Gender mainstreaming in the EU: State of play
At a Glance
10-01-2019
When the European Union endorsed 'gender mainstreaming' as its official policy approach to gender equality, it was seen as a potentially revolutionary means of accelerating progress and achieving real equality between the sexes. Two decades on, concerns remain about fragmented implementation across policy areas and institutions at EU and national levels. The European Parliament regularly assesses its own progress in this area, and a FEMM committee report on gender mainstreaming in Parliament is scheduled for debate in plenary during January.
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- demography and population
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- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU policy
- European construction
- European Parliament
- EUROPEAN UNION
- gender mainstreaming
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- position of women
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- rights and freedoms
- sexual discrimination
- social affairs
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- woman
- women's rights