From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni's Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-490
Author(s):  
Heidi Holt Zachariassen
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
The Andes ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Gender Equality, Governance and Women Empowerment Agenda in a Democratizing Society: Issues, Prospects, and Challenges

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olabisi I. Aina ◽  
Kehinde Olayode
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Policy And Planning

With the current global urge and mandates for gender equality, the African continent is re-awakening interest on gender issues and gender mainstreaming in public policy and planning. This paper addresses issues and prospects in embracing Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) principles in a democratizing state such as Nigeria. Basic questions raised include – what are the ideals of GEWE? What relevance does the GEWE Agenda have for a democratising state? What different legislations, policies, and programmes are strategic to this process? What roles have been played by Civil Society Organizations in instituting a GEWE agenda in a nation state such as Nigeria? What are the gains of the gender equality agenda for the country’s overall development? What problems still face the process of achieving gender equality and gender justice in Nigeria? These discussions espouse the importance of the GEWE Agenda and the need to engender social development and political transformations in the emerging democratic Nigeria.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Vera Lomazzi ◽  
Isabella Crespi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Policy ◽  
Local Implementation ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Socioeconomic Changes ◽  
Political Configuration ◽  
And Gender

The introductory chapter aims at presenting the most important aspects of the book exploring the European policy strategy for gender equality, known as gender mainstreaming. The book focuses on the historical and socioeconomic changes in Europe regarding gender mainstreaming strategy and gender equality as a concept, while previous contributions focused only on specific aspects (legislation, economy, and politics).Furthermore, the connection between the institutional level of policymaking and the local implementation of European laws in the field of gender equality is an innovative issue because that was not so often connected with the topic of the gender culture of European societies or with their individual opinions/attitudes on gender roles. Lastly, the book explores innovative intersections between the fields of gender policies and survey research in order to investigate how GM policies affect regional gender cultures. In this way the issue of gender mainstreaming is observed as an ‘evergreen’ topicin the context of the changing beliefs, social structure, economics and political configuration of the European Union from the beginning till now, and with some critical points to be addressed for the future (such as economic crises, migration and integration process).

scholarly journals ISU GENDER DI INDONESIA DALAM RESPON NAHDHATUL ULAMA

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-114
Author(s):  
Akhiriyati Sundari
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Structural Framework ◽  
And Gender

This paper will examine the Nahdhatul Ulama's response to gender issues in Indonesia. In general, Nahdhatul Ulama's response to gender in this case is represented by the discourse of women's acceptance in the NU body is relatively good. This is seen from some important decisions issued by PBNU. Empowerment and gender mainstreaming within the structural framework of the Nahdhatul Ulama organization are seen in significant decisions for gender equality, including decision making after the 1997 Munas decision, how NU accepts women as president

scholarly journals KEBIJAKAN PEMERINTAH DAERAH DALAM PEMBERDAYAAN PEREMPUAN DI KABUPATEN DEMAK

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Sri Kusriyah Kusriyah
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Guidelines Implementation ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Gender

The general explanation of Law No. 23 of 2014 on Regional Government explains that thegranting of the broadest autonomy to the regions is directed to accelerate the realization of thewelfare of the community through the improvement of services, empowerment, and communityparticipation. This research is related to community empowerment, especially local government policyin women empowerment. The method used in normative juridical research is by reviewing variouslaws related to women empowerment, especially the policy of local government of Demak regency,and to examine the programs conducted by the government Regions through the Office of Women’sEmpowerment. To analyze the research results used qualitative analysis by giving interpretationof local government policy related to empowering woman to answer problem in this research. Theresults showed that the policy of Demak Regency Government in the empowerment of women is:a) Empowerment of women entered in one of the Head of District Mission in 2011-2016, BupatiRegulation No. 07 of 2012 on General Guidelines Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming in DemakDistrict, 401/0057/2016 on Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting SKPD.b) Work programsimplemented by KP2PA include: 1) improvement of women’s quality of life and child protection, 2)institutional strengthening of gender mainstreaming, 3) harmony of policies to improve the qualityof children and women,4) enhancement of participation and gender equality in development

scholarly journals EU Equality Commitments and Shifting Meanings of Gender Equality

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin J. Black
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Equal Treatment ◽  
Policy Frames ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Positive Action ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Action Measures ◽  
Treatment Policies

This article follows the development of a European Union gender equality regime through three broad periods: equal treatment policies, positive action measures, and Gender Mainstreaming. The policy-making process entails conflict between competing policy frames; unequal resources behind each secures the dominance of an economic frame. Strategical framing practices have been employed by equality advocates to overcome this disadvantage. This article traces the gradual shifts in meaning within each period until equality goals are integrated into the dominant economic policy frame. It concludes that equality advocates need to engage in deeper analyses of power in order to sustain attention to equality goals over longer periods of time.

Delivering WPS Protection in All Female Peacekeeping Force

2018 ◽  
pp. 450-460
Author(s):  
Sabrina M. Karim
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Peacekeeping Missions

The UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has been touted as one of the most successful UN Missions when it comes to providing peace, but also when it comes to gender equality. The mission was home to the first all-female–formed police unit and was one of the first to incorporate gender in its peacekeeping mandates. As such, it stands out as an example for other missions. Upon closer inspection, however, UNMIL still suffers from many challenges associated with implementing gender balancing and gender mainstreaming. This chapter explores the mission’s successes in increasing participation among female peacekeepers, as well as the protection roles that female peacekeepers occupied. It also highlights some of the existing challenges that UNMIL and other peacekeeping missions more broadly must overcome to better achieve the goals of the women, peace, and security agenda. While, UNMIL’s mandate noted the importance of WPS, female peacekeepers experienced restrictions to their mobility and interactions with locals that may have prevented them from reaching their full potential in providing protection and preventing violence.

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