… All regulations, policies and programmes relevant to gender affect the living conditions and access to resources for women and men. This effect is known as ‘gender impact’. An assessment of the gender impact of any … key questions to be used: What are their expectations and needs? Are these different for women and men? Is the planned …
… When performing the gender impact assessment, it is important to to take into … proposed within it. To do this, central bodies for gender equality may have a fundamental role, since this is … or external gender experts, it’s a mechanism which needs to be developed to ensure the improvement of gender …
… to keep in mind when considering the implementation of gender impact assessment. Policital commitment The gender impact assessment is an instrument for the … mainstreaming. Therefore, it is only a tool and as such it needs to respond to a clear objective. Therefore, to realise …
… Commission deploys a variety of methods in its approach to gender mainstreaming. These methods span the whole policy … monitoring and evaluation. In the policy-definition phase, gender impact assessment is integrated within the European … system . Indeed, the Commission does not perform gender impact assessments as a separate, standalone exercise. …
… Actors involved Guidelines Strenghts and weaknesses Model Gender impact assessment has not been formally regulated so … Denmark, where it nonetheless derives from the most recent Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan (2007-2011), and the … men as regards conditions, behaviour and/or preferences, needs and opportunities (in the field or area to be touched …
… Actors involved Guidelines Strenghts and weaknesses Model Gender impact assessment is legislated in Catalonia and the law requires that a gender perspective must be included in every law approved by … knowledge on gender issues related to the policy area needs to be built up in the respective departments, so as to …
… The focus on on an institutional setting means that gender mainstreaming is to be conceived as a strategy which … learning within an institution in order to achieve gender equality both internally and especially in regard to … The strategic goal of the process is to integrate gender equality into the regular rules, procedures and …
… Extrinsic motivation Greater gender equality can contribute to tackle future challenges in … term financing of social security systems are related to gender equality. Making an “Economic Case” for gender … gender equality is about acting according to the needs of women and men of various social groups. Considering …
… Gender, gender equality and gender mainstreaming are contested concepts. In many EU … or certain media with a strong reservation regarding gender issues. The digital space is a constant source of …
… level, resistance might develop because the subject of gender is often taken as a matter of a person’s identity. … Sometimes people feel uncomfortable with the term gender because their perception of the concept also … Individuals in an institutional setting have certain needs. Referring to a model of Morgan (1997), Erfurt (2011) …
… The ILO Action Plan for Gender Equality 2010-15 Since 1999 the ILO promotes gender equality by using Action Plans. The Action Plan … Furthermore it acknowledges that gender mainstreaming needs experts from the outside. It also takes into account …
… Gender Audits by the International Labour Organisation The … and other international organisations have conducted gender audits and also published manual or Handbook on the … and results. A report written on the current situation of gender equality includes good practices as well as …
… Gender Equality Framework Programme by the Federal State of … Berlin as one of 16 Federal States in Germany developed a Gender Equality Framework Programme (GPR). In April this year the General principles on gender equality in the State of Berlin came into effect …
… This information portal serves as a national resource for gender equality. The portal offers a wider range of information and news about gender equality in Sweden, examples of good practices as well as tools for gender equality work. Via the platform there is provision of …
… The Swedish Gender Mainstreaming Manual The Manual was published in 2007 … as an official report of the government. Its title is: “Gender Mainstreaming Manual - A book of practical methods from the Swedish Gender Mainstreaming Support Commitee (Jämstöd)”. It was …
… Gender Equality Competence Training approach in Finland The “gender glasses” project was set up in 2007 with the aim to … differ from countries in the Western part of Europe. This needs an approach which is sensitive to the history and the …
… Evaluation of gender mainstreaming in the UNDP The independent evaluation … was done in 2005. It assessed UNDP’s performance in gender mainstreaming and the promotion of gender equality from 1995 to 2005. The evaluation responded …
… Rationale When introducing gender mainstreaming, it is important to consider what … will be needed to ensure a well-founded implementation. A gender information management system helps to collect, … regular updates may be a task that is assigned to the gender mainstreaming support structure. When setting up a …
… Gender equality action plans describe the specialist … health care. For each field, they describe which gender equality goals are to be pursued using which measures … in order to help achieve an organisation’s overall gender equality objectives. Gender equality action plans …
… The gender mainstreaming strategy aims to change an … the organisation’s activities support the advancement of gender equality in all of an organisation’s fields of … attention should therefore be paid to addressing the needs of male staff as well. Promoting work-life balance The …