… changing rooms, private facilities for breastfeeding and women’s and gender-neutral toilets. Include reasonable … wheelchair accessible facilities). Increase the number of women’s and gender-neutral bathrooms on the premises and … goals and highlight the important contributions of women both in parliament and in society more broadly. Develop …
… Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention); assess the … of existing gender equality laws. Organise meetings with women members of regional/local parliaments to discuss the … equality office (in the administration) can work alongside women’s caucuses to organise meetings with women members of …
… Area 3: Women’s interests and concerns have adequate SPACE on the … of all parliamentary committees. Support the work of women’s caucuses, networks and other working groups that … committee. In the European Parliament , the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM Committee) is …
… Area 2: Women and men have equal opportunities to INFLUENCE … horizontal segregation by increasing the participation of women and men in committees where gender imbalances often exist (e.g. increasing women’s participation in committees on trade, defence, …
… Area 1: Women and men have equal opportunities to ENTER parliaments … in this domain Conduct research or launch an inquiry on women’s participation in politics and public life. This … or inquiry can: explore factors that enable and impede women’s political decision-making in parliamentary contexts; …
… throughout the process of developing the plan. Ensure that women and men (with different backgrounds in terms of age, … gender equality office should be comprised of both men and women, with specialist expertise in the field of gender … working group or committee that includes diverse groups of women and men and people representing both the political and …
… to the public. Make sure to engage diverse groups of women and men in the consultation process. Once the … from the evaluation report show that the number of women employees has increased since the plan was launched, … and other initiatives to advance gender equality and women’s political participation in the country. Footnotes [1] …
… To what extent did the plan improve the degree to which: women and men have equal opportunities to ENTER parliament; women and men have equal opportunities to INFLUENCE parliamentary working procedures; women’s concerns and interests have adequate SPACE on the …
… or politician, or as a plan that is only relevant for women. Do not describe the plan as additional work for the … Parliament in Spain adopted a gender equality plan for women and men (2018–2022) that includes measures to integrate … an objective to raise awareness of gender equality and women’s political participation through regular, systematic …
… to share a common message to the team that both men and women have a responsibility to ensure the plan’s success (emphasising that this is not only a ‘women’s issue’); the management team also agreed to … for each measure. Reflect on how you will ensure that both women and men in all their diversity are engaged to carry out …
… reviewing the measures proposed in the plan. Ensure that women and men with different backgrounds are equally … gender balanced representation and participation of women and men with different backgrounds. Findings from … sufficient measures to tackle cyber harassment against women politicians in the institution. Based on this feedback, …
… been achieved (e.g. by tracking changes to the share of women and men training participants, or the number of women and men in the institution). Data needed to monitor … people who may experience intersecting inequalities (women and men from minority ethnic backgrounds, women and men …
… parliaments self-assessment framework [1] Area 1: Women and men have equal opportunities to ENTER parliaments Area 2: Women and men have equal opportunities to INFLUENCE parliamentary working procedures Area 3: Women’s interests and concerns have adequate SPACE on the …
… ). Austrian Federal Chancellery (2009), ‘Women’s advancement plan for the Parliamentary Directorate’ ( … ). Austrian Federal Chancellery (2014), ‘Women’s advancement plan for the Parliamentary Directorate’ ( … ). Austrian Federal Chancellery (2021), ‘Women’s advancement plan for the Parliamentary Directorate’ ( …
… EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database and data collection on women and men in decision-making. Inter-Parliamentary Union … the elimination of sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliament. Gender sensitive parliaments: A global … for parliaments in the OSCE region. Handbook on promoting women’s participation in political parties. Making laws work …
… of the plan, such as improved treatment and experience of women MPs, improved working conditions and working … can improve the engagement of different groups of women and men in parliament (i.e. MPs, staff of MPs, …
… out oversight of gender equality in government action. Women’s caucuses This tool describes how women’s caucuses that bring together women members of parliament (MPs) from different political …
… Act to establish continuous plans for the advancement of women [1] . In 2009, the National Council adopted a 6-year … (2021–2026) [4] aiming to ensure equal opportunities for women and men employed by the Parliamentary Directorate. In … includes measures to increase the representation of women in management positions, to increase the use of gender …
… of exclusion and discrimination for different groups of women and men. Parliaments can design tailored measures in their gender equality action plans to support women and men in all their diversity (e.g. to increase the representation of minority ethnic women and/or women with disabilities and improve their …