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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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  • Area 5: The parliament complies with its SYMBOLIC function

    … Gender-sensitive facilities From guns to babies – UK: Making … and staff’s children since 1999. Source: www.bundestag.de Gender-sensitive communication Gender-neutral language in documents and communication …

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    Toolkit page
  • Area 4: The parliament produces gender-sensitive LEGISLATION

    … Gender mainstreaming and laws Equality Law – Spain: A national framework to support gender equality The Equality Law of 2007 focuses on the right … Inter-Ministerial Commission on Equality, the inclusion of gender impact reports in every law or national plan, as well …

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    Toolkit page
  • Area 3: Women’s interests and concerns have adequate SPACE on parliamentary agenda

    … Presence and resources of gender equality bodies Delegations for women’s rights and … equal opportunities for women and men – France: Keeping gender on the agenda Both houses of the French Parliament – … complementing each other. Their function is to mainstream gender throughout the legislative process. They are …

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    Toolkit page
  • Area 2: Women and men have equal opportunities to INFLUENCE the parliament’s working procedures

    … House of Commons Administration Committee on the findings Gender Assessment of the Constituent Assembly – Tunisia: … NDI (2013). Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly. Gender Assessment The Good Parliament - report on the UK … meet the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s globally influential “Gender Sensitive Parliaments” framework.  Source: Childs, S. …

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    Toolkit page
  • Examples of gender-sensitive practices in parliaments

    … Examples of gender-sensitive practices in parliaments by the five areas … on parliamentary agenda Area 4: The parliament produces gender-sensitive LEGISLATION Area 5: The parliament complies …

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    Toolkit page
  • References and resources

    … of Women’s Representation in Parliament and the Passing of Gender Sensitive Policies .  Barnes A. and Munn-Rivard L. (2012). Gender-sensitive Parliaments . 1. Advancement in the … Inter-Parliamentary Union (2016). Evaluating the gender sensitivity of parliaments . A self-assessment toolkit.  …

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  • Who is the tool for?

    … for parliaments; it supports the assessment of the gender-sensitivity of elected bodies at regional, national, and the … procedures and outputs of the assembly respect and promote gender equality. All internal staff, including administrative …

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  • What is the tool for?

    … tool to support parliaments in assessing and monitoring gender-sensitivity in terms of their organisation and working … The European Union is strongly committed to promoting gender equality in accordance with international and European …

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  • How to use the tool

    … sections – one per each area for measuring parliaments’ gender-sensitivity. The sections are assessed together and separately to measure the parliament's gender sensitivity. The tool is available in five different …

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  • Research officer - gender equality

    … The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)[ 1 ] is organising a call for … a reserve list for the post of Research Officer – Gender Equality. The registration of applications will begin … envisaged to contribute and strengthen the promotion of gender equality. To achieve its goals, the Institute collects …

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  • Education is key for breaking gender stereotypes

    … Gender related challenges in the education system are an … and boys tend to choose subjects according to traditional gender roles. This is one of the findings of new research by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). In Lithuania, men dominate study …

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  • Ex-ante publicity notice: Gender-sensitive measures through education, for the integration of newly-arrived third country nationals

    … The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) envisages awarding a middle-value contract to conduct a research on Gender-sensitive measures through education for the …

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  • Statistics Officer

    … The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)[ 1 ] is organising a call for … envisaged to contribute and strengthen the promotion of gender equality. To achieve its goals, the Institute collects … appropriate methodological tools for the integration of gender equality into all EU policies. It fosters the exchange …

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  • Cyber violence is a growing threat, especially for women and girls

    … said Jurgita Peciuriene, EIGE's programme coordinator for gender-based violence. Experts warn us not to think of cyber … EIGE has published a paper focusing on the need for gender-disaggregated data on cyber violence. It finds that … For example, educating women and girls, as well as gender sensitive training on cyber violence for the police. …

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  • Gender stakeholder consultation

    … What is gender stakeholder consultation? Gender stakeholder consultation promotes the participation of … should be taken into consideration. Team composition and sensitivity. To be able to ensure the meaningful …

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  • Gender monitoring

    … A gender-sensitive monitoring is a systematic and objective … an ongoing activity, project, programme or policy from a gender perspective. It takes into account the information and … sources. Persons responsible for monitoring should have gender expertise and the criteria for monitoring, methods and …

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  • Gender statistics and indicators

    … What are gender statistics and indicators? This briefing introduces gender statistics and indicators and explains why they are important tools to promote gender equality and implement a gender mainstreaming …

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    • Research
  • Cyber violence against women

    … The VAW/DV directive also tasks the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) with supporting Member States with … incitement to hatred or violence on the basis of sex or gender identity using ICT in the previous 12 months, by sex … brief This policy brief by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) aims to support platforms by providing …

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  • Gender-responsive evaluation

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