Infomes de Impacto de Género
Gender Impact Assessment
Aims and objectives
The aim of GIA in Catalonia is to revise some types of norms (laws and general dispositions) from a gender perspective before they are approved by the government. It represents hence and ex-ante evaluation of public policies.
Results and impact
No specific report is available with respect to GIA. However, the Women's Institute has developed a search engine that allows looking for legislation including a gender perspective.
Creator/owner/responsible institution
Each regional ministry
Contents/activities/services
Law 4/2001and Law 26/2010 established that all laws and general dispositions must be accompanied by a GIA. To facilitate its implementation a guideline on how to elaborate GIA was published in 2005.
Additional information
Periodicity: Impact assessments are carried out before a proposed activity is approved.
Nuts code: ES51