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.
… 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 …
… to keep in mind when considering the implementation of gender impact assessment. Policital commitment The gender impact assessment is an instrument for the … expertise are prerequisites for performing an accurate analysis and for developing adequate policy responses. If …
… 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 …
… 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 … work; Deliver an opinion as to whether the degree of analysis in the impact assessment is proportionate to the …
… as well as on public authority. It includes a section on gender. The RIA integrates 21 subjects among which four are … screens the small and medium enterprise dimension; The gender test, which assesses the impact of regulation … and civil servants — and a weakness, since the analysis from a gender perspective can be quite blurred. This …
… 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 …
… weaknesses Model There is no legal obligation to conduct gender impact assessments in Finland. Yet, the Act on … Equality between Women and Men (1986/609) includes a broad gender mainstreaming obligation for public officials, which … policy preparation, rather than a separate exercise for analysis and reporting. Actors involved Mainly focusing on …
… 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 assessment was established in Lower Saxony in 2004, in the framework of gender-mainstreaming work. As a consequence, draft cabinet … or indirectly concern persons? If the answer is no: end of analysis; brief explanation of results. If the answer is yes: …
… of Local Authorities and Regions . It supports the work on gender mainstreaming in municipalities and county councils. … 2008 and 2013, SALAR ran a large-scale programme for gender mainstreaming. Its aim was to help its members provide … analysing differences and similarities. Gender equality analysis: how do the suggested decisions relate to gender …
… 2 Allocating resources 3 Conducting an organizational analysis 4 Developing a gender mainstreaming strategy and a working plan Implementation phase 5 Establishing a gender mainstreaming support structure 6 Setting gender …
… Rationale The aim of an organisational analysis is to appraise where the organisation currently … way for that particular organisation to implement gender mainstreaming. The expected results are: an overview … organisation’s strengthens and weaknesses in mainstreaming gender equality the information needed to identify the most …
… Key aspects The gender mainstreaming support structure needs to have clearly … tasks from the outset. Precise organisational form of the gender mainstreaming support structure needs to be mapped out … committee or working groups for the organisational analysis and the development of a gender mainstreaming …
… tools that have been custom-made to suit requirements Gender mainstreaming methods are to be incorporated directly … application should be mandatory Methods for implementing gender mainstreaming Gender mainstreaming methods describe a particular procedure or a certain task (e.g. genderanalysis), while a gender mainstreaming tool is a specific …
… 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 … area. Gender equality action plans should contain: Genderanalysis Describing the gender aspects relevant to the policy …