Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming in Germany

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Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming in Germany

Bangkok, 26TH of March, 2012Renate Wielpütz

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Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming in the European Union (EU) Women and men on the EU labour market Women and men on the German labour market Gender Equality Strategy of the EU EU: History, structures and objectives The European Union- political power and institutions EU Strategies: Legal provisions and funding programmes EU Strategies: The Structural Funds EU Strategies: The European Social Fund Gender Equality in the ESF in Germany Gender Equality in the ESF – a support structure:

The Agency for Gender Equality in the ESF Example: Consultation process Example: Gender training close to the needs of actors



Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming in the EU

“Gender mainstreaming is the integration of the gender perspective into every stage of policy processes – design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation – with a view to promoting equality between women and men. It means assessing how policies impact on the life and position of both women and men – and taking responsibility to re-address them if necessary.” http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender-equality/tools/index_en.htm

Gender Equality -> Objective! EU Gender Equality Strategy -> a dual approach Gender Mainstreaming -> addressing structures and systems Specific actions -> addressing groups of women or men in order to

tackle discrimination from the past



Women and Men on the EU Labour Market

Women and Men on the EU Labour Market

Employment rate: women 62.1 %, men 75,1% in 2010, EU target: 60 %, varies from 40 to 70 % in the Member States; average gap between men and women 13% (target for 2020: raise to 75% for women and men)

Women: high rate of precarious contracts, involuntary part-time Pay gap: 17,6 % (EU average), 23% in Germany At-risk-of-poverty rate higher for women (17%) than men (15 %) Women in decision making: In the economic sector women

represent only one out of 10 board members in EU blue-chip companies and 3% among leaders of the boardshttp://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=de&catId=89&newsId=660



Gender Equality Strategy of the European Union

Equal economic indeptendence Equal pay for equal work and of equal value

Equality in decision making

End to gender-based violence

Gender equality in external actions

http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender- equality/files/strategy_equality_women_men_en.pdf



Gender Equality – needs and requirements

What is needed to reach gender equality? Political will Legislation and funding Gender equality strategy Dual gender equality approach Gender Budgeting Gender differenciated data (men and women in their diversity) Gender competences and capacity building on all levels of all organization:

Knowledge: …. the causes of gender based inequalities and discrimination, impact of gender stereotypes and the gender gaps within thematic issues Implementing competences: …. the use of approaches, methods, instruments of gender mainstreaming/dual approach, to tackle hurdles and design promoting framework conditionsWill: …. ready and able to act from a gender perspective, openess for change processes



EU: History, structures and objectives

From Paris to Lisbon – Treaties and strategies of the EU

1957 – Treaty of Rome 1986 – Single European Act 1992 – Maastricht Treaty 1997 – Treaty of Amsterdam 2001 – Treaty of Nice 2007 – Treaty of Lisbon

2010 – EU-Strategy 2020

http://europa.eu/abc/history/index_de.htmhttp://europa.eu/institutions/index_de.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/president/news/documents/pdf/20100303_1_de.pdf



EU: History, structures and objectives

Guiding principles:

Harmonisation of prosperity and living conditions in the EU

Structural and regional development

Gender Equality and anti discrimination



The European Union – political power and institutions

The European Parliamenthttp://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european-parliament/index_en.htm

The European Council

http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european-council/index_en.htm

The European Commissionhttp://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european-commission/index_en.htm

The Court of Justice of the European Union http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/court-justice/index_en.htm

The Committee of the regionshttp://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/cor/index_en.htm more EU institutions: http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/index_en.htm



EU Strategies: Legal provisions and funding programs

Legislative provisions- EU Regulations- EU Directives- EU Recommendations

EU Struktural Funds/Agricultural Fund:- ESF - European Social Fund http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/esf/index_en.htm

- ERDF - European Regional Development Fundhttp://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/country/prordn/details_new.cfm?gv_PAY=DE&gv_reg=1065&gv_PGM=1099&LAN=4&gv_PER=2&gv_defL=4

- EAFRD - European Agricultural Fund for Rural Developmenthttp://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/agriculture/general_framework/l60032_en.htm

More than 700 funding programs like „Life Long Learning Program“



EU Strategies: The Structural Funds

Funding period 2007 – 2013:

Support of Lisbon targets (e.g. 60% participation of women in the labour market until 2010) http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1374&format=HTML&aged=0&language=DE&guiLanguage=en

- Definition of targets: „convergence“ and „regional competitiveness and employment“http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1374&format=HTML&aged=0&language=DE&guiLanguage=en

- Rural development: EAFRD

Funding period 2014 + following: Support of EU Strategy 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/working/regions2020/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/policy/future/index_en.htm



EU Strategies: The European Social Fund

ESF contributing to prosperity and harmonisation of living conditions in the EU

ESF supporting promotion of employment

ESF funding used by Member States and regions, especially by less wealthy regions

Between 2007 and 2013 approx. 75 Billion € ESF across the EU; for Germany: 9,38 Billion € (approx. 3% of German Labour Market Budget)



Gender Equality in the ESF in Germany

Implementation of Gender Equality in the German national Operational Programme (OP) covering 65 thematic programmes (due to labour market, vocational training or educational training problems identified by analysis) http://www.esf.de/portal/generator/1410/programmuebersicht.html

Program examples – gender equality oriented programmes - „Gleichstellen“ – gender equality - „Wiedereinstieg“ – return to work- „Neue Wege für Jungs“ – new pathways for boysExamples for „mainstream“ programmes- entrepreneurship - early school leaving- in company training - Integration through exchange (IdA)- XENOS – fighting xenofobia on the labour market

Agency for Gender Equality within the ESF – support structure for a coherent integration of GE and GM/dual approach http://www.esf-gleichstellung.de/



Activities of the Agency for Gender Equality in the ESF

Website

Conferences

Newsletter

Managing Authority

Boards

NGO/GE Networks/Experts

Fed. States

CoP on GM

Providing data and statistics

ESF Programmes

Providing Expertise



Actors

CoP on GM

EU COM

Monitoring Committee

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

ESF/MA

Evaluation

Monitoring

Working Group Equal

Opportunities (NSRF)

Agency for Gender Equality in the ESF

BMBF BMFSFJ BMAS BMWi BMVBSIntermediary bodies

Implementing Bodies

Evaluation (Examples)

DLR BiBB SPI BVA BA KfW BVA BBR

BBSR

Fed. State X

Fed. State X

Fed. State X

ISGLawaetz



Findings of needs analysis

Dual approach based in OP and supplementary documents

Dual approach backed by Gender Budgeting

Need for capacity building and systemic integration of GM/dual approach into ESF cycles (coherence)



Counselling and Training

Programme level

Objective: to strengthen gender competence of actors involved and to create or improve instruments and documents on programme level that will incorporate gender aspects into the strategic gender planning and implementation processes

16 selected programmes receive intensive support Counselling methods dedicated to the needs of the programmes

and persons involved Methods include counselling processes, individual coaching,

workshops and training



Counselling and Training

Cross department/programme counselling and training

Cross department/programme workshops for ESF actors of different ministries addressing thematic or systemic questions of Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming like setting gender objectives and indicators, Gender Budgeting, evaluation

Basic and special trainings on GM implementation for programme managers and staff of intermediary bodies



Gender Budgeting

OP: Gender Budgeting as a guiding approach for achieving gender equality in the ESF

Quantitative Gender Budgeting- projects with participants as well as - projects explicitly addressing gender equality Objectives: 50 Percent of this budget to be allocated to women

Qualitative Gender Budgeting - projects without participants, assessment of possible gender equality impact

Yearly reports on Gender Budgeting performance by analysing monitoring data http://www.esf-gleichstellung.de/102.html



Networking

Permanent member of the NSRF working group on Gender Equality

Monitoring Committee

Member of the EU Community of Practice on Gender Mainstreaming – www.gendercop.eu

GM input into programme specific networks for promoters



Public Relations

web site: www.esf-gleichstellung.de

conferences

newsletter



Information Management

Compilation and dissemination of expert and target group specific information

Short studies on key ESF topics highlighting the gender aspects of fields like entrepreneurship, social inclusion or the transition from school into first initial training

Gender segregated preparation of labour market data containing relevant employment characteristics and status on the labour market

Service for programme managers and promoters: gender segregated data on ESF target groups



Example: Consultation process

Needs analysis with ESF actors responsible for an ESF programnme

Consultation „road map“ containing objectives, consultation approaches, milestones regarding the coherent integration of Gender Equality and the dual Gender Equality aproach into planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of a programme (agreement between head of department/Agency)

Starting workshop for all actors (head of department and Agency) on the basics of structural and thematic integration of Gender Equaity into the programme

Training, consulting, coaching sessions on thematic or procedural programme issues – closely related to the tasks of the ESFactors

Feedback and evaluation



Example: Gender training close to the needs of ESF implementinc actors

Example for an agenda – three days introduction workshop:

Warming up: gender quizz Discussion round with participants: potential gender aspects in their work/tasks Introduction: Definition and background: Gender Eqality, Gnder Mainstreaming, dual

gender equality approach Gender analysis, gender impact assessment (different approaches and methods) Exercise: evaluation of project applications along gender analysis criteria in small

groups Gender aspects on organizational level Gender aspects on personnell level Gender aspects in thematic issues Gender aspects in structures and procedures Gender aspects in monitoring and evaluation Gender aspects in project selection



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