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Definition of gender sensitivity

Aim of understanding and taking account of the societal and cultural factors involved in gender-based exclusion and discrimination in the most diverse spheres of public and private life. 

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Gender Statistics Database
  • Gender mainstreaming in programming resources and implementation of actions in the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II) in Serbia

    … Serbia has made achievements in gender equality and the empowerment of women. At the same … focus and additional investment to advance the work on gender mainstreaming and gender-responsive governance. The Instrument for …

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    Good practice
  • Embedding a gender perspective in strategic planning policies

    … and Social Policy are committed to the inclusion of a gender perspective in strategic planning policies. The implementation of gender equality in strategic documents contributes to … entity: Ministry of Labour and Social Policy   Embedding gender mainstreaming in national strategy   This activity has …

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    Good practice
  • Gender mainstreaming e-module for civil servants

    … has undertaken a project to develop a specific e-module on gender mainstreaming for civil servants, most of whom are … national and local level) understanding of the concept of gender equality. A manual was also made available to all civil servants, introducing the gender perspective to programmes and policies. The manual …

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    Good practice
  • Women’s Political Network (WPN) Montenegro

    … including trainers (as knowledge carriers) and women with gender expertise in specific topics in the core team. The … in this politically sensitive process. Secondly, trained gender-competent specialists should be included in the … and creating women’s alliances for the advancement of gender equality and women in politics.  Sustainability of the …

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    Good practice
  • Implementing principles of gender equality at local level

    … In Montenegro, gender equality means equal opportunities for women and men … from community progress at national and local level. Gender equality practices have been improved through … Ministry for Human and Minority Rights - Department for Gender Equality, the Organization for Security and …

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    Good practice
  • Gender Equality Facility

    … The Gender Equality Facility (GEF) Phase 1 was implemented as an … to the government of Albania to integrate the EU gender equality acquis and ensure that the EU accession … where neither the EU nor UN Women had previously addressed gender equality, the GEF project cooperated primarily with …

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    Good practice
  • Sexism at work: how can we stop it? Handbook for the EU institutions and agencies

    … Further reading Online version of the handbook Toolkit on Gender-sensitive communication Gender Statistics Database: women and men in decision-making Gender Statistics Database: gender-based violence …

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    Publication
    Topics
    • Employment
  • Sexism at work: How can we stop it?

    …   The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help stop … a step closer to achieving the EU’s founding value of gender equality. Further reading Sexism at work: How can we … Handbook for the EU institutions and agencies Toolkit on Gender-sensitive communication Gender Statistics Database: …

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    • Employment
  • How can I combat sexism? A ten-step programme for managers

    … diversity and took several measures to officially support gender balance, the promotion gap between women and men … in performance appraisals? Are meetings dominated by one gender? Do women who speak more receive lower performance … bias when considering employees behaving in a non-gender stereotypical way (for example women behaving …

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  • Digitalisation and equal rights – the role of AI algorithms

    … and assessment of potential risks, such as algorithmic gender bias and discrimination. AI has been high on the EU … by AI systems (European Commission, 2020d). In the EU gender equality strategy 2020–2025, the Commission reiterated … medical research is a field historically lacking gender sensitivity, where the lack of representation of women in …

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  • Job automation, use of new technologies and transformation of the labour market

    … the majority of workplaces in the EU labour market, gender differences in the use of ICT at work persist. … and skill demand, as well as certain broader aspects of gender equality. It may well contribute to future changes in Gender Equality Index scores in several domains, primarily …

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    Toolkit page
  • Unprecedented impact of COVID-19 calls for gender-sensitive policies and research

    … innumerable people, both directly and indirectly. Although gender-disaggregated data are not provided by all countries, … was seen in the SARS outbreak in 2003 (Jin et al., 2020). Gender disparities may be rooted in biological differences (e.g. genetic and immunological differences, gender differences in pre-existing health problems), …

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  • 10. Conclusions

    … Progress towards gender equality in the EU remains slow. The Gender Equality Index score in 2018 was 67.9 points, just … of the Work–Life Balance Directive, increasing the gender sensitivity of national tax and benefits systems, ensuring …

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    Toolkit page
  • Benefits of gender equality through infrastructure provision: an EU-wide survey

    … In 2015-2016, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) conducted a restricted survey in the 28 EU Member States (EU-28) on the benefits of gender-sensitive infrastructure The survey aimed to collect … allocation of public resources. Read more Factsheet: Gender equality and care infrastructures Factsheet: Gender …

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  • Gender-sensitive language review in all official EU languages other than English

    … The European Institute for Gender Equality, the regulatory agency of the European Union, … subject of this framework contract (FWC) is for: Lot 1 - Gender-sensitive language review in Central and northern … Swedish, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian and Irish. Lot 2 - Gender-sensitive language review in Eastern Europe languages: …

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    Call for tender
  • Migration

    … Relevance of gender in the policy area Around seven per cent of the total … protection response as they are at a higher risk of gender-based violence, including trafficking for sexual … for co-opting or instrumentalising women’s rights and gender equality . Gender is a crucial variable when looking …

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    Policy area
  • Security

    … Relevance of gender in the policy area The complex and evolving security … to be acknowledged that the policy area of security is not gender-neutral. Women and men, and girls and boys experience … and CEPOL have taken some steps to improve the gender sensitivity of their work. As of 2015, CEPOL has introduced a …

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  • Step 1. Alignment with Partnership Agreements’ and Operational Programmes’ gender objectives and indicators

    … each fund specify how the project will address existing gender gaps, or women’s and men’s specific needs, in the … support project applicants by: providing information on gender goals and indicators defined in the PA and OPs; providing other gender-related, context-specific information that is relevant …

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    Toolkit page
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    • Economic and financial affairs
  • Steps to integrate a gender perspective in monitoring and evaluation processes

    … should assess the programme’s achievement of all specific gender objectives set out in the planning document, financial … or other programme documents. To do so, it should use the gender indicators defined by the programme. If no specific gender objectives are defined, general evaluation criteria …

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    Toolkit page
    Topics
    • Economic and financial affairs
  • Supplementary tool 7.a: Gender-responsive agreements (contracts or grant agreements) with project implementers

    … process, guided by clearly defined criteria that take gender equality into account, it is important to define basic … is obliged to comply with the horizontal principle of gender equality? Does the agreement specify specific steps that should be taken to comply with the gender equality requirement? Does it explicitly state that …

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    Toolkit page
    Topics
    • Economic and financial affairs

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