scholarly journals Public Policy Frames and Gender mainstreaming: an analysis of childcare policy in Brazil during the left turn (2003-2016)

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (98) ◽  
pp. 652-676
Author(s):  
Mariana Mazzini Marcondes ◽  
Marta Ferreira Santos Farah ◽  
Mário Aquino Alves
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Policy Framing ◽  
Left Turn ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sexual Division Of Labor ◽  
Feminist Perspectives ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Childcare Policy

Abstract Brazil was one of the countries that integrated Latin America’s left turn, a period in which social policies have become central. During the Labor Party’s Government (Partido dos Trabalhadores) (2013-2016), were developed institutional conditions to mainstream gender in public policies, which embraced the issue of the sexual division of labor. However, did it mean an effective reorientation of the childcare policy towards gender equality perspectives? This article aims to reflect upon this question, drawing on the gender mainstreaming concept. It is understood as a process of incorporation of feminist perspectives into the public policy framing, regarding the (re)definition of both the public problem and the course of state action. To do so, we carried out a qualitative study of gender mainstreaming on childcare policy (daycare centers and leaves), focusing on official discourses, mainly through documentary analysis. Based on the results analyzed, we identified the coexistence of two frames: “education and childcare rights” and “promotion of women's economic autonomy”. Since the first one has prevailed, we conclude that gender mainstreaming was marginal in the childcare policy, during the analyzed period.

scholarly journals Frame, Política Pública e Transversalidade de Gênero: uma Análise da Política de Cuidado Infantil Brasileira durante o Giro à Esquerda (2003-2016)

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (98) ◽  
pp. 652-676
Author(s):  
Mariana Mazzini Marcondes ◽  
Marta Ferreira Santos Farah ◽  
Mário Aquino Alves
Keyword(s):  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Policy Framing ◽  
Left Turn ◽  
The Public ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Sexual Division Of Labor ◽  
Politica Publica ◽  
Feminist Perspectives ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Childcare Policy

Abstract Brazil was one of the countries that integrated Latin America’s left turn, a period in which social policies have become central. During the Labor Party’s Government (Partido dos Trabalhadores) (2013-2016), were developed institutional conditions to mainstream gender in public policies, which embraced the issue of the sexual division of labor. However, did it mean an effective reorientation of the childcare policy towards gender equality perspectives? This article aims to reflect upon this question, drawing on the gender mainstreaming concept. It is understood as a process of incorporation of feminist perspectives into the public policy framing, regarding the (re)definition of both the public problem and the course of state action. To do so, we carried out a qualitative study of gender mainstreaming on childcare policy (daycare centers and leaves), focusing on official discourses, mainly through documentary analysis. Based on the results analyzed, we identified the coexistence of two frames: “education and childcare rights” and “promotion of women's economic autonomy”. Since the first one has prevailed, we conclude that gender mainstreaming was marginal in the childcare policy, during the analyzed period.

37. Absolute grounds for refusal

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Bently ◽  
B. Sherman ◽  
D. Gangjee ◽  
P. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Trade Mark ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Bad Faith ◽  
Trade Marks ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Absolute Grounds For Refusal ◽  
Trade Mark Registration

This chapter examines the ‘absolute’ grounds for refusing to register a trade mark as set out in section 3 of the Trade Marks Act 1994, Article 3 of the Trade Marks Directive, and Article 7 of the European Union Trade Mark Regulation (EUTMR). It first looks at the reasons for denying an application for trade mark registration before analysing the absolute grounds for refusal, which can be grouped into three general categories: whether the sign falls within the statutory definition of a trade mark found in sections 1(1) and 3(1)(a) and (2) of the Trade Marks Act 1994; whether trade marks are non-distinctive, descriptive, and generic; and whether trade marks are contrary to public policy or morality, likely to deceive the public, prohibited by law, or if the application was made in bad faith. Provisions for specially protected emblems are also considered.

Empowerment of the ageing population: a contribution to active ageing

2017 ◽  
pp. 1251-1258
Author(s):  
Ina Voelcker ◽  
Alexandre Kalache
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
The Public ◽  
Policy Level ◽  
Prevention And Health Promotion ◽  
Definition Of

Empowerment is fundamental to release the potential generated by the longevity revolution and to actualize the concept of active ageing. It is a key component in the promotion and maintenance of health, the fostering of lifelong learning and social participation, as well as in the safeguarding of protection until the end of life. The definition of empowerment becomes more complex in the context of increasing numbers of the very old, with its frequent association with dementia and limited functional capacity. Active ageing highlights that ageing is a lifelong process firmly rooted in the ideas of health prevention and health promotion. Implicit to it, is the view that actions at both the personal and the public policy level are essential to optimize opportunities for people as they age.

Archives in the Study of Public Policy and Administration

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Jaramillo
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Time Horizon ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Causal Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sequence Selection ◽  
Definition Of

Archives, including primary documents such as meeting minutes, memoranda, white papers, blueprints, drafts for laws, and acts, are a crucial part of a consistent research inquiry that provide significant understanding of the public-policy processes in public administration. Within qualitative methods for studying public policy and public administration, archives are a key step of the process-tracing method for comparative historical analysis. Archival research is the backbone of any process-tracing exercise. Using archives for public administration studies requires rigorous planning. It starts with the definition of a time horizon of analysis that sets the dates over which the analysis will be performed. The time horizon will also help design the types of documents and indicators needed to identify the decision-making process, along with the goals and the budget performance that will accompany the policy decision. The key elements of time, sequence, selection, and classification of archives in public-policy studies determine the causal process mechanisms within a public-policy process. Identifiers, data-mining software, and sequencing are additional tools for improving classification and interpretation.

scholarly journals Sustainability Indicators: Relevance, Public Policy Support and Challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Andre C. S. Batalhao ◽  
Denilson Teixeira ◽  
Maria de Fatima Martins ◽  
Hans Michael van Bellen ◽  
Adriana Cristina Ferreira Caldana
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of

Sustainability is a topic that has gained importance in several fields of knowledge, including the public, private and society spheres, based on the discussions that involve the definition of several public policies. Sustainability Indicators (SI) are metrics that seek to measure the level of sustainability and compile information for better decision-making concerning policies, programs, projects and actions related to sustainability. Demonstrated their relevance to public policies the SI appears as an essential tool for evaluating development goals as a sustainable proposal. In this way, this research aimed to discuss the main challenges and methodological limitations found in the use of SI, emphasizing the main fragilities identified in the literature. In methodological terms, the research has exploratory characteristics, supported by the mixed methods approach using a theoretical-empirical analysis, from the available literature on the subject and the methodologies used and the experience of researchers about the topic addressed. The main results demonstrated that Sustainability Indicators are tools that should be used to define, implement, evaluate and monitor public policies at all levels, considering the potentialities/weaknesses and priorities of each context.

scholarly journals Gender-Responsive Budget Analysis on Social Protection Programs in Indonesia: A Case Study in Two Districts and A City

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Akhmad Misbakhul Hasan ◽  
Betta Anugrah ◽  
Andi Misbahul Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
National Development ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Budget Analysis ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Budget Expenditure

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" lang="EN-AU">Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 9 of 2000 about Gender Mainstreaming is a mechanism to in National Development has impacts on the planning and implementation of public policy in Indonesia. Public policy becomes an important arena for the struggle to realize gender equality and justice. One of the government’s commitments to this matter can be seen through Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB). This study analyses gender responsive budgeting in social protection programs in Indonesia, with case studies in three regions, namely Gunungkidul Regency, North Lombok Regency, and Padang City. Data collection is carried out by in-depth interviews and literature studies, including the Indonesian Budget and Regional Government Budget documents. This study conducted GRB analysis in three regions with three categories of budget expenditure analysis, namely specifically identified gender-based expenditure, equal employment opportunity expenditure, and mainstream budget expenditure. The results of the study show that in several regions there have been gender-responsive specific budget allocations for affirmation programs for women, children, the elderly, and dissability. However, it can be seen that the budget and gender-specific expenditure are still centralized in services that are identical to women's affairs, and not yet mainstreamed in all of the budget allocation.</span></p><p> </p>

PROCAMPO: FIELD EDUCATION POLICY

2019 ◽  
pp. 189-206
Author(s):  
Marilene Santos ◽  
Andréa Rosana Fetzner
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Field Education ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
Definition Of

PROCAMPO: FIELD EDUCATION POLICY             Abstract: The article integrates researches that focus on the analysis of the Field Education policy as an alternative to improve the quality of education and contribute to the development of rural areas, it also discusses the Field Education as public policy and its implementation through specific programs. The empirical material analyzed is the Programme of Support to Field Higher Education Degree ‘Procampo/Pronacampo’. The analysis focuses in reflecting on the history and definition of concepts in the discussion of Field Education by social movements forefront State bodies represented by the Ministry of Education. In addition, it also discusses Procampo as a significant action of implementation and expansion of Field Education as part of teacher training. The conclusions highlight advances in this implementation; it considers Procampo as an innovation in teacher training, however, to ensure the public policy challenges ahead and a long way by conflicts and clashes of intermingled divergent interests.Key words: Field Education - Public Policy - Procampo

Defining Disability in Theory and Practice: A Critique of the British Disability Discrimination Act 1995

2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
CAROL WOODHAMS ◽  
SUSAN CORBY
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
The Other ◽  
Medical Evidence ◽  
Disability Discrimination ◽  
The Public ◽  
Disability Discrimination Act ◽  
Definition Of

This article presents a theoretical critique of the employment provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) (1995), focusing on the definition of disability. It argues that the underpinning medical assumption of the statutory definition of disability is detrimental to the achievement of disability equality in the workplace and is problematic for practitioners and Employment Tribunals. In particular there are four areas of significant confusion arising from the need for medical evidence, the lack of congruence between managerial and legal definitions, the focus on the negative aspects of disability and the fact that disability is often hidden. By exploring these four themes and drawing on comparisons with the other equality laws, the article concludes that the definition of disability contained in the DDA (1995) contradicts many of the principles of the liberal equality framework that underpins it. Finally the article considers the public policy implications and suggests a new statutory approach.

scholarly journals The human rights-based approach in public policies: from institutionality to citizenship

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-45
Author(s):  
Jefferson Alexander Rodríguez-Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Management Project ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Human Rights Based Approach

This article is a product of the research project "Public policies, citizenship and the human rights approach in the Norte de Santander Department" carried out as a public management project - social extension of the Comfanorte Higher Studies Foundation - FESC in the Public Management Specialization Program. The aim was to describe conceptual and methodological elements that would allow the proposal of foundations for the formulation of public policies with a long-term vision and a human rights-based approach for the Norte de Santander Department, with a scope that includes the identification of the problem, the definition of the population, the diagnosis and the action plan. To this end, from the qualitative approach, theoretical foundations were adopted to support the proposal under the protection of interdisciplinary information sources through interviews with public policy experts in the region. Finally, the importance of differential approaches in the formulation of public policy was recognized, since their specificity guarantees in a differential manner the satisfaction of the rights of the different population groups, as well as the transverse and incidental participation of the citizenry as necessary in all phases of the formulation, which is fundamental to the success of public policy.

scholarly journals Knowledge production and public policies in Serbia: Pro and contra gender mainstreaming

Sociologija ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 299-312
Author(s):  
Zorana Antonijevic
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Academic Knowledge ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Further Development

The paper analyzes the knowledge production of gender equality policies in Serbia after 2000 in the academic and non-academic context. The text problematizes the interactions and links between gendered knowledge productionin academia and policymaking taking as an example conceptualization of gender mainstreaming. The key issues addressed in the paper concern perception, implementation and validation of gender mainstreaming in an academic and public policy context. The text discusses the ways in which the gender mainstreaming is included in gendered knowledge production in academia in Serbia, but also at the European level. The author argues that practical knowledge of gender policies is not sufficiently integrated into formal academic practice in Serbia, although it is one of the key conditions for further development of academic knowledge on current sociopolitical processes. The author also problematizes relations between key concepts for feminist practices and knowledge production: academic/theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge/public policy, activism and professionalism, local and transnational feminism, as well as empowerment and gender mainstreaming. Taking as an example an international debate for and against the gender mainstreaming the author raise potential issues for launching similar debates within the feminist academic and non-academic community in Serbia.

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