Specific subset of social relations uniting women and men as social groups in a particular community, including how power – and access to/control over resources – is distributed between the sexes.
… weaknesses Model There is no legal obligation to conduct gender impact assessments in Finland. Yet, the Act on … Equality between Women and Men (1986/609) includes a broad gender mainstreaming obligation for public officials, which has been interpreted as the legal basis for gender impact assessment implementation by the central gender …
… Actors involved Guidelines Strenghts and weaknesses Model Gender impact assessment was established in Lower Saxony in 2004, in the framework of gender-mainstreaming work. As a consequence, draft cabinet … and other legal acts and regulations have to perform a gender impact assessment, as set out in the Joint Rules of …
… of Local Authorities and Regions . It supports the work on gender mainstreaming in municipalities and county councils. … 2008 and 2013, SALAR ran a large-scale programme for gender mainstreaming. Its aim was to help its members provide … a number of tools and materials to support work on gender mainstreaming. Model Definitions of gender …
… of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States Gender segregation is a deeply entrenched feature of … across the EU. It refers to the concentration of one gender in certain fields of education or occupations … certain jobs while also perpetuating unequal gender power relations in the public and private spheres. Following the …
… Improving gender equality has many positive impacts on individuals and also on society at large. A more gender‑equal EU would have strong, positive GDP impacts … in the EU. A study from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) on the ‘economic benefits of gender …
… and exclusion of such people from society. Due to existing gender inequalities in public and private life, women are … is part of EIGE’s mandate to monitor EU progress towards gender equality, specifically in relation to the objectives …
… The gender gap in pensions can be understood as the sum of gender inequalities over a lifetime, including differences in … to illustrate this equation, but also to consider how the gender gap in pensions relates to wider gender inequalities …
… the sad results of the “Study on estimating the costs of gender-based violence in the EU” released by the European Institute for Gender Equality. ” Designing adequate EU-policies however, … their efforts to combat violence against women (gender-based violence). For policies to be efficient they …
… prepared for theEIGE by ICF GHK as part of the contract ‘Gender Training in the European Union: Mapping, Research and … Engagement’. It maps the policies and practices of gender training in the European Union. The work on this publication was coordinated by EIGE’s Gender Mainstreaming Team. Related publication: Mapping of …
… paper International agreements have underpinned a focus on gender stereotyping as a policy priority for over thirty years. A policy focus on gender stereotypes on the European level can be observed in … the European Council. Lately though, the policy focus on gender stereotypes has not been that explicit. This …
… discussions covered a broad range of topics related to gender equality: Gender Equality Index, Men and Gender Equality, Female Genital Mutilation, Benefits of …
… discussions covered a broad range of topics related to gender equality: Gender Equality Index, Men and Gender Equality, Female Genital Mutilation, Benefits of …