Is Gender Equality Soluble into Self-Governance? Regionalizing and Europeanizing Gender Policies in Spain

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alba Alonso ◽  
Maxime Forest
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Policies

scholarly journals Towards a Conceptual Framework for Struggles over Democracy in Backsliding States: Gender Equality Policy in Central Eastern Europe

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 90-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Krizsan ◽  
Conny Roggeband
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Gender And Politics ◽  
Gender Policy ◽  
Central Eastern Europe ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Gender Policies ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
Gender Equality Policy

Trends of de-democratization across Europe and the Americas are emerging, along with opposition to gender equality and threats to previous gender equality policy gains. Yet de-democratization has been barely analysed through the lens of gender equality, and so far, efforts to systematically analyse the implications for inclusive democracy and the representation of gender interests are lacking. Backsliding in gender policies, and new forms of feminist engagement with hostile states and publics, also raise new challenges to the literature on gender and politics. In this article we explore gender equality policy backsliding in fragile democracies. Backsliding and de-democratization processes in these contexts pose a series of important challenges to how we have thought about gender policy change in progressive, mainly Western democratic contexts until now. We propose a conceptual framework discussing these two conceptually interesting realms: backsliding in gender equality policies, and feminist responses to backsliding. We illustrate our framework with empirical observations from four backsliding or temporarily backsliding Central and Eastern European countries: Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. With our article we aim to contribute to the understanding of gendered aspects of de-democratization both in gender and politics literature and in mainstream democratization literature.

Gender Policies and Gender Inequalities in Health in Europe

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laia Palència ◽  
Deborah De Moortel ◽  
Lucía Artazcoz ◽  
María Salvador-Piedrafita ◽  
Vanessa Puig-Barrachina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Inequalities In Health ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Current Economic Crisis ◽  
Gender Regimes ◽  
Gender Policies ◽  
And Gender

The aim of this article is to explain the results of the SOPHIE project regarding the effect of gender policies on gender inequalities in health in Europe. We start with the results of a systematic review on how gender regimes and gender equality policies at the country level impact women’s health and gender inequalities in health. Then, we report on three empirical analyses on the relationship between different family policy models existing in Europe and gender inequalities in health. Finally we present four case studies on specific examples of gender policies or determinants of gender inequalities in health. The results show that policies that support women’s participation in the labor force and decrease their burden of care, such as public services and support for families and entitlements for fathers, are related to lower levels of gender inequality in terms of health. In addition, public services and benefits for disabled and dependent people can reduce the burden placed on family caregivers and hence improve their health. In the context of the current economic crisis, gender equality policies should be maintained or improved.

Gender Policies in Argentina after Neoliberalism

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debora Lopreite
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Women Candidates ◽  
The Social ◽  
Gender Policies ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Los Grupos

After a decade of neoliberalism under the social-conservative administration of Carlos Menem (1989–1999), with its negative effects on women’s rights, the 2001–2002 economic crises created new opportunities for women. The Menem administration initiated a gender-equality agenda with its quota for women candidates for the Congress and its adoption of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, but it clashed with women’s groups on reproductive rights. While the two Kirchner administrations (2003–present) established programs for sexual health and responsible procreation, they reverted to maternalism in their programs for social assistance for poor mothers and family support. The Consejo Nacional de la Mujer (National Women’s Council), created during the Menem administration, took on more responsibility for delivering social assistance but abandoned its original gender-equality mandate. Luego de una década de neoliberalismo bajo la administración conservadora-social de Carlos Menem (1989–1999), con sus efectos negativos sobre los derechos de las mujeres, las crisis económicas de 2001–2002 crearon nuevas oportunidades para las mujeres. La administración Menem inició una agenda de igualdad de género con la adopción de la cuota para candidatas mujeres para el Congreso y la adopción del Convención sobre la Eliminación de Todas las Formas de Discriminación contra la Mujer de la ONU, pero chocó con los grupos de mujeres sobre derechos reproductivos. Aunque las dos administraciones Kirchner (2003 al presente) establecieron programas para la salud sexual y la procreación responsable, volvieron al maternalismo en sus programas de asistencia social para mujeres pobres y el apoyo familiar. El Consejo Nacional de la Mujer, creado durante la administración Menem, se comprometió más en la entrega de asistencia social pero abandonó su mandato original de igualdad de género.

scholarly journals Institutional Change for Gender Equality in Research Lesson Learned from the Field

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Sangiuliano ◽  
Agostino Cortesi
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Change ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Female Representation ◽  
Gender Balance ◽  
Hr Management ◽  
Research Organizations ◽  
Gender Policies ◽  
Institutional Communication ◽  
And Gender

Gender balance in research organizations is considered as a key step for ensuring research excellence and quality and inclusive-sustainable innovation. Still, in spite of an increasing number of HE and research institutions committed to make science more equal and some positive trends in figures on Gender equality in STEM research, it still appears to be difficult to prioritize gender equality. This is particularly true for disciplines such as ICT/IST where female representation at all levels is among the lowest ones among STEM topics and where a gender sensitive approach to ICT design and programming is far from being understood in its implications among computer and information systems scientist. H2020 (PGERI and SWAFS programmes in particular), promoted the concept of institutional change for gender equality, insisting on the need for merging change management and gender policies. The volume is focusing on a presentation and reflexive review of results and tools from the H2020 EQUAL-IST project to discuss opportunities to innovate and transform HR management and Institutional communication, research design, teaching & students services, via gender equality, and how such innovations could be multiplied and sustained with a focus on ICT and IST research organizations. The volume is complemented by contributions from other projects on institutional change in research.

scholarly journals Gender-Sensitive Language in German Annual Reports

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Katarina Böttcher ◽  
Kerstin Lopatta
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Market Value ◽  
International Market ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Board Members ◽  
German Language ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Management Positions ◽  
Gender Policies ◽  
And Gender

Gender equality in business has gained worldwide attention recently. This study examines whether firms address female individuals (e.g., in salutations) in annual reports and if so, whether this kind of gender-sensitive language is related to the firms’ market value. The study is based on the German setting, as the German language has separate nouns for female and male individuals that do not exist in other languages (e.g., English, Chinese). Using a sample of HDAX listed firms between 2007 and 2015, we find, surprisingly, that few firms address women throughout their annual reports and the more frequently women are addressed, the lower the firms’ market value. Results remain robust using three different proxies for the firms’ market value. The findings may be interesting for German firms that wish to forge a positive relationship with (female) board members and also male and female investors. The findings are more generally important for the international market and firms in other countries, because giving greater visibility to gender policies and gender equality in business language may help to increase the number of women in higher management positions.

Implementation of Gender Policies by the Private Sector in the UAE: Challenges and Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-153
Author(s):  
Mashael Al Fardan ◽  
Belisa Marochi
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gender Policy ◽  
Gender Balance ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Gender Policies ◽  
The Government

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s “Vision 2021” set a deadline for the country to become one of the top 25 countries in the area of gender equality by the end of that year, with the government launching a gender balance program to achieve this goal. However, the private sector faces challenges in the implementation of these national gender policies. Even with country’s multinational entities leading the way for gender equality in the private sector, implementing the new gender policy is challenging. This study demonstrates the ways in which cooperation between private sector entities and the government is often dysfunctional. Testimony from 10 interviews with professionals in UAE-based companies suggests that businesses face problems implementing gender-balancing policies due to a lack of transparency, reporting, and accurate data on gender issues within both the private and the public sectors. The study concludes that businesses require greater guidance and more transparent measures to be able to advance gender equality issues in the UAE.

scholarly journals Women’s Coalitions beyond the Laicism–Islamism Divide in Turkey: Towards an Inclusive Struggle for Gender Equality?

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-58
Author(s):  
Selin Çağatay
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Politics ◽  
Political Islam ◽  
Coalition Building ◽  
The Political ◽  
Women's Activism ◽  
Constitutive Principle ◽  
Gender Policies ◽  
Political Spectrum ◽  
Turkish Society

In the 2010s in Turkey, the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) authoritarian-populist turn accompanied the institutionalization of political Islam. As laicism was discredited and labeled as an imposed-from-above principle of Western/Kemalist modernity, the notion of equality ceased to inform the state’s gender policies. In response to AKP’s attempts to redefine gender relations through the notions of complementarity and fıtrat (purpose of creation), women across the political spectrum have mobilized for an understanding of gender equality that transcends the laicism–Islamism divide yet maintains secularity as its constitutive principle. Analyzing three recent attempts of women’s coalition-building, this article shows that, first, gender equality activists in the 2010s are renegotiating the border between secularity and piety towards more inclusive understandings of gender equality; and second, that struggles against AKP’s gender politics are fragmented due to different configurations of gender equality and secularity that reflect class and ethnic antagonisms in Turkish society. The article thereby argues for the need to move beyond binary approaches to secularism and religion that have so far dominated the scholarly analysis of women’s activism in both Turkey and the Nordic context.

scholarly journals The Decentralisation of Australia's Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Strategy in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Camilla Ethel Angoro
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Policy Document ◽  
Gender Policies ◽  
Gender Based

<p>Women’s empowerment is the most recent approach to women in development. The inclusion of women’s empowerment in development policies has recently gained traction in Papua New Guinea (PNG). However, the effectiveness of such policies has been questioned in its efforts to support local women to improve their lives. This study was undertaken to understand Australia’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) to PNG in terms of the contribution of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to supporting women’s empowerment in Oro province through the implementation of its Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Strategy 2016.  With the huge gender inequality gap in PNG and the rise in Gender-Based Violence (GBV), women’s empowerment is an approach that can contribute to helping local women improve their lives. The purpose of this study was to understand the trickle-down effect of Australia’s ODA to subnational organisations in PNG, and its contributions to women’s empowerment in Oro province. The study used a qualitative approach involving policy document reviews and interviews with research participants.   The key findings from this study show that there is no direct support to local women’s organisations in Oro province either from DFAT or the PNG government; there are some issues with implementation and ownership of DFAT’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Strategy and the PNG government’s gender policies in Oro province; and that women’s coalitions can be a vehicle for change in local communities in Oro province.  This study offers benefits to DFAT programmes in PNG, and to national government agencies tasked to review their gender policies; as well as the Oro Provincial Administration; the Oro Provincial Government; and the Oro Provincial Council of Women.   The study suggests topics for further research. It also suggests that DFAT’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Strategy, and its associated funding have the potential to improve women’s lives in Oro province and PNG more broadly.</p>

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