Women's presence in decision making bodies does not automatically ensure attention to gender equality in political processes.

Gender equality and gender mainstreaming

The catalytic role of national mechanisms for women, including ministries, gender equality commissions and committees and parliamentary bodies, in supporting gender mainstreaming should be strengthened.

Gender equality

Gender equality

Gender equality

(b) Call for greater attention to gender perspectives in resolutions adopted by its subsidiary bodies, in particular concrete recommendations for action aimed at achieving gender equality

Gender equality overcoming pervasive gender bias

Based on the Gender Equality Act the Gender Equality Council will be established.

Within the structure of legislative authorities, parliamentary commissions have been formed for gender Equality, as working groups of legislative bodies.

Gender Equality Act

Gender Equality Council

Promoting gender equality

The General Secretariat for Gender Equality and the Research Centre for Gender Equality (K.E.TH.I.

The Gender Equality Act stipulates an obligation of employers actively to promote gender equality.

(a) Gender equality factors

The Gender Equality Commissioner

Gender equality issues were addressed by a number of parliamentary bodies, including the Gender Equality Subcommission of the Commission on Human Rights and Public Affairs and the Women's Interparliamentary Cooperation Group, and by specially designated officials in every government Ministry.

The Gender Equality Act provides for the creation of a new institution the Gender Equality Commissioner.

The UNDP gender mainstreaming mandate includes promoting gender equality.

Two new institutions will be created according to the Act Gender Equality Commissioner and Gender Equality Council.

In 2002, BDP issued a gender equality policy note describing effective entry points for advancing gender equality.

BiH Law on Gender Equality

Women's position and gender equality

Gender equality in economic life.

European policies for gender equality

General Secretariat for Gender Equality

(Research Centre for Gender Equality)

Promoting gender equality (MDG 3)

Gender equality in legal acts

That ultimately hindered gender equality.

From the presented above, it is obvious that the legislative and executive authorities at all levels in B H have established bodies in charge with gender issues, i.e. gender equality implementation.

The Spanish administration has also promoted gender based positive discrimination by approving gender equality legislation in 2007 aimed at providing equality between genders in Spanish political and economic life (Gender Equality Act).

9 Taking Action Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women (Millennium Project, Task Force on Education and Gender Equality, 2005).

The Gender Equality Council approves the general guidelines of gender equality policy, consults the Government on issues of strategy for the promotion of gender equality and presents to the Government its position on the conformity with the Gender Equality Act of national programmes submitted by the ministries.

Gender Equality as a Development Goal

C. Gender equality and women's empowerment

Gender equality and empowerment of women

The same goes with gender equality.

Conference of Ministers of Gender Equality

Study on women and gender equality

The Secretary General for Gender Equality

Constitutional gender equality European Union policy

4.1 Media portrayal of gender equality

Yet equality before the law was not the same as equality in rights or gender equality.