p. 21) (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?toc=OJ%3AL%3A2023 %3A132%3ATOC&uri=uriserv %3AOJ.L_.2023.132.01.0021.01.ENG).

EIGE (2016), Institutional Transformation: Gender mainstreaming toolkit, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/toolkits/gender-institutional-transformation).

EIGE (2019), ‘Gender-sensitive parliaments toolkit: Self-assessment, scoring and interpretation of parliament gender-sensitivity’, EIGE website (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/toolkits/gender-sensitive-parliaments/self-assessment-scoring-and-interpretation-parliament-gender-sensitivity).

EIGE (2019), ‘Gender-sensitive parliaments toolkit: Glossary of terms’, EIGE website (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/toolkits/gender-sensitive-parliaments/glossary-terms).

EIGE (2022), Combating Cyber Violence against Women and Girls, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/combating-cyber-violence-against-women-and-girls).

EIGE, ‘Resistance and common challenges – and how to overcome them’, GEAR tool, EIGE website (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/toolkits/gear/challenges-resistance).

EIGE, ‘Glossary and thesaurus: Horizontal segregation’, EIGE website (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/thesaurus/terms/1225).

EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database (2023), ‘European parliament: President and members’ (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-statistics/dgs/indicator/wmidm_pol_parl__wmid_eurparl/datatable).

EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database, ‘National parliaments: Presidents and members’ (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-statistics/dgs/indicator/wmidm_pol_parl__wmid_natparl/datatable).

EIGE’s Gender-Statistics Database, ‘G7. The proportion and number of women and men among the leaders and deputy leaders of major political parties in Member States’ (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-statistics/dgs/indicator/bpfa_g_offic_g7__wmid_polpart/datatable).

EIGE’s Gender-Statistics Database, ‘Parliamentary bureaus: President and members’ (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-statistics/dgs/indicator/wmidm_pol_parl_burcom__wmid_parlbur/datatable).

European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs (2018), ‘Action plan on gender mainstreaming’ (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/160163/AFCO%20Action%20Plan%20on%20Gender%20Mainstreaming.PDF).

European Parliament BUDG Committee (2020), ‘Action plan on gender mainstreaming of the Committee on Budgets (BUDG)’ (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/207906/BUDG-D(2020)16325_Annex_G… %20Action%20Plan%20-%20approved.pdf).

European Parliament CONT Committee. (2019), ‘Action plan on gender mainstreaming of the Budgetary Control Committee – 9th parliamentary term’ (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/214397/CONT%20action%20plan%20on…).

European Parliament PETI Committee (2017), ‘Action plan on gender mainstreaming in the work of the Committee on Petitions’ (PETI action plan.pdf (europa.eu)).

European Commission (2020), ‘Gender equality strategy 2020-2025’ (https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/gender-equality/gender-equality-strategy_en).

European Parliament (2021), Gender Mainstreaming in the European Parliament: State of play, European Parliament, Brussels (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/694216/EPRS_STU…).

European Parliament (2022), ‘Art herstory: Female perspectives in the European Parliament’s Contemporary Art Collection’ (https://art-collection.europarl.europa.eu/en/exhibitions/art-herstory/).

European Parliament CULT Committee (2017), ‘Action plan on gender mainstreaming of the Committee on Culture and Education’ (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/gender-mainstreaming/produ…).

European Parliament EMPL Committee (2018), Action plan on gender mainstreaming of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)’ (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/154933/EMPL%20Action%20plan.pdf).

Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 47) (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A12012E%2FTXT).

Consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ C 202, 7.6.2016, p. 1) (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=celex:12016ME/TXT).

EvalCommunity, ‘SMART Indicators in M&E’, EVAL Community website (https://www.evalcommunity.com/career-center/smart-indicators/#:~:text=SMART%20indicators%20are%20specific%2C%20measurable,towards%20specific%20goals%20and%20objectives).

Finnish Parliamentary Office (2019), Realisation of Gender Equality in the Finnish Parliament (https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/naineduskuntatoimii/julkaisut/Documents/ekj_8+2019.pdf).

Ohman, M. (2018), Gender-targeted Public Funding for Political Parties – A comparative analysis, International IDEA, Stockholm (https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/gender-targeted-public-funding-political-parties-comparative-analysis).

IPU (2017), Plan of Action for Gender-sensitive Parliaments (https://www.ipu.org/resources/publications/reference/2016-07/plan-action-gender-sensitive-parliaments).

IPU (2022), ‘IPU Member Parliaments commit to accelerating gender equality’, IPU website (https://www.ipu.org/news/press-releases/2022-10/ipu-member-parliaments-commit-accelerating-gender-equality).

Maguire, S. (2018), ‘Barriers to women entering parliament and local government’, Institute for Policy Research Report (https://www.bath.ac.uk/publications/barriers-to-women-entering-parliament-and-local-government/).

McKee, R. (2023), ‘New report: MPs’ staff, the unsung heroes: An examination of who they are and what they do’ University College London Constitution Unit website (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/news/2023/oct/new-report-mps-st…).

Northern Ireland Assembly Women’s Caucus (2015), ‘Gender sensitive Assembly manifesto and action plan’, Northern Ireland Assembly website (http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/assembly-womens-caucus/gender-sensitive-assembly-manifesto–action-plan/).

OECD (2021), Pay Transparency Tools to Close the Gender Wage Gap, OECD Publishing, Paris (https://www.oecd.org/publications/pay-transparency-tools-to-close-the-gender-wage-gap-eba5b91d-en.htm#:~:text=To %20address%20this%20persistent%20challenge,These%20policies%20hold%20considerable%20allure).

Parliament of Catalonia (2015), Act 17/2015, of 21 July, on effective equality between women and men (https://www.parlament.cat/document/intrade/243971).

Parliament of Catalonia (2020), ‘Gender equality plan 2020-2023’’ (https://www.parlament.cat/document/actualitat/53018704.pdf)

Parliament of Finland (2022), ‘Equality in parliamentary work’, Parliament of Finland website (https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/tiedotteet/Sivut/Tasa-arvo-edennyt-eduskunnassa.aspx).

Parliament of the Basque Country (2018), Equality plan for women and men of the Basque Parliament. Available at: https://www.legebiltzarra.eus/portal/web/eusko-legebiltzarra/servicios-administrativos/igualdad

Parliament of the Basque Country (2022), Evaluation report of the equality plan for women and men of the Basque Parliament. Available at: https://www.legebiltzarra.eus/portal/web/eusko-legebiltzarra/servicios-administrativos/igualdad

Parliament of Valencia (2019), ‘Gender equality plan’ (https://www.cortsvalencianes.es/sites/default/files/section_docs/doc/pla_igualtat_cas.pdf).

Spain (2007), Organic Law 3/2007, of 22 March https://www.coe.int/t/pace/campaign/stopviolence/Source/spain_constitutionalact3_2007_en.pdf

Spanish National Parliament (2020), ‘Equality plan of the Cortes Generales 2020-2024’ (https://www.congreso.es/en/cem/igualdad#:~:text=El%20I%20Plan%20de%20Igualdad,%C3%A1mbito%20de%20la%20administraci%C3%B3n%20parlamentaria).

Swedish National Parliament (2018), ‘Action programme for gender equality’ (handlingsprogram-for-jamstalldhet-i-riksdagen-for-valperioden-2018-2022.pdf)

Swedish Parliament (2006), Decision of June 1, 2006 (https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/arende/betankande/riksdagen-…).

Swedish Parliament (2022), ‘Action programme for gender equality in the Parliament for the 2022-2026 electoral period’ (https://www.riksdagen.se/globalassets/05.-sa-fungerar-riksdagen/arbetet…).

UK Parliament (2018), ‘Gender-sensitive Parliament audit 2018’ (https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/lords-information-offi…).

UN (1995), Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Beijing +5 Political Declaration and Outcome (https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2015/01/beijing…).

UN (2015), Sustainable Development Goals – Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’, UN website (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/gender-equality/).

UN General Assembly (1979), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 18 December 1979 (https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-elimination-all-forms-discrimination-against-women).

UN Women (2021), ‘CSW65 (2021)’, UN Women website (https://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw65-2021#:~:text=The%20Commission%20on%20the%20Status%20of%20Women%20adopted%20agreed%20conclusions,girls%E2%80%9D%20on%2026%20March%202021).

United Nations Economic and Social Council (2021), ‘Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls: Agreed conclusions’ (https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=E%2FCN.6%2F2021%2FL.3&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop&LangRequested=False).