Overcoming gender inequality in Ukraine: political, legal, social and educational dimensions

The issue of gender equality as an equal treatment of all, regardless of social or other circumstances, is important for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and the implementation of a number of international legal instruments to combat gender discrimination. The study ai...

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Autores principales: Onishchyk Yuriy, Pozhydaieva Oksana, Semigina Tetyana
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:99a46f0f60a643bbaea1e830650a95662021-11-05T17:43:30ZOvercoming gender inequality in Ukraine: political, legal, social and educational dimensions 10.24195/2617-6688-2020-4-142414-50762617-6688https://doaj.org/article/99a46f0f60a643bbaea1e830650a95662020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1eDBiFP_JhX0ptq8LYMyv0i283Lp4Wyl7/viewhttps://doaj.org/toc/2414-5076https://doaj.org/toc/2617-6688The issue of gender equality as an equal treatment of all, regardless of social or other circumstances, is important for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and the implementation of a number of international legal instruments to combat gender discrimination. The study aims to characterize the state of gender inequality in Ukraine and outline possible ways to overcome this phenomenon through the use of political, legal, socio-practical and educational measures. It is carried out using a systematic analysis of international and domestic indicators of gender inequality that constitute the methodological basis for establishing the level of gender inequality, as well as regulatory analysis of documents adopted by international and domestic organizations. The undertaken analysis demonstrates that Ukraine has an extensive legal framework designed to ensure equal rights and opportunities for men and women, address gender discrimination, and harmonize Ukrainian and international gender policies. At the same time, the gender equality indicators (Gender Inequality Index used by the UN; Gender Gap Index used by the World Economic Forum), the results of sociological research (World Values Survey; use of domestic work; leisure practices) evidence that the issues of gender inequality, gender asymmetry and gender stereotypes are unresolved and require the introduction of institutional mechanisms to ensure equality. Such mechanisms could include: legal expertise, gender quotas, gender budgeting, work with local communities and social service providers, ensuring gender sensitivity of services, including social ones, formation of gender-based competence, implementation of promotional work, introduction of gender approaches in educational institutions. Onishchyk YuriyPozhydaieva OksanaSemigina TetyanaState institution “South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K D. Ushynsky” articlegender equalitygender inequalitygender mainstreaminggender policygender sensitive servicesgender-based competenceEducation (General)L7-991ENRUUKНауковий Вісник Південноукраїнського Національного Педагогічного Університету імені К. Д. Ушинського, Vol 134, Iss 4, Pp 109-116 (2020)
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language EN
RU
UK
topic gender equality
gender inequality
gender mainstreaming
gender policy
gender sensitive services
gender-based competence
Education (General)
L7-991
spellingShingle gender equality
gender inequality
gender mainstreaming
gender policy
gender sensitive services
gender-based competence
Education (General)
L7-991
Onishchyk Yuriy
Pozhydaieva Oksana
Semigina Tetyana
Overcoming gender inequality in Ukraine: political, legal, social and educational dimensions
description The issue of gender equality as an equal treatment of all, regardless of social or other circumstances, is important for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and the implementation of a number of international legal instruments to combat gender discrimination. The study aims to characterize the state of gender inequality in Ukraine and outline possible ways to overcome this phenomenon through the use of political, legal, socio-practical and educational measures. It is carried out using a systematic analysis of international and domestic indicators of gender inequality that constitute the methodological basis for establishing the level of gender inequality, as well as regulatory analysis of documents adopted by international and domestic organizations. The undertaken analysis demonstrates that Ukraine has an extensive legal framework designed to ensure equal rights and opportunities for men and women, address gender discrimination, and harmonize Ukrainian and international gender policies. At the same time, the gender equality indicators (Gender Inequality Index used by the UN; Gender Gap Index used by the World Economic Forum), the results of sociological research (World Values Survey; use of domestic work; leisure practices) evidence that the issues of gender inequality, gender asymmetry and gender stereotypes are unresolved and require the introduction of institutional mechanisms to ensure equality. Such mechanisms could include: legal expertise, gender quotas, gender budgeting, work with local communities and social service providers, ensuring gender sensitivity of services, including social ones, formation of gender-based competence, implementation of promotional work, introduction of gender approaches in educational institutions.
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title_full_unstemmed Overcoming gender inequality in Ukraine: political, legal, social and educational dimensions
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