Gender mainstreaming and the campaign for equality

2020 ◽  
pp. 162-177
Author(s):  
Winnie V. Mitullah
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Third World ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
World Conference ◽  
Cultural Attitudes ◽  
Political Inclusion ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Everyday Realities

Gender mainstreaming (GM) and equality vary across nations in terms of both official commitments or policies and everyday realities. This chapter examines the experience of GM in Kenya since the United Nations Third World Conference was held in Nairobi in 1985. The chapter highlights how Kenya is fully committed to GM and equality on paper—as demonstrated in the embedding of various provisions in the country’s Constitution, policies, regulations, and programs—but how serious deficits continue to plague gender relations. In so doing, the chapter highlights the practical and inherent shortcomings of GM and calls for greater attention to be given to issues of political inclusion and socio-cultural attitudes if the country is ever to approach gender equality.

scholarly journals Are laws the appropriate solution: The need to adopt non-policy measures in aid of the implementation of sex discrimination laws in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 135822912097891
Author(s):  
Onyeka C Okongwu
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
Cultural Attitudes ◽  
Nigerian Women ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
The United Nations

Gender inequality is a social problem facing women all over the world and is a barrier to human development. The United Nations commits to achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls and have adopted the Sustainable Development Goals to achieve gender equality by 2030. Nigeria, a Member State of the United Nations has ratified international and regional instruments which advocate for the protection and promotion of the rights of women and girls. Though some progress has been made to reduce inequality, discrimination remains a problem to women and is exacerbated by factors such as culture, religion, social practices and discriminatory laws. This study seeks to add to the discourse on gender inequality in Nigeria and examine the effectiveness of available domestic and international provisions against sex discrimination when considered against ingrained cultural attitudes, beliefs and discriminatory laws. The study found that among other determinants, culture and religion were constant features in the different forms of discrimination Nigerian women face and they were the primary reasons the proposals to pass gender equality laws were opposed and failed. The study proposes the need to adopt non-policy measures such as education and awareness-raising as additional measures to eliminating discrimination and promoting equality.

WPS inside the United Nations

2018 ◽  
pp. 292-301
Author(s):  
Megan Dersnah
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
Peacekeeping Operations ◽  
Interagency Cooperation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Dynamic Relationships

This chapter analyzes how the WPS agenda is addressed within the United Nations. Specifically, I explore the range of factors that have contributed to the current positioning of the WPS agenda within the UN system. To this end, I discuss examples of interagency cooperation around this agenda, highlighting the institutional roles of UN actors and the dynamic relationships between the UN Secretariat and the UN agencies responsible for institutionalizing this agenda, namely UN Women, the UN Development Fund (UNDP), and the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). In particular, this chapter looks at UN Women’s approach to addressing the WPS agenda since its creation in 2010 as the UN entity responsible for gender equality and women’s empowerment globally. In doing so, I suggest that the creation of UN Women and its gender-mainstreaming mandate has increased the profile of the WPS agenda within the UN architecture more broadly.

Instrumenty polityki równości płci w kontekście sytuacji w Polsce

2016 ◽  
pp. 88-109
Author(s):  
Wiktoria Domagała
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The United Nations

The article undertakes the issue of gender equality policies in the context of its indicators. The main purpose of the paper is to identify the areas of gender inequality, its scale and determinants. Firstly, the article presents the legislation of gender equality policies – its main objectives. Next, the paper discusses indicators that were implemented by organisations such as the Organisation of the United Nations and the European Union. These selected indicators are presented, taking into account the situation in Poland. In conclusion, the paper highlights the main obstacles to the pursuit of equal opportunities for women and men in Poland.

scholarly journals Notes from the Editors

2015 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. iii-viii
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Social Spending ◽  
Democratic Leadership ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
The United Nations

In this issue, the last of volume 109, we are pleased to present a mix of articles that touch upon a variety of topics. These include the question of whether democratic leadership is possible, how one goes about bridging the divide between quantitative and qualitative research, how gender equality is conceptualized by the United Nations, whether remittances allow states to provide less in terms of social spending to their constituents, and the effects of persistent terrorism on levels of tolerance. As always, we try to illustrate in this volume the variety of research themes and methodologies that are prevalent in our discipline.

The influence of gendered emotional relations on gender equality in sport governance

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 587-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna A Adriaanse
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Gender Regime ◽  
Masculine Hegemony

The aim of this article is to investigate the influence of gendered emotional relations on gender equality in the governance of Australian sport organizations. Theoretically the study draws on the concept of a gender regime, a pattern of gender relations characterized by four interwoven dimensions of social life: production, power, emotions, and symbolism. This article reports on two case studies: sport boards C and E. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the two CEOs and nine directors of two Australian national sport organizations, sport C and sport E. Sport board C exhibited a gender regime of masculine hegemony in transition while sport board E had a regime of gender mainstreaming in progress. Supportive emotional relations between directors offered positive prospects for gender equality in the governance of sport organizations; however, they needed to operate in conjunction with other gender dimensions.

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