Gender mainstreaming
The Council of Europe has a crucial role to play in promoting gender equality in its member states, for example by defining common principles and standards to promote the full participation of women and men in society.
Imbalances between women and men continue to influence all walks of life and it is becoming increasingly clear that new approaches, new strategies and new methods are needed to reach the goal of gender equality.
Gender mainstreaming is one of these strategies.
The Council of Europe’s Group of specialists on mainstreaming agreed on the following definition:
Gender mainstreaming is the (re)organisation, improvement, development and evaluation of policy processes, so that a gender equality perspective is incorporated in all policies at all levels and at all stages, by the actors normally involved in policy-making.
Gender mainstreaming cannot replace specific policies which aim to redress situations resulting from gender inequality. Specific gender equality policies and gender mainstreaming are dual and complementary strategies and must go hand in hand to reach the goal of gender equality.
Fact Sheet on Gender mainstreaming
Recommendation (1998) 14
Recommendation No. R (98) 14 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Gender Mainstreaming
CDEG_2008_15
Gender Budgeting – Practical Implementation - Handbook
CM/Rec(2008)1
Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the inclusion of gender differences in health policy
CM/Rec(2007)13
Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member states on gender mainstreaming in education adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 10 October 2007 and its explanatory memorandum
EG-S-GB (2004) RAP FIN
Gender Budgeting
EG-S-GS (2004) RAP FIN
Promoting Gender Mainstreaming in Schools
CDEG/CDCS (2003) 1
Summary of the discussions
CDEG-GM (2001) 03
Workshop on gender mainstreaming for Chairs and Secretaries of Steering Committees of the Council of Europe (CDCS, CDSP, CDDS, CAHAR)
CDEG-GM (2001) 01
Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming, organised for Steering Committees of the Council of Europe
EG (1999) 13
Gender Mainstreaming: practice and prospects
EG-ATH (1999) 9
Conference “Gender mainstreaming: a step into the 21st century”
EG (1999) 3
Gender Mainstreaming conceptual framework, methodology and presentation of good practices - Final Report of Activities of the Group of Specialists on Mainstreaming
EG-S-MS (1998) 2
Gender mainstreaming
Conceptual framework, methodology and presentation of good practices
Final report of Activities of the Group of Specialists on Mainstreaming (EG-S-MS)
