… how to implement gender mainstreaming within the European Social Fund (ESF). The Standard describes 4 cycles of the ESF (1. EU programming and policy cycle, 2. National policy cycle, 3. Regional and national implementation cycle, …
… both the theoretical understanding of gender as a social construct and an in-depth knowledge of gender relations as social structures. It also covers knowledge of empirical … facts about gender aspects within the organisation’s policy area and sphere of activities as well as the ability …
… such as ethnicity, disability and other categories of social discrimination should also be taken into account. … provides gender statistics and information about different policy areas. The European Commission’s website also presents … a collection of research reports, facts and figures, policy documents and further material about the priority …
… (such as recognition and approval) as well as the social needs (e.g. being part of a team or group) of … perspective on the situation of women and men as social groups and the patterns that create imbalances in … of staff at every level to contribute to the institutions policy. Sometimes it can be useful to compare gender equality …
… argument against gender mainstreaming is that it is a policy that is imposed upon an organisation. Depending on the … regardless of his or her sex. There is evidence of homo-social settings to be less innovative and creative than a team with members from diverse social and cultural background; however, the causality …
… a strategy can be to compare gender equality with other policy fields: If we would talk about issues like child … : Gender is a concept which intersects with all forms of social categories. For example statistics show that … not about “the” men and “the” women as alleged homogeneous social groups but it refers to a structural pattern in …
… women, People´s rights, Development cooperation and Staff policy. The communication addresses all member states and … attention on a topical issue. Although communications are policy documents with no mandatory authority or legal effect, … strategy on mainstreaming gender. Also the Economic and Social Council published a Resolution on “Mainstreaming a …
… knowledge management for gender issues in the respective policy fields. The institute does research in its own … The Agency for Gender Equality within the European Social Funds in Germany (2009-2013) The agency was setup as a … in a way that is tailor made for a topic like the European Social Funds. It also shows that Knowledge management and …
… effects of gender on society in general and on specific policy areas. Appropriate knowledge of the international, … addressed in future training programmes. 3. Knowledge of policy field/organisation Knowledge of the organisational … areas, including education and training, employment and social affairs, violence or gender stereotypes; They master …
… Gender-sensitive parliaments promote the idea that all policy areas are important for everyone and act to avoid dominance of a single gender in specific policy areas. Balanced participation of women and men MPs in … represented in only four out of 19 (Employment and Social Affairs; Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, …
… of women; education and culture; women and the economy; social and political participation; health, sexual and … studies, the distribution of earnings, capital income and social insurance benefits. Finally, it examines disposable …
… conducting an awareness raising campaign aiming to change policy – including 30% gender quotas – and empowering women … - to participate in politics. The program also included social transformation projects, working with youth from …
… accordance with international and European frameworks and policy guidelines. Equality between women and men is a … – by contributing to their country’s economic and social development, and benefitting from their participation … means contributing to building a fairer society where social justice is a shared value, effectively implemented. …