Development of periodical National Plan for promotion of Gender Equality

Commonwealth ministers for women and gender affairs have adopted a new Plan of Action for Gender Equality.

The second National Plan for Equality of Portugal states that each Ministry has to appoint a Councillor for Equality to be responsible for preparing an annual ministerial gender mainstreaming plan.

Gender equality and gender mainstreaming

Gender equality

Gender equality

Gender equality

We encourage the measures, albeit still limited, that have been taken in promoting gender equality, including the filling of obvious gender gaps and the revisiting of legal issues, together with the development of an action plan for gender equality.

Gender equality overcoming pervasive gender bias

Gender equality needs to be integral to every discussion and plan there should be a gender audit for each process, international agreement and institutional mechanism.

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

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.

The National Action Plan, which identified the activities and strategic measures for improving gender equality, had begun to yield results.

The Kosovo Action Plan for the Achievement of Gender Equality (endorsed by the Government) needs to be funded and implemented.

The NGOs also had their share in development of State Action Plan on Gender Issues and other processes of development of policies and legislation promoting gender equality.

The Gender Equality Unit set up under the National Development Plan was working with government departments to develop gender disaggregated performance indicators and data to monitor progress.

(a) Gender equality factors

The Gender Equality Commissioner

The National Action Plan for Gender Equality (2001 2006) of the General Secretariat for Gender Equality, Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization included measures and actions that aim to change the stereotyped roles of the sexes.

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

The National Action Plan for Employment constitutes the main tool for planning and implementing employment policies. One of the guidelines of the National Action Plan is gender equality.

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.

The Fiji Government was giving priority to the development of rural areas and funding a plan of action to encourage 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.

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.