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Gender Mainstreaming and EQUAL

Gender Mainstreaming and EQUAL. Kathleen Connolly NDP Gender Equality Unit Oct 2005. What is Gender Mainstreaming. Incorporating the perspective of both women and men at all stages of the policy making process

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Gender Mainstreaming and EQUAL

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  1. Gender Mainstreaming and EQUAL Kathleen Connolly NDP Gender Equality Unit Oct 2005

  2. What is Gender Mainstreaming • Incorporating the perspective of both women and men at all stages of the policy making process • A strategy to achieve gender equality which builds on but goes beyond a women’s only perspective • Can use different approaches/tools • Positive action is a complementary activity

  3. Why • Earlier efforts had failed to achieve ‘de facto’ equality between women and men esp in development co-operation; • But builds on legislation + positive action • Gender gaps still in evidence in - the labour market - decision making - poverty

  4. How Good example: • Seats in shops (for men), variable car sizes • Planning – bicycle lane in Sweden Bad example: • M1 – Dublin to Belfast has no service stations • Cardiovascular policy – few women in trials and no gender analysis of results

  5. NDP Requirements • Gender Mainstreaming required for co-financed elements but extended to whole Plan on its adoption • Project selection criteria, impact assessment, gender disaggregated indicators, gender balance on monitoring committees, evaluations • One of four (later five) horizontal principles

  6. Support strucutres • NDP Gender Equaltiy Unit, D/JELR - Support, monitor and capacity build • Gender Unit in D/Education and Science • Gender representation on all MCs • Childcare Measure • Positive Action funding for Women • NDP Co-ordinating Committee

  7. Results • Unit – played an effective support role • Up to MTR provided generic supports • Since MTR one-to-one guidance • MTR prioritised certain measures for gender so now narrower but deeper focus • Priority measures: education, training, micro-enterprise, Innovative Strategies, Youth Services, Childcare, Rural Development, housing

  8. Gender and EQUAL • A laboratory for developing mainstreaming • Strong target group focus + separate strand for gender, long learning • Gender mainstreaming is a requirement • What are your issues/questions? • Any difference between gender outcomes in the gender strand as compared with others, barriers, the way forward?????

  9. The future • Unit is linked to the NDP 2000-6 • Working with the Equality Authority in relation to its final phase • National Women’s Strategy seeks to role out gender mainstreaming across Gov • where from here for gender??? A cross –cutting issue or still an issue in its own right • Web site: www.ndpgenderequality.ie

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