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governmental gender equality body

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Body within government whose purpose is to design, coordinate and implement government policies for gender equality, and which is normally located in the government hierarchy (i.e. in a ministry or in the Prime Minister’s Office). 

Additional notes and information

Sources

(1) European Institute for Gender Equality – EIGE (2014). Effectiveness of Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Gender Equality: Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States. Available at: http://eige.europa.eu/content/document/effectiveness-of-institutional-me...

(2) Independent expert.

Relations

Broader term:
institutional mechanisms for gender equality
Synonym:
national machinery for the advancement of women
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1231
Filed under: 
Governance
Politics and policy-making

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.