Gender Mainstreaming Support Committee and Gender Mainstreaming Manual, del 1 av 2, SOU 2007:15

In 2005, the Swedish Gender Mainstreaming Support Committee (JämStöd) was set up to assist with national gender mainstreaming, i.e. within government offices and agencies. Its mission consisted of reporting on the agencies’ responsibility for implementing the gender equality policy but also further developing methods and supporting the exchange of experiences. The committee developed both working models and methods that would have a major impact in Sweden and internationally. These were presented in a publication on methods for gender mainstreaming. In the final report, the committee noted, like the Swedish Agency for Public Management and several other EU countries, that a prerequisite for successful gender mainstreaming is the creation of support functions. This is the background for the creation of JÄMI