Gender Mainstreaming in the Danish Central Administration: (Mis)understandings of the Gendered Impact of Law Proposals

Gender mainstreaming is the dominant strategy of the Danish national gender equality efforts. However, gender impact assessments have neither been sufficiently integrated in the policy-making processes of the Danish ministries nor in their organisational cultures, and their impact is minor. Drawing...

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Autores principales:	Diana Højlund Madsen, Lise Rolandsen Agustín
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Lenguaje:	DA EN NB SV
Publicado:	The Royal Danish Library 2018
Materias:	Gender mainstreaming gender equality assessments institutional development Denmark Social Sciences H
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:726c71fd14fe4e779c8061e7b52ecde52021-12-01T00:05:08ZGender Mainstreaming in the Danish Central Administration: (Mis)understandings of the Gendered Impact of Law Proposals10.7146/kkf.v26i4.1105572245-6937https://doaj.org/article/726c71fd14fe4e779c8061e7b52ecde52018-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://tidsskrift.dk/KKF/article/view/110557https://doaj.org/toc/2245-6937 Gender mainstreaming is the dominant strategy of the Danish national gender equality efforts. However, gender impact assessments have neither been sufficiently integrated in the policy-making processes of the Danish ministries nor in their organisational cultures, and their impact is minor. Drawing on feminist perspectives on institutional development the article focuses on two case studies – the Ministry of Employment and the Ministry of Transport – with two different practices for doing gender equality assessments. It is important to consider the (lack of) political demand for gender equality assessments in order to understand the (negative) development in terms of their number and content; very few gender equality assessments are produced, and those that are tend to hold little or no transformative potential as they show limited recognition of the gendered consequences of the law proposals. Diana Højlund MadsenLise Rolandsen AgustínThe Royal Danish LibraryarticleGender mainstreaminggender equality assessmentsinstitutional developmentDenmarkSocial SciencesHDAENNBSVKvinder, Køn & Forskning, Vol 26, Iss 4 (2018)
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description	Gender mainstreaming is the dominant strategy of the Danish national gender equality efforts. However, gender impact assessments have neither been sufficiently integrated in the policy-making processes of the Danish ministries nor in their organisational cultures, and their impact is minor. Drawing on feminist perspectives on institutional development the article focuses on two case studies – the Ministry of Employment and the Ministry of Transport – with two different practices for doing gender equality assessments. It is important to consider the (lack of) political demand for gender equality assessments in order to understand the (negative) development in terms of their number and content; very few gender equality assessments are produced, and those that are tend to hold little or no transformative potential as they show limited recognition of the gendered consequences of the law proposals.
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title	Gender Mainstreaming in the Danish Central Administration: (Mis)understandings of the Gendered Impact of Law Proposals
title_short	Gender Mainstreaming in the Danish Central Administration: (Mis)understandings of the Gendered Impact of Law Proposals
title_full	Gender Mainstreaming in the Danish Central Administration: (Mis)understandings of the Gendered Impact of Law Proposals
title_fullStr	Gender Mainstreaming in the Danish Central Administration: (Mis)understandings of the Gendered Impact of Law Proposals
title_full_unstemmed	Gender Mainstreaming in the Danish Central Administration: (Mis)understandings of the Gendered Impact of Law Proposals
title_sort	gender mainstreaming in the danish central administration: (mis)understandings of the gendered impact of law proposals
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Gender Mainstreaming in the Danish Central Administration: (Mis)understandings of the Gendered Impact of Law Proposals

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