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gender-sensitive accountability

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Obligation and responsibility on the part of state structures and public officials to implement gender mainstreaming and achieve gender equality policy objectives, to report on progress achieved, and to be answerable in the event of a failure to meet stated gender equality objectives.

See also: gender-sensitive

Additional notes and information

Sources

(1) Unifem (2008/09). Who Answers to Women? Gender & Accountability. Progress of the World’s Women; (2) United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Online Glossary on Governance and Public Administration. Available at: http://www.unpan.org/Directories/UNPAGlossary/tabid/928/Default.aspx

Ryšiai

Related term:
parity democracy
Broader term:
gender sensitivity
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1212?lang=en
Filed under: 
Decision-making and power
Inclusive decision-making

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.