Critical examination of how differences in gender roles, activities, needs, opportunities and rights/entitlements affect women, men, girls and boys in a given policy area, situation or context.
… Gender impact assessment has been defined as an ex ante evaluation, analysis or assessment of a law, policy or programme that … between women and men. The central question of the gender impact assessment is: Does a law, policy or programme …
… As gender impact assessment is a tool for gender mainstreaming. Civil servants working for … or policymaker involved. [ - ] Does not ensure an in-depth analysis from a gender perspective, as people involved do not …
… General model of gender impact assessment presented below is based on existing gender impact assessment methodologies and functioning … gender relevance Gender impact assessment Gender-sensitive analysis Weighing gender impact Findings and proposals for …
… policy, law or programme and show how it connects with gender equality. The following questions could be asked: … should include a focus on how the intervention relates to gender equality. The following questions are some examples that could help during the analysis: What social issue is being addressed by this …
… 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 initiative involves a process of analysis to determine the impact (tangible results) that the …
… proposals should be put forward that will promote gender equality in response to the existing situation. To do this, one should identify how gender equality could be strengthened in the different parts … data. Where lack of information curtails a proper analysis and thus produces inconclusive findings, it is …
… The implementation of a gender impact assessment in the European Union is not homogenous. Although gender impact assessment has been developed both at the … of countries, which show evidence of a more substantial analysis in support of gender impact assessment, have been …
… 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 … Both of those strategic documents emphasise that a genderanalysis should take place as an integrated part of …
… Actors involved Guidelines Strenghts and weaknesses Model Gender impact assessment is a relatively common instrument to support gender-mainstreaming implementation in Sweden. It appears to … made between gender impact assessments and gender equality analysis: while the first entails reporting statistics and …
… Actors involved Guidelines Strenghts and weaknesses Model Gender impact assessments have been required by law in the … within the Basque Country, has also developed its own gender Equality Act, which regulates in detail the gender … data Identification of inequalities between women and men Analysis of those inequalities from a gender perspective …