Gender mainstreaming in EU Policies
Neither aid nor trade is neutral with regard to gender. Eradication of poverty cannot be achieved without addressing issues of gender equality and equity, justice and women’s human rights. A prerequisite for poverty reduction is to provide women with equitable access to and control over productive resources.
After a decade of gender mainstreaming, it is now more widely recognised that the problem is not women’s integration in development or lack of skills, credit and resources, but the social processes and institutions that result in inequalities; that inequalities between women and men are not only a cost to women but to development as a whole and thus must be conceived as a societal and development issue rather than a ‘women’s concern’.
2003
Report on Mainstreaming and inclusive approaches in EU development policies -
Seminar organised by APRODEV, Helpage, One World Action and WIDE in November 2003.
The fashion of using mainstreaming should take account of lessons learnt in the past decade on EC gender mainstreaming. Has gender mainstreaming become everyone’s and no-one’s responsibility? Does mainstreaming lead into invisibility? What is required for mainstreaming to be effective? What happens to issues that have not been identified for mainstreaming?
Commentary on the European Commission Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and
of the Council on promotion gender equality in development cooperation
Submission by APRODEV, One World Action, NGO-Women’s Forum with the support of WIDE
2002
Publication: “Everywhere and Nowhere: Assessing Gender Mainstreaming in European Community Development Cooperation”, October 2002, One World Action and APRODEV
This briefing analyses the efforts of the EU institutions to mainstream gender in its development cooperation activities.The briefing documents the experiences of civil society advocates in pushing for effective gender mainstreaming in the European development activities.
In its Programme for Action on gender mainstreaming in development policies (2001-2006), the Commission acknowledges the fact of ‘gender policy evaporation’ and provides an indicative timetable for effective implementation. The submission highlights strengths and areas for further improvements.
Report on InterAgency Forum on Women, Conflict Prevention and Resolution: The role for the European Union, European Parliament, 22 May 2002
Organised by European Centre for Common Ground, APRODEV and International Alert
Women are persistently excluded from formal peace negotiations, peace building and post-conflict reconstruction processes worldwide. Consequently, their peace building knowledge and experience remains an untapped resource in the prevention of conflict, recovery and reconstruction of communities and their needs and concerns fail to be addressed. There is growing consensus that gender analysis must be part of all peace building, peacekeeping and conflict resolution initiatives.
2001
Submission by APRODEV, One World Action, Eurostep and WIDE for consideration by the Development Council
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