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.
… current speed, it will take almost twenty years to achieve gender-balanced national parliaments. EIGE’s new online tool … helps to identify where parliaments stand on their way to gender equality and proposes steps for every parliament to improve. We call it the gender-sensitive parliaments tool. “Democracy works best when …
… the decision-making power in Europe is to have more gender-sensitive parliaments. Parliaments not only make laws … or influence decision-making. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has developed a tool to help … their organisation and working procedures and see how gender sensitive they are. To determine the level of gender …
… This domain assesses gender equality in external communication, including the visibility of gender issues and the representation of the parliament. What … role of parliament in a country. Official communication in gender-sensitive parliaments is free of gendered stereotypes …
… This domain maps out policies that address the gender-sensitivity of physical spaces in the parliament, and evaluates gender equality in external communication. Many parliamentary …
… the activities carried out by the parliament to oversee gender equality in government action, to monitor the … international conventions and agreements, ; to monitor the gender impact of legislation and arrange gender-oriented … equality while simultaneously increasing their own gender-sensitivity (International Knowledge Network of Women in …
… This domain focuses on gender mainstreaming in laws, such as using gender impact assessment (GIA). Gender issues should be taken into consideration during the …
… This domain assesses the existence of gender mainstreaming structures and tools for parliamentary employees. Gender-sensitive parliaments mainstream gender in their administrative structures, processes and …
… This domain assesses the existence of gender mainstreaming tools and procedures, such as gender equality training, gender equality plans and gender budgeting, that ensure the …
… This domain assesses the presence and function of dedicated gender equality bodies, their resources and influence. Reserving dedicated structures for gender mainstreaming is one of the most effective ways to systematically address and monitor gender equality in political institutions. Gender …
… transparency is a basic condition that supports gender mainstreaming. It requires the formalisation, … policies Formal rules and procedures are a key feature in gender-sensitive parliaments and strongly support gender equality. Codes of conduct and formal …
… This domain addresses gender balance in leading roles and internal working groups. … Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain) (EIGE Gender Statistics Database). The other influential leading … contribute mostly in areas related to ‘care’ (IPU: 2011). Gender-sensitive parliaments promote the idea that all policy …
… the procedures for recruitment of parliamentary staff are gender-sensitive. A gender-sensitive parliament is one where women and men have … equal opportunities to become parliamentary employees. Gender-sensitive parliaments recruit employees based on merit …
… This domain refers to gender mainstreaming measures within political parties that … parliament. The internal organisation and procedures of a gender-sensitive party allow the implementation of rules to … to parties interested in assessing their level of gender-sensitivity, such as the OSCE-ODHIR methodology for Gender …
… the extent to which the national electoral system is gender-sensitive and explores whether and how gender quotas are applied. The existence of a legal framework … equal access is a pre-condition to the establishment of gender-sensitive public institutions, like parliaments. The …
… A gender-sensitive parliament is aware of and attends to the … Area 5 has two domains: The first domain focuses on gender-sensitive organisation of parliament spaces. The …
… output, the distinct product of which is legislation. A gender-sensitive parliament produces gender-sensitive legislation that benefits women and men and … to which the legislation produced by the parliament is gender-sensitive. The OSCE (2017b) notes that ‘The …
… but also outward-oriented, as it lays the foundation for gender-sensitive legislation processes. A gender-sensitive parliament can systematically bring to the … women’s interests and concerns. In order to do so, a gender-sensitive parliament must have formal institutional …
… (MPs) and parliamentary employees. The rationale is that a gender-sensitive parliament is one that assures equal … (parliaments as legislative bodies) elements of gender-sensitivity. Firstly, the impact of the legal …
… In order to make gender-sensitivity a measurable concept, five areas defining specific aspects of parliaments’ gender-sensitivity have been identified through literature …