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      Gender in agriculture and rural development 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
      Agriculture is one of the most widespread activities in the world and has a crucial role in food production, environmental protection, landscape preservation, rural employment and food security. From a gender point of view, ...
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      Gender in culture 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
      Culture can be defined as the systems of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people. Gender aspects are relevant both in relation to the broad definition of culture as a ‘social construction’ and to the way in ...
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      Gender in economic and financial affairs 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
      Gender is considered a relevant factor to overcome economic and financial crisis, and for the recovery of the European economy. The promotion of gender equality will unleash the talents and capacities of women, which are ...
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      Gender in education and training 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
      Education is a catalyst for social change and a condition for the achievement of fundamental human rights. Mainstreaming gender equality in education and training policy remains crucial in countries where equal access to ...
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      Gender in employment 

      European Institute for Gender Equality (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
      While considerable progress has been made in relation to women’s labour market participation over the past decades, deeply entrenched inequalities persist. They are the result of discriminatory norms and attitudes, the ...
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      Gender in entrepreneurship 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
      Entrepreneurship plays an important role in creating jobs, innovation and growth. Against this backdrop, interest in women’s entrepreneurship has grown among scholars and policymakers. While the rationale for women’s ...
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      Gender in environment and climate change 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
      Environment is a cross-cutting issue. Environmental change and climate change are increasingly caused by developments taking place at the global level, including those relating to demographics, patterns of production and ...
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      Gender in justice 

      European Institute for Gender Equality (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2016)
      This publication was prepared under the gender mainstreaming programme of the European Institute for Gender Equality. It constitutes the integral part of EIGE’s Gender Mainstreaming Platform. The work published on the ...
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      Gender in poverty and social inclusion 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
      Gender differences and inequalities between women and men are a major feature of social exclusion and poverty. When considering the specificities of poverty from a gender perspective, it is important to begin by disentangling ...
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      Gender in Research 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2022)
      Promoting gender equality is a key principle of the EU in all its activities. European research still shows a pronounced under-representation of women, particularly in the hard sciences and in leadership positions. Gender ...
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      Gender in research 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
      European research still shows a pronounced under-representation of women, particularly in the so-called hard sciences and in leadership positions. Gender equality in research is essential not only for fairness, but because ...
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      Gender in sport 

      European Institute for Gender Equality (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2017)
      From a gender perspective, sport exemplifies a societal and cultural process in which the social construction of femininity and masculinity plays a key role in influencing behaviours and approaches. A number of practical ...
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      Gender in sport 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2016)
      Traditionally, sport has been dominated by men, both in terms of participation and governance. Worldwide, women’s participation rates in sporting activities are lower than men’s. Yet over the last 20 years significant ...
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      Gender inequalities in care and consequences for the labour market 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2021)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of both paid and unpaid care work for a well-functioning society and economy. During the pandemic, the burden of work for carers has increased dramatically, whether they ...
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      Gender mainstreaming: gender budgeting 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2019)
      "Gender budgeting is not a special approach to budgeting or even an add-on to budgeting. Rather, gender budgeting is an approach to budgeting that can improve it, when fiscal policies and administrative procedures are ...
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      Gender mainstreaming: gender stakeholder consultation 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2018)
      Gender stakeholder consultation promotes the participation of women and men in the policymaking process to ensure that their voices are heard and their priorities are reflected in policies, programmes and projects. Gender ...
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      Gender mainstreaming: gender statistics and indicators 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2019)
      This briefing introduces gender statistics and indicators and explains why they are important tools to promote gender equality and implement a gender mainstreaming approach. Put simply, gender statistics and indicators ...
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      Gender Planning 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2019)
      Mainstreaming a gender perspective into policies, programmes and projects requires that both women’s and men’s needs are taken into consideration at all stages of the policy cycle. Gender planning refers to the process of ...
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      Gender-responsive evaluation 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2024)
      Gender-responsive evaluations assess to what extent an intervention has resulted in progress (or the lack thereof) towards intended and/or unintended results regarding gender equality. It assesses any changes related to ...
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      Gender-responsive Evaluation for a Sustainable Future for All: GREENA step-by-step toolkit 

      EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality, 2024)
      The gender-responsive evaluation for an environmental and sustainable future for all (GREENA) step-by-step toolkit provides practical know-how to assess gender impacts and the implementation of gender-responsive evaluation ...