Legal, social and cultural situation in which sex and/or gender determine different rights and dignity for women and men, which are reflected in their unequal access to or enjoyment of rights, as well as the assumption of stereotyped social and cultural roles.
… 1. Gender budgeting is good budgeting Gender budgeting supports the implementation of modern … results orientation, and effectiveness. Accountability. Gender budgeting is an important mechanism for ensuring …
… Gender budgeting is necessary for achieving the EU’s … the EU level, there is both a legal and a policy base for gender budgeting (see Tool 1 ). It also leads to economic … gains . Studies clearly show a link between greater gender equality and increased growth and employment. “The …
… to the Council of Europe’s widely used definition, [1] gender budgeting is an application of gender mainstreaming in the budgetary process. It involves conducting a gender-based assessment of budgets, incorporating a gender …
… in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Statistical brief: gender balance in politics Statistical brief: gender balance in largest listed companies Key findings … IPA beneficiaries are men (73.4 %). Only Montenegro has a gender-balanced parliament. Men dominate political party …
… It is time to start the countdown for the Gender Equality Index 2020. Has the EU gone forward or backward when it comes to gender equality? Which country will win the award for the … October when EIGE gives its annual update on the state of gender equality in the EU. This year, the Gender Equality …
… The persistent gender imbalance amongst key decision-makers in large … as well as in Iceland and Norway. Further information Gender Statistics Database: Women and men in decision-making … balance in politics Press release: Quotas to remedy genderinequality can bring big change in politics and business …
… EU Funds can be transformative: they’ve helped reduce inequality across the EU. Yet when it comes to equality … full potential. This is why the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has released a step-by-step toolkit to … working with EU Funds better fit their programmes to the gender equality goals of the EU and its Member States. Gender …
… tool adds a ‘coefficient on the calculation of support for gender equality objectives’. As managing authorities are required to indicate the gender equality dimension of their programme in advance ( ex … After looking at the intervention codes and the suggested gender code for these in Annex 1, each intervention field …
… Union has not yet reached the halfway mark to full gender equality. With the domain of power holding the lowest score in our Gender Equality Index, women remain under-represented in the … positions that shape politics, economics and society. Yet gender equality is a founding value of the EU and improving …
… throughout the Member States. It then contextualises the gender gap in pensions in the context of the core domains of the Gender Equality Index and describes current inequalities in … It concludes with a discussion on challenging current gender inequalities to eradicate the gender gap in pensions …
… Gender impact assessment has been defined as an ex ante … between women and men. The central question of the gender impact assessment is: Does a law, policy or programme reduce, maintain or increase the gender inequalities between women and men? The European …
… government policy and legislation have been viewed as gender-neutral and value-free instruments, on the assumption … all members of the public equally. However, structural gender inequalities are still embedded in our society. Even … of different ways: Aid towards gender equality Knowing how inequality operates, how it is impacted by public policy, how …
… from 2006, noted that despite some progress toward gender mainstreaming in Member States, gender impact assessment still needs to either be put in … improve and strengthen the development and regular use of gender impact assessment when drafting: Legislation Policies …
… General model of gender impact assessment presented below is based on existing gender impact assessment methodologies and functioning models. EIGE’s guide to gender impact assessment offers a general framework for the …
… has been contextualised, it is necessary to determine its gender relevance. This involves analysing whether or not it is likely to impact gender equality. To do this, the following elements must be … in unequal situations, due to horizontal and vertical gender segregation. Therefore, the initiative concerned can …
… 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 …