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Thinking Ahead Gender Mainstreaming and the Roadmap towards Equality in Berlin

Thinking Ahead Gender Mainstreaming and the Roadmap towards Equality in Berlin Dr. Gabriele Kämper Head of Equality Office Berlin Gender Mainstreaming at Local Level International Conference Ankara 10.-11.6.2015. Agenda. Gender Equality Policy Framework Program (GEPF)

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Thinking Ahead Gender Mainstreaming and the Roadmap towards Equality in Berlin

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  1. Thinking Ahead • Gender Mainstreaming • and the Roadmap towards Equality in Berlin • Dr. Gabriele Kämper • Head of Equality Office Berlin • Gender Mainstreaming at Local Level International Conference • Ankara 10.-11.6.2015

  2. Agenda • Gender Equality Policy Framework Program (GEPF) • Core areas and factors for success • Mission Statement „Gender Equality in Berlin“ • Aspects of a Women Friendly Berlin

  3. The State of Berlin Area: 892 km² 12 boroughs Inhabitants: 3,459,000 (end of 2010) GDP: €94.7 billion (2010) GDP per inhabitant: €27,400 (2010) GDP growth (real) : 2.7% (2010) Unemployment rate: 13,6% (May 2011) Adjusted expenditure: €22.0 billion (2011) Expenditure per inhabitant: €6,360 Balanced budget: yes (2007, 2008) Debt: €60.4 billion (2010) Debt per inhabitant: €17,460 (2010) (State) Employees (FTE): approx. 106,000 (2011) approx. 207,000 (1991)

  4. Historical Lines • Women’s Rights • Gender Mainstreaming • Gender Budgeting • Gender Equality Policy Framework Program (GPR) I+II • A Mission Statement: Gender Equality in Berlin • Campain: Thinking Eqality Ahead

  5. Political Resolutions • 2002 First Commitment to Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Budgeting • in Berlin‘s Parliament • 2008 Resolution Gender Equality Policy Framework Program (GEPF) I • 2014 Resolution Gender Equality Policy Framework Program (GEPF) II • Coalition Agreement 2006-2011 • „We want to make that gender equality has a crucial role in safeguarding social cohesion and future of Berlin ...“ • Guidelines for the Berlin Government Policy 2011-2016 • „The Senate is firmly committed to ensuring the improvement of gender equality and equal opportunities for all genders in all sectors of society.“

  6. First Things First – 5 Core Focus Areas • Education • SustainableEmployment • Demographic Transition • Social Justice • Integration

  7. First Things First – 5 Core Focus Areas • Education • SustainableEmployment • Demographic Transition • Social Justice • Integration

  8. Critical factors for Success • Political and professional expertise and commitment • Functioning top-down structures • Development of general and specialized gender competence • “Lodestars” of government police – Being in the main business • Bilateral agreements between different sectors of the administration

  9. A Vision of Equality – The Mission Statement

  10. … learn and teach in a gender-equitable way in schools, day care centers, and all other educational facilities.

  11. Thank you very much for your attention! • The photos for this presentation were taken from the book „Spree Pearls. Berlin – City of Women“, which has been published by some colleagues and me in 2011. Kerstin Grune took them. • The illustrations belong to the memory-game “Turning heads” which has been developed by me together with the illustrator Nadia Budde as part of our campaign „Thinking equality ahead!“

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