Essays about: "Gender mainstreaming policies"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 37 essays containing the words Gender mainstreaming policies.
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6. Gender and the 'Tyranny of Urgency' : A qualitative study of gender mainstreaming practices in the field of disaster risk reduction
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Gender inequality greatly affects the vulnerability of women in many areas of societal development. Gender mainstreaming is used as a strategy to include a gender perspective in policy and practice to decrease vulnerability. In regular development there is a discrepancy between policy and practice, but especially so in contexts of disaster. READ MORE
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7. Path dependence or policy change in the EU? : A case study on EU policy change and gender mainstreaming
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : This thesis aims to clarify how the Single market policy and the Social policy of the European Union has changed since the Treaty of Rome (1957) and what opportunities and/or constraints there might be for integrating gender mainstreaming within the policies. In order to determine how the policy development affects the prospects of integrating gender mainstreaming, a case study supplemented with the method of content analysis is carried out. READ MORE
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8. GENDER MAINSTREAMING : Problematizations of Gender Inequality in Rwanda
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The scholarly field of Gender and Development is riddled with diverging perceptions of the actual value and meaning of the term Gender and the development strategy of promoting gender equality – Gender Mainstreaming. Taking the social constructivist perspective of discourse analysis, this thesis explores the ways in which different problem representations of gender inequality are produced and reinforced within certain policy domains in the gender mainstreaming approach of the Rwandan government. READ MORE
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9. Which Gender Is Being Mainstreamed in Global Politics?
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Gender mainstreaming is a transnational policy process that has been underway for close to three decades. This paper aims to uncover “which gender is being mainstreamed in global politics” through conducting a textual analysis on twenty global policy documents. READ MORE
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10. Policy-as-Discourse Approach to Gender Equality Policies of the European Union in External Affairs: Gender Action Plan III
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis examines gender equality policies of the European Union in external affairs. The aim is to discover how the meaning and “problem” of gender (in)equality is constructed, represented, and problematized in the gender policies for external action. READ MORE