Implementation of Gender
Mainstreaming
and use of GM Methods, Tools and Good Practices
ERC Gender Workshop
2 December 2013
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EIGE is designated to:
“(…) develop, analyse and disseminate
methodological tools in order to support the
integration of gender equality into all Community
policies and the resulting national policies and to
support gender mainstreaming in all community institutions and bodies".
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EIGE’s programme on GM:
• Institutional capacity for gender mainstreaming –
mapping of capacity
• Competence development – support in
implementation
• Methods, tools and good practices – sectoral
approach.
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Institutional capacity
Institutional mechanisms for gender mainstreaming in the EU Member States
Overview of the hierarchical location of the main gender equality
structures across the 28 EU Member States
Structure overseen by central department of the government (e.g. Council of Ministers, Prime Minister)
Structure overseen by a Minister that fully or partially refers to gender equality, women's rights and/or
equality in their designation
Structure (department, division, unit, body, agency or service) directly overseen by a Ministry
Structure (unit and staff members) within a non-gender-specific department of a Ministry
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Institutional capacity
Impact drivers
Stakeholder involvement
Availability of resources
Structural understanding of gender (in)equalities
Coverage of policy cycle
Organisational culture
Access to gender expertise
Leadership actively committed to GE/GM
Transparency and accountability
Daily routines consider gender
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Institutional capacity
Degrees of institutionalisation of gender mainstreaming
Project Gender equality actions are initiated as short-term, low-priority, one-off
projects that are not related to “core business”.
Isolation Gender mainstreaming tends to be driven by service or a unit.
Growth Gender mainstreaming is driven by set of institutional structures within
the institution.
Integration Gender mainstreaming is part of the mandate of high profile person.
Institutionalisation GM is structurally embedded in all processes.
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Institutional capacity
Institutional capacity for gender mainstreaming
No countries were found as having truly institutionalised gender
mainstreaming, harnessing it against political and leadership
changes.
project isolation growth integration institutionalisation
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Institutional capacity
Gender mainstreaming implementation in the EU Member States
• Policy areas most sensitive to gender mainstreaming
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Institutional capacity
Overall assessment of gender mainstreaming in research and innovation
Gender blind
Gender partially integrated
Gender sensitive
Impact drivers
Strategic policies on R&I
1. Specific structures for GM in R&I
2. Use of sex disaggregated statistics
3. Recognition of gender differences (e.g. in roles and responsibilities)
4. Gendered structure s or system (reproduction of inequalities)
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Main findings
• Goals underlying GM reveal different types of values
• Implementation of GM is patchy and applied on a “à la carte” basis
• Sex-disaggregated statistics the most commonly used method for GM
• Weak institutionalisation of impact drivers are indicators of resistance to go
beyond mere information provision and to address the structural roots of
inequalities.
• The use of methods does not necessarily mean that a GM strategy (or
consciously planned approach) is in place.
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Recommendations:
• Strengthened legal obligations for GM
• Enhanced cooperation and networking
• Obligatory use of GM tools and methods
• Commitment to improve gender competence of civil servants
across different sectors.
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Capacity development programme
Get Gender Mainstreaming back
on agenda
Foster wider acceptance of a
necessity to develop gender competence
Improve knowledge on gender training
Make available practical information
Bring together relevant actors
Advance discussion on quality standards
Identify ways forward
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Conclusions
Ensuring a true political will
Institutionalising competence development
Gender training tailored to needs and contexts
Attention to intersectionality
Evaluating the transformatory effect
Quality assurance and standardisation
Value of knowledge sharing.
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Recommendations:
MS
• Gender competence is essential for success, but missing
• Capacity development needs to be institutionalised
• EIGE provides access to information – tools, resources and trainers
EU
• Gender competence is essential for success, but missing
• EIGE provides access to resources – on-line tools
Partners
• Info exchange through EuroGender
• Quality needs to be ensured: further discussions on how to do it
• EIGE provides access to resources and information
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Sectoral approach to GM
GM
Sectoral approach
Capacity develop-
ment
EIGE resources
Good Practices
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Thank you very much!
Contacts
Priya Alvarez – Gender Expert
Barbara Limanowska – Senior Gender Mainstreaming Expert
Indre Mackeviciute – Gender Expert
Maurizio Mosca – Gender Expert